As many as 14 companies participated in pre-bid meeting for Surat, Udhna and Udaipur station redevelopment.
The 14 leading developers, funds and consultants participated in the meeting were Kalpataru Group, Adani, Egis India, JKB Infrastructure, Cube Constructions, GMR, MBL Infrastructures, G R Infra, Monte Carlo, Thoth Infrastructure, Virtuous Retail South Asia, PSP Projects, Sikka Associates and Adroit Financial.
The pre-bid meeting, mandated to redevelop these three stations, was conducted by the Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation (IRSDC).
The redevelopment’s objective is to transform these railway stations into Railopolis, equipped with state-of-the-art amenities on a par par with those of an international airport.
The redevelopment of Udaipur railway station will be taken up on design, build, finance, operate and transfer (DBFOT) model on the Transit-Oriented Development principle.
The redevelopment project’s indicative cost is Rs 132 crore over a period of three years. The concessionaire duration is 60 years.
The Udaipur station’s redevelopment envisages a new east-side entry station building, connectivity with inter-state bus terminus through commercial land via a network of pedestrian walkways, providing new East-West Road connectivity through railway under bridges, as well as easy signage for all types of passengers.
The Surat Multi-Modal Transport Hub (MMTH) redevelopment will be carried out by an SPV, the Surat Integrated Transportation Development Corporation as a JV amongst IRSDC, SMC and GSRTC, with the approval of the Railway Ministry and the Gujarat government. For the redevelopment of Surat and Udhna railway stations, the indicative cost is Rs 1,285 crore over a four-year timeframe.
Some of the proposed amenities of the Surat MMTH project include improved connectivity as well as circulation plan for seamless access and movement, a central concourse and walkways as passenger interchange plaza offering seamless inter-connectivity to railway station platforms, BRTS/City bus terminal, among others.