Central Railway to open pod hotel services at Mumbai's CSMT this month

A pod hotel is being developed at the iconic Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus CSMT in south Mumbai which is likely to be opened for public later this month officials of the Central Railway CR saidThis pod hotel also known as a capsule hotel will be the second such facility of the Indian Railways in the metropolisEarlier on November 17 2021 a pod hotel was opened for passengers at the Mumbai Central railway station of the Western Railway WRThe pod hotel is under development near the waiting room on the main line outstation train terminus of the CSMT and will have a capacity of 50 persons the officials said on WednesdayThis hotel will have four family pods with a capacity of two people and will also have 30 single pods Besides separate washrooms and shower rooms for men and women the facility will have a luggage room for the passengers they addedShivaji Sutar chief public relations officer of the CR said the contract for development and operation of the sleeping pods has been awarded to Namah Enterprises which will give licence fees of Rs 10 07786 per annum to the railwaysRailways will earn a revenue of Rs 5568 lakh Sutar said adding that through this contract the licensee will develop pods for incoming and outgoing passengers at the CSMT on 13161 square metres with all modern facilities to have a comfortable stayThe pod hotel is in the advanced stage of development and it is likely to be thrown open for passengers later this month he saidThe first pod hotel of the Indian Railways was introduced at the Mumbai Central railway station by Minister of State for Railways Raosaheb Danve in November last year It has 48 capsulelike rooms rooms including classic pods private pods separate pods for women and for the differently abled passengersCSMT is one of the busiest railway stations in the country which is used by lakhs of passengers using suburban as well as outstation train services on a daily basisThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever