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Concept sheet: BARRIER FREE: ramp Fast express trains coming from Howrah often arrive on platform no. 1234 connected by the subway whereas those going towards Howrah arrive on platforms 5 and 6. Passengers from 1234 most of the times take subway route. So ramp route will be less used by the normal people and more often by the specially abled ones. Hence width of the ramp on 1234 can be kept up to 2.5 m whereas that on 5and 6 should be 5m.; enabling 2 way traffic with baggage on trolley. Foot over bridge(fob) Fobs width should be kept 3 mts for 2 strangers walking comfortably with the baggage. Barrier free design Fobs will have niches at regular intervals of about 5 m for (an anti stamped arrangement) excess passenger flow at peak hours or 2 passenger trains arriving simultaneously on similar platformsOr for temporal disabled (pregnant women, older, sick people). Fobs and ramps will have guiding rails having Braille dots punched over them to help the visuallyChallenged know the platforms no. they are supposed to reach. display Display boards showing information of trains arrival on/departure from the respective platforms the fob and ramp are leading to. Kharagpur has 3 reasons to be proud of: being the world’s longest platform ...