North Central Railway on war footing to make 'Mission Speed' grand success

NCR has asked the local authorities to construct the approach roads

North Central Railway is planning on a war footing to make the 'Mission speed' a grand success by improving various aspects of the rail journey.

"For making the Mission Speed a grand success in NCR, we are concentrating on various aspects like rail track, trains, security etc. Keeping this mind, Delhi-Mathura and part of Mathura-Alwar rail tracks and other passenger amenities are being looked into," A K Saxena, GM North Central Railway (NCR) told reporters here today.

He examined the passenger facilities at Bahej Station falling on Mathura-Alwar section of NCR.

While instructions were given to provide adequate passenger facilities at Bahej station, it was decided to approach local authorities for construction of approach roads.

"A major part of the approach road for Bahej station has already been constructed by Railways," Saxena said.

He also instructed his junior officials to find out the solution for water logging in underpass area.

"Since most of the people including farmers are using these underpasses, we have to overcome the problem of water logging in such areas," he said.

"The connectivity between Bhainsa and Baad stations would be shifted in such a way that on one side it would facilitate speedy loading of petroleum products of IOC in goods trains and on the other hand, the movement of fast trains would be free from any hindrance," he added.

Meanwhile, Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Agra, Prabhash Kumar said considering the influx of pilgrims to the city, passenger amenities at Mathura Junction will be further upgraded.