Uttar Pradesh polls: Railways racing against time to complete new Ayodhya station

Ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, the Indian Railways is working on war footing to complete the works of the new railway station at Ayodhya as the Centre wants to showcase its work in the temple town.

The construction of new railway station started in 2018, which is coming up next to the existing station. It is expected to complete most of the works by March-end of 2022. Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections are due in early 2022.

At present, the daily passengers’ footfall at Ayodhya is around 4,000 per day. The Railways expects footfall will increase once the construction works of Ram Mandir are complete.