Bhopal, November 12: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be dedicating India’s first world-class railway station at Habibganj in Bhopal on November 15, 2021. Habibganj railway station will be having all the facilities that are available at international airports.
The Habibganj railway station project has 2 parts - the station part and the commercial part. It is to have separate entry and exit gates in order to control the crowds.
The station also has escalators and lifts enabling passengers to reach the platforms easily. It has a seating arrangement of around 700-1,100 passengers in the open concourse. Display boards are installed throughout to provide information about movement of trains. The boards will convey information in multiple languages.
About 160 CCTV cameras have also been installed here to enable round-the-clock surveillance. There will be 24-hour monitoring of the station from the “command and control centre."
The station has also been developed as a ‘green building’ with solar led-LED lighting.