FACELIFT: Puducherry is one of the railway stations to be taken up for the upgrade. MoU between Railways and Ministry of Urban Development promises ambitious redevelopment: You can’t have a smart city without a smart railway station. Keeping that in mind, more than 500 railway stations in the country will ‘smarten up’ with better passenger amenities, easy access and integrated public transport hubs. Minister for Railways Suresh Prabhu said that railway stations, which are at the core of city development, have become congested over time. Mr. Prabhu said that countries like Germany, France, Japan, South Korea, the U.K. and Belgium have shown interest in the redevelopment of railway stations.

Source: The Hindu October 19, 2016 22:18 UTC