For the first time in India, Indian Railways is going to build a five-star hotel above the railway tracks in the station.
As said by VK Yadav, chairman of Railway Board, this is a known international practice, but in India, Gandhinagar will be the first railway station to have a 5-star facility above the tracks.”
Yadav said the Railways has allowed for pillars to come on the tracks to form the ceiling which will allow for the hotel to be constructed on top.
Leela Group will run the five-star hotel and the hotel is expected to be completed by December 2020.It’s a unique model, the design has been made in a way that no vibrations or noise from the trains on the tracks below will be felt by the occupants of the hotel,” Yadav further said.
“The main objective of redeveloping Indian Railways is to provide world-class facilities and experience to passengers without the national transporter having to spend money,” Yadav added.
The luxury hotel will have over 300 rooms with the ground floor 22 metres above the ground. The whole Gandhinagar station will have 3 towers that will give the impression of petals from an aerial view. The three towers will have 6, 8 and 10 levels with the hotel making the station one of the tallest buildings in the city.
The airport-style retail model will also help generate revenue for Indian Railways. A dedicated transit hall will be made to seat as many as 600 passengers.
Indian Railways has embarked on the ambitious project of redeveloping railway stations into airport-style world-class transit hubs.
