INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Artist impressions of redeveloped Gwalior railway station (Picture Credits: IRSDC)The Indian Railways' nodal agency, responsible for the
Development Corporation (IRSDC) will adopt the form-based codes to redevelop railway stations and existing railway land to offer aesthetic,
world-class facilities to passengers and ensure sustainable development
comprehensive set of codes, guidelines, or norms prepared by the nodal agency, to plan station redevelopment and regulating the commercial
development of railway land
The codes regulate building forms, relationship with the urban environment, and also strengthens the performance of infrastructural spaces
Mixed-use, mixed-income with active frontages, as well as demand management-based parking provisions are accommodated in these