South Central Railway (SCR) is planning to run at least a dozen trains from the upcoming Cherlapalli terminal, which is expected to be ready within a year with the main administrative block construction about to begin soon.
“The station will have nine platforms as we are building five new ones and there will be four rail lines for washing alone. In fact, it will have more rail lines than the Secunderabad station, which we expect to decongest once this gets ready,” said Divisional Railway Manager of Secunderabad division Abhay Kumar Gupta on Friday.
The signalling work is also expected to begin and with the State government giving way for building a 100-feet approach road, the terminal station is touted to be a marque one with an ‘airport’ kind of facade. “The main building will have two floors with waiting halls, eating joints and other shops. It is being built on an elevated ground. There will be escalators connecting all the platforms,” he explained.
