Presenting some pictures of a much lesser railway station situated beside the campus of one of the most exemplary institutes in India, Mesra railway station. Situated on the proposed newer Ranchi-Barkakhana railway line, under ECR's Dhanbad division. It is surprising to see a project so close to RNC being allocated to ECR. Post completion this route would be likely to see a good number of traffic as the RNC-BKRA-KQR would be the shortest connection between RNC & the Grand Chord.
What is however more surprising is the wastage of constructed infrastructure...
more... post completion of the line. Wonder why the line lies in-operational, clearly seeing the 3 platforms constructed means that this station maybe is likely to get upgraded to a terminal. There is a island platform present there, spaces are present for pit-line construction too. Hope that train services are started soon, maybe a RNC-BKRA-KQR/DHN intercity for a start?
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Pictures taken :- Self
Camera :- Moto G5
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Pictures 1-2 :- The distant island platform
Pictures 3-7 :- Vast spaces around the station, potential for expansion is huge.
Pictures 8-13 :- Station board and other station pictures taken from the platform
Pictures 14-15 :- Main station building. Note that the 'A' from 'MESRA' is already missing...
Request the forum monitors to update the station pictures.
- Arnab