British era railway stations at Vellore Cantonment, Tiruvannamalai, Arakkonam, Vaniyambadi get bridges with lifts for commuters

The Southern Railway has completed the installation of lifts with newly built steel foot over bridge (FOBs) to connect platforms at British-era railway stations in Vellore Cantonment, Tiruvannamalai, Arakkonam, Ambur and Vaniyambadi

Railway officials said that the construction of new bridges with lifts in identified railway stations on Chennai-Bengaluru and Villupuram–Tirupati routes is part of restoration work under the Station Redevelopment Project.

These stations are also getting better passenger amenities like separate arrival and departure corridors, bright LED illumination, hassle-free access to platforms through lifts, and a rainwater harvesting system. “Work to construct new steel bridges with lifts in these railway stations has been completed. The facility will help senior citizens and women safely travel between platforms in the railway station. The new lifts will be operated in the coming weeks,” said a railway official.