South Coast Railway Zone: Indian Railways' 18th Zone to Have Headquarters in Visakhapatnam

The 18th zone office of Indian Railways is going to be built soon in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav recently posted a post on the social media platform X. In this post, he has said that the national transporter has invited tenders for office construction to set up the South Coast Railway Zone in Visakhapatnam.

The 18th zone of Indian Railways will come into existence soon. This zone of Railways will be called South Coast Railway Zone. The headquarters of the 18th zone of Indian Railways will be in Visakhapatnam. The bidding for the tender for the construction of the office building of this new zone of Railways will start on 13 December 2024. At the same time, the tender will close on 27 December 2024. At the same time, a target of 24 months i.e. two years has been set to complete this work. 

Let us tell you that this was announced by the then Railway Minister Piyush Goyal in 2019 itself. The construction of the South Coast Railway Zone will promote connectivity in the entire region and will provide great convenience to the people here.

At the same time, PM Modi laid the foundation stone of the ambitious redevelopment project of Visakhapatnam Railway Station about two years ago. This project of the Rail Land Development Authority costing Rs 446 crore is also considered important because Visakhapatnam is soon going to become the headquarters of the new South Coast Railway Zone. Based on EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction), this project aims to provide world-class facilities to the passengers.