The deadline for the RFQ submission for the redevelopment project is set as June 24As part of the Indian Railways' station redevelopment project, the national transporter will redevelop the Charbagh railway station of Lucknow, taking it up a railway up-gradation project.
According to a statement shared by the Rail Land Development Authority, the project will include the complete rework of the Lucknow Charbagh or LKO (NR) and the Lucknow Junction or LJN (NEW) stations,along withthe commercial land parcel of12.23-acre.
(Also Read:Bids Invited To Lease Land Parcels For Commercial Development In Rajasthan)According to details shared by the statutory body, the railway station will be redeveloped on a Design-Build-Operate-Finance-Transfer or DBFOTmodel in two phases at a total cost of Rs556.8 crore.
As part of the redevelopment, the Rail Land Development Authorityfloated a Request for Qualification (RFQ).
In this regard, the pre-bid meeting for the developers was held onApril 9, 2021, and the deadline for the RFQ submission is set as June 24, 2021.The objective of the redevelopment project is to equip the stationwith state-of-the-art passenger-centric facilities such as an air-concourse,segregation of arrival and departure, foot-over bridges (FOBs),lifts, escalators, conducive facilities for the specially-abled passengers, etc.
The Rail Land Development Authority stated that the station redevelopment process will involve two major components:Station or Mandatory Component- this involves the railway station redevelopmentStation Estate Component- this involves the development of the surrounding railway land for pre-approved commercial as well asresidential development.
The cost of the phase 1redevelopment process is estimated at Rs442.5 crore over three years, whereas the cost of phase 2 is expected to incur Rs 114.3 crores over two years.