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Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Railways; Information and Broadcasting; Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India will inaugurate Charlapalli Railway Station 2nd Entry and New Railway Terminal on December 28.

G. Kishan Reddy, Minister of Coal & Mines, Government of India; Public representatives and Senior Railway officials will participate in the program.

The development works of the new Railway Terminal have been completed recently with an expenditure of nearly Rs. 413 crores. The trains in the Hyderabad – Secunderabad twin city region are mainly served by three main terminals: Secunderabad, Hyderabad and Kacheguda.

To meet the growing needs of the city, Lingampalli on the western part of the twin city was developed as another terminal station. Taking this forward, Charlapalli Railway Station has been developed as another terminal station.

Charlapalli is located on the eastern side of Hyderabad, an area experiencing rapid development, and is conveniently situated near the Outer Ring Road.

Accordingly, the station was identified for developing as a terminal station, not only to reduce the congestion on other existing rail terminals in the twin city region but also to particularly serve passengers on the eastern part of the city. 

The 2nd Entry and New Railway Terminal Station building with modern architectural facade has been constructed to handle the passengers.  The station building comprises of six booking counters, separate waiting halls for ladies and gentlemen, as well as an upper-class waiting area and an executive lounge on the ground floor. Additionally, the first floor will house a cafeteria, restaurant, and restroom facilities.

The design will feature spacious concourse areas and a modern elevation with illuminated facade lighting. Two spacious new Foot Over Bridges one 12 metre wide and another 6 metre wide to facilitate seamless inter platform movement.

Further, all 9 platforms would have escalators and lifts i.e., total 7 Lifts, 6 Escalators for facilitating passenger movement. It will also have coach maintenance facilities for facilitating originating and terminating of trains at the station.

The Station has been developed with several infrastructural facilities and passenger amenities at a cost of nearly Rs. 413 crores. The station will have the capacity to handle additional 15 pairs of train services.

The redeveloped station will have 4 additional high-level platforms, while the existing 5 platforms have also been extended to accommodate full length trains. In addition, the station is provided with additional 10 lines and the total capacity will be 19 lines.