NORTHERN RAILWAY PROVIDES ESCALATOR AT DELHI MAIN STATION

As part of its endeavor to afford greater facility to passengers especially at major railway terminals with high passenger flow, Northern Railway has installed a set of Escalators (Up & Down) o­n Platform No. 16(towards Second Entry) at Delhi Main station at a simple ceremony yesterday(13.06.2014). The senior-most employee of Delhi Main station Shri  Sukbir Singh Shunting Master inaugurated the facility in the august presence of Shri Pradeep Kumar, General Manager, Northern Railway, Shri B.D.Garg Chief Administrative Officer/Construction, Shri Anand Mathur Chief Personnel Officer and Shri Anurag Sachan, Divisional Railway Manager, Northern Railway, Delhi. 

On the occasion the General Manager, Northern Railway inspected the station premises-both entrances, Waiting Halls, Booking Centres, all passenger amenities like lighting, drinking water, catering etc and exhorted staff to work consistently to facilitate rail passengers during this peak travel period. He also directed that cleanliness and sanitation be ensured at the station. 

Platform No. 16 of Delhi Main station is a busy platform dealing with important and high-demand trains like Kaifiyat Express, Mussorie Express, Unchahar Express, Shalimar Express etc. The newly installed escalators have a capacity of 9600 passengers per hour and can work in both directions to cater to passenger needs during rush hours. The Escalators are driven by energy efficient VVVF drives. They have a standing capacity of 68 passengers per escalator and travel at a speed of 0.5 meter/second. The escalators have important safety features like emergency push button at 3 locations enabling quick intervention during any obstruction/detention. Provided with occupancy sensors, the escalators will slow down to half speed after 180 seconds and thereafter stop at 30 seconds in case of no users; as soon as passenger/ user is detected, the escalators resume operations immediately. This feature enables energy saving. These escalators are installed by M/s. SJEC Johnson Ltd.

Of the 100 escalators being installed at various stations o­n Indian Railways, 16 Nos will be provided o­n Northern Railway.