Rail users’ committee seeks construction of additional platforms
The Hindu
‘Stop collection of additional fares’
Members of the Divisional Rail Users’ Consultative Committee (DRUCC) of Waltair Divison of East Coast Railway (E Co R) have sought among other things improvement of amenities and construction of additional platforms at the Visakhapatnam Railway Station to prevent detention of trains at the outer signal, at the DRUCC meeting held here on Friday.
Divisional Railway Manager Anup Satpathy, who is also chairman of DRUCC, welcomed the participants.
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