KANPUR CENTRAL

        Kanpur Central is one of five "Central" railway stations in India. it's a serious intercity rail and commuter rail station within the town of Kanpur, and is located on the Howrah - delhi broad gauge route passing through Uttar Pradesh. It holds the record for the most important interlocking route system within the world. it's the busiest station of the North Central Railways recording traffic of quite 150,000 passengers, and more than 280 trains per day.
After determining the railway stations that need to be best, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee included Kanpur Central in her list. She included funding for this add her "50 best Railway Stations" budget. A phased revamping has begun.

Though the re-modelling of Kanpur Central Station began a protracted time past, it's being done step by step in phases. At present, the re-modelling work is continuing terribly slowly, however senior NCR officers are hopeful of keeping their promise of providing a brand new, improved look to Kanpur Central within the close to future.


History

The present station was in-built 1928, although the imposing building was completed in 1930. The building's construction is impressed by Lucknow's magnificent Lucknow Charbagh railway station building that was built by the british in 1914; but, it couldn't be made identically to Charbagh because it'd are hugely expensive. Deputy chief traffic manager Shivendra Shukla announced that the pending work the railway over-bridge, presently under construction in Cantt, will be sped up. To assist passengers, particularly the old, 2 escalators area unit likely to be installed. according to the projected set up, all railway quarters on town facet will be demolished, providing area for a large current space. Three-layered underground parking for vehicles, that isn't offered at the other railway station of the NCR division, has also been projected. The entry and exit points on town side are going to be created separate to confirm smooth traffic flow in and out of the station. The entry purpose for vehicles can stay the same however a separate exit route, in all probability opening at Ghantaghar flyover, has been projected. this will guarantee hassle-free driving for passengers moving in and out of the station.

Passenger Facilitation Center

The passenger facilitation center can consolidate all the mandatory services provided railway workers into one building. These services include: train inquiries, retiring room/dormitory booking, wheel chair booking for unfit passengers, sale of railway time-table, and platform tickets. Also, all railway announcements will be made from this center. The Central railway station will have a traveler agreeableness center including: the waiting hall and waiting area, booking office, traveler facilitation center, cloak room, bags and, parcel booking office etc..., located on the platform itself. Railway authorities have launched its token system for passengers to reduce the long waiting time for a reservation.


Trains for KANPUR CENTRAL

http://www.cleartrip.com/trains/stations/CNB 

MUMBAI CENTRAL

       Mumbai Central (formerly Bombay Central) is a major terminus on the Western line, set in city, in an area well-known by identical name. Designed by British designer Claude Batley, it is a major stop for each local and inter-city/express trains with separate platforms for them . it's additionally a terminal for many long distance trains as well as the city Rajdhani express. Trains depart from the station connecting various destinations mostly across states in the northern, eastern and north-eastern parts of India.

History 

           The Bombay Baroda Central india Rail organization has extended its reach from Baroda to Pathankot via Delhi. The Colaba-Ballard Pier railway station evidenced short in meeting the strain of a growing population that junction rectifier the govt to create plans for the development of Bombay Central. this suburban route that when ran until Colaba was earlier served by Bellasis Road station.It was renamed Bombay central (local) after the development of the long distance Bombay central terminus(BCT)   on the  eastern
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Facilities
     

Platforms and Layout

             The station is split into 2 parts. The eastern half the station serves long distance trains operated by Western Railways while the western half serves commuter trains running on the Churchgate-Virar suburban section of Western Railways. The mainline section has five high level platforms terminating during a large concourse on the southern end. The suburban section has four high level platforms. All the platforms square measure connected by foot overbridges and also the mainline platforms are wheelchair accessible from the south end.

Tickets and Reservation

             A large passenger Reservation Center with many ticket windows is located on the east side of the inject station. Tickets between any 2 stations in india on any train giving reserved accommodation will be purchased from this facility. There are several Unreserved ticket Counters within the main concourse for buying unreserved tickets for immediate travel on express and passenger trains starting from mumbai Central. The west and south exits of the suburban section of the station have ticket windows for buying tickets for travel on the community trains. suburban train tickets may be purchased from Automatic ticket vending Machines (ATVMs) placed at many locations within the station premises.

Trains for Mumbai Central

http://www.cleartrip.com/trains/stations/BCT