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Soon, buy railway ticket on skywalk

Updated on: 23 June,2009 09:23 AM IST |
Somita Pal |

MMRDA wants you to have a hassle-free walk to the railway station

MMRDA wants you to have a hassle-free u00a0walk to the railway station

The MMRDA and Railways are doing everything they can to make sure you are not inconvenienced on your walk to the station.

MMRDA will construct ticket booking offices on skywalks connected to railway stations.

"This move will make sure commuters don't have to climb down the skywalk to buy a ticket, and then again take a foot-over bridge to reach the platform.

This has been planned for all railway stations," said Lt Col Anand Pahal, additional chief engineer, MMRDA, who is looking after all skywalk projects.
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The MMRDA will bear the cost of constructing the ticket booking offices.

Railways' OK

Both Central Railway and Western Railway have approved the MMRDA's proposal. "We have received the proposal and are in talks with them.

We have already okayed the proposal at Thane and Parel," said
S Mudgerikar, chief public relations officer, CR.

According to Pahal, there maybe at least three booking windows on these skywalks, depending on commuter traffic at the station.

"On the western line, there is a likelihood of constructing booking offices at 18 places on 14 stations. On the central line, the booking offices are being planned at 16 locations," said an MMRDA official.
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The Railways are also considering a request from MMRDA to allow skywalks to cross over their tracks, if access is provided via a staircase at platforms.

In numbers

There are 108 suburban railway stations in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. Presently, the MMRDA is constructing u00a030 skywalks and funding u00a016 of them.

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