Women Facilitation Centre at Tvm Central Station

THIRUVANANTHPURAM:

For the exclusive assistance of women passengers, Souther
n Railway is starting exclusive women facilitation centre in all major stations. Thiruvananthapuram Central station will have one from November 1 which is exclusively run by women Railway officials including RPF. The purpose is to provide all type of assistance to women passengers by senior railway women officials addressing primarily all their needs of security and information. The assistance booth will work 24 hrs and is situated near the new booking office . The speciality of the assistance booth is that there will be a lactating room for feeding mothers. Additional facilities are wheelchairs, easy service of coolie porters , accessibility to prepaid auto/taxi etc. They will have a 24 hrs. help line number 9567869385 exclusively for women. This is in addition to the toll free helpline number 138 & 182 of Railways. All the women passengers any where in Trivandrum division which spans from Tirunelveli, Kanyakumari to Shornur may make use of the helpline number in case of any emergency.