Centre adds 73 stations to festive rush strategy

Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday informed the Parliament that it has been decided to create permanent waiting areas outside 73 railway stations across the country, which periodically face heavy crowds as part of the action plan to handle the rush of passengers during the festive season.

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These major stations facing rush situations will have a Station Director, empowered to take “on-the-spot decongesting decisions” like restricting sale of tickets as per capacity and availability of trains during the festive rush, the minister told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply.

The crowd buildup will be controlled within the waiting area. Passengers will be allowed to go to the platforms only when their trains arrive at the platform. This will decongest the platforms, he said.