Southern Railway has taken up the redevelopment project of Kollam Junction railway station to place it on the map of world class stations. It is the second busiest railway station in Kerala in terms of handling scheduled trains on a daily basis. It witnesses an average footfall of 1.6 crore passengers annually.
The zonal railway has awarded the EPC contract to Bangalore- based M/s RITES – SCWPL (JV) on August 26, 2022, at a costofRs 361.18 crore. The redevelopment project will be completed within 39 months. The work of Project Management Services (PMS- responsible to monitor the redevelopment project) has been assigned to New Delhi- based M/s LEA Associates South Asia Pvt Ltd for Rs 7.94 crore.
Roadmap to revamp Southern Railway’s Kollam Junction railway station
