Motorised Stair Climber Wheelchair facility launched at Vadodara Rly Station

Experimenting with innovations, a unique initiative has been taken by the Vadodara Division of Western Railway. The Motorised Stair Climber Wheelchair was launched by MP Ranjanben Bhatt at Vadodara station which will help the elderly, divyangjan to move from one platform to another and to reach the train without climbing stairs. Also, it will be helpful to take them to their designated berth/seat inside the train as well.

On this ocassion MP Ranjanben Bhatt said that at Vadodara station, passengers were facing difficulties in reaching one platform to another and lift and escalator facility was not available on other platforms due to technical reasons. From which this unique method was developed to help the passengers.

According to Senior Divisional Electricity Engineer Shakeel Ahmed, three motorized stair climber wheelchairs have been purchased by Vadodara division with a grant of ₹ five lakh from the MP fund. Its speciality is that it can easily moves on the stairs without any effort. At the same time, even if left in the middle, this wheelchair stops there and there is no reason for the passengers to fall from it. There is also a provision of belt to tie up for passengers.

Senior Divisional Commercial Manager Manju Meena informed that this facility is available 24/7 at Vadodara station. And it can be booked through mobile app www.wheelchairatvadodara.com or by contacting porters locally. This facility will be available on payment basis.