KOCHI: Kindling hopes of the facilities at the Ernakulam South Railway Station getting raised to international standards, the Southern Railway has said that the inception report for the work was under finalisation. In reply to a query raised by Viju Choolackal of Maryland, Karshaka Road, under the RTI Act, M Muhamed Saliya, Deputy Chief Engineer (Land and General/Construction), Erode, of the Southern Railway, also said that the No.6 platform can accommodate only 18 coaches owing to constraints of the existing yard. The reply was given by Muhamed Saliya on behalf of the Chief Administrative Officer (Construction), Egmore. The first announcement regarding the upgrading of the facilities at the Ernakulam South Railway Station was made by the-then Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee in her 2009 Railway Budget. According to it, the Ernakulam South Railway Station would be provided with international amenities to elevate it to a modernised, world-class station. The major aspects of the project include separate areas for arriving and departing commuters so as to avoid conflicting movement; a bus terminus integrated with the station; mechanised conveyors for parcel handling to avoid crowding on platforms and elevators and escalators for easy mobility. The other features proposed included an elevated vehicular drop-off at either side of the station to help passengers arrive directly at the departure level which will have waiting areas and ticket counter; and also, facilities to enable those arriving at the station to disembark at the ground-level platforms and take escalators to the arrival hall in the basement to exit the station.
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