Hyderabad, July 31 -- Union Coal Minister G. Kishan Reddy said on Friday, July 31, that a major chunk of work on the modernisation of the Secunderabad railway station has been completed.

Secunderabad handles nearly 180 trains every day, catering to around 1.5 lakh passengers, says DC. The project is set to transform the travel experience through modern amenities and seamless multimodal connectivity, the minister said.

Once complete, the station will have shopping malls on its sky concourse floor, the first such facility at any railway station in South India, alongside travelators, elevators, escalators, and a sprawling concourse designed along airport lines.

The new terminal at platform number 10 will have separate arrival and departur...