Newly Constructed Foot-Over-Bridge at Anaparti Railway Station made Open for Public

The Newly Constructed Foot-Over-Bridge (FOB) with 3-Meter-wide gangway & 3-metre-wide stairway at Anaparti Railway Station is made open to public today i.e., 01st February, 2022.  With this the long pending demand of public for FOB at Anaparti, which is an important Business centre in East Godavari District has come to fruition. This FOB connects Platform No. 1, 2 & 3 from West Main entrance of Anaparti Railway Station. Passengers alighting now at Anaparti can avail the services of FOB for easily reaching the platforms from outside.   

The new FOB is constructed with a cost Rs.1.33 Crore on replacement account and was completed in 10 months. The  newly commissioned FOB contains Galvanium sheet roofing ,chequered tile flooring and a wider gangway than the old existing FOB. The existing old Rail type FOB in use will be dismantled shortly due to operational and safety reasons. With this, Vijayawada Division has commissioned 4 FOBs in the current financial year against annual target of 5 FOBs. The other three FOBs commissioned during 2021-22 are at Vijayawada, Tanuku and Nuzvid Railway Stations.

Shri Shivendra Mohan, Divisional Railway Manager congratulated Shri E Santharam, Sr. DEN, Co-ordination, Smt. J V Anoosha, Sr DEN, North; Shri. Ramana Rao, DEN, Bridges and Engineering team for commissioning the FOB and declaring it open for public. Rail users are kindly requested to use the newly commissioned FOB for reaching platforms and refrain from trespassing railway tracks.