Mysore railway station has become the first railway station in South India to receive the ‘most tourist-friendly railway station 2011-12 award’ presented by the ministry of tourism.
Mysore railway station is one of the A-class railway stations among three A-class stations coming under Mysore division of South Western Railway. Authorities had applied for the award in December 2012.
Facilities at the Mysore railway station:
- Tourism facilitation centre
- WiFi
- Thomas Cook foreign exchange facility for the benefit of international tourists,
- website of the railway station,
- modern waiting rooms,
- 24 X 7 emergency medical care centre,
- executive lounge for upper class passengers and heritage gallery,
- buggies for physically challenged
- six renovated privatized retiring rooms
- Multiple option mobile battery chargers
- Heavy duty Reverse Osmosis (RO) drinking water plants
- A multi-color multi-lingual LED-based giant screen
- ATMs of Nationalized Banks
- Touch Screen Kiosks
- Mysore Division introduced onboard audio-video infotainment systems system on non-Shatabdi trains
- Improved hygine and cleanliness
MORE FACILITIES COMING
Mysore station will soon get a fast food-joint at the entrance on KRS Road, pay-and-use toilet, escalators at platform 1 and 6, construction of subway, multi-functional complex with food court, chemist shop and book stalls
