Ch Charan Singh Metro Station to be largest in underground section

LUCKNOW: Chaudhary Charan Singh Metro Station will be the largest station of the underground section, which is also the inception point of this 23-km-long red line corridor.

This station was constructed at a distance of 500 metres from the domestic airport, said Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) officials.

To review the progress of this section, Kumar Keshav, managing director, Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation saw the major construction work which is in final stage.

He saw all the rooms (electrical, signalling, UPS, ticket operating machine (TOM) room etc) in which electrification work is taking place at its full pace.

He not only checked all the emergency gates here but also gave some necessary directions for the 200 metre wall in the concourse area which is made for advertisement purpose.

After this, he went to the platform area where he saw the finishing of the tiling work and track laying of both up and down lines which are completed. Kumar Keshav inspected each and every corner of this metro station thoroughly and reviewed the work of all the necessary public and staff area.

He then visited Amausi Metro Station (the first elevated metro station of this corridor) where the framework of this station is completed and the artwork at the outer structure of it has also been finalized.

Here the work of staircase with escalators is completed while the installation of AFC (automatic fare collection door) is going on.

The civil construction of all the rooms containing necessary equipment is completed while the installation of machines is going on simultaneously.

Here, the civil work of all the stairs, escalators and lifts towards the tiled platform is complete.