Railway station modelled on Ram Mandir coming up at Ayodhya

With the preparation is full swing for foundation laying ceremony for Ram Temple at Ayodhya scheduled on August 5, the Indian Railways is also working on building new station at temple town modelled on the Ram Temple.

The design of the railway station temple has domes, long "shikhars" and towering pillars. The design was prepared keeping in mind of temple town, said top officials in the Indian Railways.

The government approved the building modern railway station in 2017-18 at existing station with the cost Rs 80 crore. But the government enhanced budget Rs 104 crore for the project after adding more facilities, which will be completed in two phases.

The first phase work of the new Ayodhya Station started expected to complete in June, 2021. The second phase expected to complete in 2023-24. Once completed, the station will have a built up area of 1,000,00 sq feet.

"For crores of devotees visiting the Ram temple, Railways is redeveloping the Ayodhya station under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi," Railway Minister Piyush Goyal tweeted.

RITES, organisation under the Railway Ministry, is undertaking modernisation works. Once complete, the station will have state of art facilites state-of-the-art facilities for passengers travelling to the birthplace of Lord Ram, Northern Railway General Manager Rajiv Chaudhary said.

Existing facilities including ticket counters, waiting room, restrooms with air-conditioned facility, both male and female dormitories will be expanded.

Additional footbridge, food plaza, shops, additional toilets, are being planned by railways. Apart from this, the tourist centre, taxi booth, Shishu Vihar will be additional facilities coming up station.

The construction work of a well-equipped building with the latest and modern passenger facilities of Ayodhya station is in progress, the statement said.