We have been witnessing the following incidents with Vijayawada junction during my recent visits. As a quick tip to the South Central Railway Administration and Railway Board we would like to attract your attention to three incidents which indicate about a potential sadistic harassment of passengers causing physical and mental agony/discomfort.

 

  1. January: COA-CGL train did not appear on the platform display till 5 minutes before the actual arrival of the train.
  2. May: HYB-TBM train did not appear on the platform displays till 30 minutes after the actual scheduled arrival of the train. The 30 minutes delay of the train was not communicated too. The RPF who was sighted did not have any clues and was unfriendly. The commercial staff of the railways were guessing the platforms. The vendors were randomly spelling out the platforms as if they are playing a hide and seek with the passengers.
  3. During the May visit also learnt from an informal survey with a section of passengers that missing of the train is not uncommon in this junction and then need to wait for other seat adjustments after requesting with the station authorities.

The Twitter handle of the station used to be I guess drm_bza (BzA station code indicating Bezavada the traditional name of the place). Not sure why it it was ad-hoc changed to drmvijayawada

Not sure if the above incidents qualify against incompetency of the station management or some sort of attitude issues but Railway Board need to take corrective actions to preserve the rich legacy of the railway station.

The following petition was sent to Railmadad monitored by RailwaySeva with a copy to Railway Board