The Indian Railway Station Development Corporation (IRSDC) will invite request for qualification (RfQ) for redevelopment of the Surat railway station in July 2020.
The Surat railway station will be redeveloped and modernised into a world-class multi-modal transport hub (MMTH) that will offer various facilities and state-of-the-art amenities to railway passengers.
For the station redevelopment project, the Indian Railways, the Gujarat State Road Transport and the Surat Municipal Corporation have come together to pool their lands and also formed a special purpose vehicle (SPV) named SITCO.
The project will include the renovated railway station building on both, east side and west side, modular passenger-friendly concourse, bus terminal, big ticketing hall, wide station lobby, new station platforms as well as boarding areas connecting bridges, airport-style retail areas and food plazas, commercial and retail office spaces in the complex towers.
MMTH will also be connected with BRTS, Surat Metro and the suburban network.
The redeveloped Surat railway station is likely to become the third one in the country to get an international-standard renovation, the first two railway stations being Habibganj and Gandhinagar stations.
Apart from this, the redevelopment works of Habibganj railway station in Madhya Pradesh and Gandhinagar railway station in Gujarat will be over by December 2020. With this, Habibganj and Gandhinagar stations will become the country’s first two airport-style hubs by the Indian Railways.