By S.N. Venkatnag Sobers
Passengers at the City Railway Station will soon get to use the newly-constructed subway which connects all the six platforms. Works on the 65-metre subway is almost complete with the workers giving final touches. The subway is being constructed at a cost of around Rs.7 crore and is expected to be ready in a week’s time. The South Western Railway (SWR) authorities have made sure that the subway has no flight of steps (like the ones on Sayyaji Rao road and near the Dasara Exhibition grounds) to ensure that the new facility is used by senior citizens and physically challenged. It has been designed in such a way that the battery-operated vehicles and wheelchairs can easily travel through all the six platforms. “We are very happy that the SWR has taken up the subway works. The passengers, especially the senior citizens, were finding it tough to climb the stairs and walk across the bridge to reach various platforms. With the subway coming up it will be of great benefit for the passenger,” said Mahesh, a resident of Ramakrishnanagar, who is a frequent train traveller.
