1 Trains from (VRG)VIKRAMNAGAR to (DDCE)DUNDI

WR PROVIDES ADDITIONAL STOPPAGE TO TRAIN NO. 09065/09066

SURAT - CHHAPRA CLONE SPECIAL AT NANDURBAR STATION

Additional stoppages provided to Indore – Bilaspur Express at various stations o­n experimental basis w.e.f 7th April, 2023

For the convenience of passengers, an additional stoppage has been provided to Train No. 09065/09066 Surat - Chhapra Clone Special at Nandurbar station.Also, additional stoppages have been provided to Train No. 18233/18234 Indore – Bilaspur Expressat various stations o­n experimental basis for a period of six months from 7^thApril, 2023 to 3^rd October, 2023.

 According to a press release issued by Shri Sumit Thakur – Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway, the details of these trains are as under

1.    Train No. 09065/09066 Surat - Chhapra Clone Special has been provided with an additional halt at Nandurbar station w.e.f journey commencing o­n 27/03/2023 from Surat and w.e.f 29/03/2023 from Chhapra, till further orders. Train No. 09065 will arrive Nandurbar station at 10.30 hrs and depart at 10.32 hrs. In the return direction, Train No. 09066 Chhapra - Surat Clone Special will arrive Nandurbar station at 11.20 hrs and depart at 11.22 hrs.

2.Train No. 18233/18234 Indore – Bilaspur Express has been provided with additional halts at Gosalpur, Deori & Dundi stations from 7^thApril, 2023 to 3^rd October, 2023.

i)Train No. 18233 Indore – Bilaspur Express will arrive Gosalpur station at 04.46 hrs and depart at 04.48 hrs while Train No. 18234 Bilaspur Expresswill arrive Gosalpur station at 19.48 hrs and depart at 19.50 hrs

ii)Train No. 18233 Indore – Bilaspur Express will arrive Deori station at 04.36 hrs and depart at 04.38 hrs while Train No. 18234 Bilaspur Expresswill arrive Deori station at 19.58 hrs and depart at 20.00 hrs

iii)Train No. 18233 Indore – Bilaspur Express will arrive Dundi station at 05.20 hrs and depart at 05.22 hrs while Train No. 18234 Bilaspur Expresswill arrive Dundi station at 19.26 hrs and depart at 19.28 hrs

For detailed information, passengers may please visit www.enquiry.indianrail.gov.in

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WESTERN RAILWAY INSTALLED ROOFTOP SOLAR PANELS OF 5601.69 KWp CAPACITY AT 75 STATIONS

Photo caption :- A view of the solar power panels installed o­n rooftop of a railway station.

In order to achieve the objective of Indian Railways to become 100% self sustainable for all it's power needs and also to contribute to national solar power goals, Western Railway has solarised its 75 stations till date. The use of solar power will accelerate the Railway's mission to achieve the goal of becoming “Net Zero Carbon Emission Railway”before 2030.

According to a press release issued by Shri Sumit Thakur - Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway, suitable Rooftop Solar Panels have been installed at 75 stations over Western Rly. 8.67 MWpcapacity rooftop solar plants have been provided at various railway stations and office buildings. These plants have been commissioned and connected to grid and as a result, there is a saving ofRs. 3 crore is accrued during the financial year.

Shri Thakur informed that Solar Plants have been installed at 22 stations in Mumbai Division, 34 stations in Ratlam Division, 6 stations of Vadodara Division & 8 stations in Rajkot Division. Similarly, in Ahmedabad Division, solar plants have been installed at Sabarmati & Ambli Road stations as well as Ahmedabad station building whereas in Bhavnagar Division at Bhavnagar station & Somnath station building. In Mumbai Division, the rooftop Solar Plants have been installed at Churchgate, Grant Road, Matunga Road, Andheri, Mumbai Central, Lower Parel, Mahim, Khar Road, Santacruz, Ram Mandir, Malad, Kandivali, Borivali, Dahisar, Mira Road, Bhayander, Naigaon, Vasai Road, Nallasopara, Dahanu Road stations, while atDadar as well as at Bandra Terminus, station buildings & platforms. In Ratlam Division, rooftop Solar Plants have been installed at Chanderiya, Nimbhera, Gambhiri, Jawad Road, MangliyaGaon, Ajnod, Lakshmibai Nagar, Ranyal, Jasmiya, Pipliya, Mandsaur, Nauganwan, Runija, Bangrod, Sehore, Kalapipla, Pachwan, Maksi, Vikramnagar station buildings, Indore, Ujjain, Dewas, Chittaurgadh, Meghnagar, Bajrangarh, Fatehabad, Gautampura, Dr. Ambedkar Nagar (Mhow), Nagda, Nimach, Jaora,Badnagar, Shujalpur, Kachrod stations and at Ratlam station building & platforms. In Vadodara Division, the rooftop Solar Plants have been installed at Vadodara, Od, Makarpura, Varnarna, Sadhanpura station buildings and at Godhra staton building & platforms. In Rajkot Division, the rooftop Solar Plants have been installed at Rajkot, Okha, Jamnagar, Chamaraj, Lakhamachi, Modpur, Lakhabawal and Pipli stations.

It is worth mentioning that Indian Railways is set to produce solar energy for meeting all it's energy consumption needs of more than 33 billion units by 2030. Current annual requirement is about 20 billion units. Indian Railways has a mega plan for installing solar plants of 20 GW capacity by 2030 by utilizing its vacant land. About 51,000 hectares of vacant land is available with Indian Railways and is now ready to extend all support to the developers for installing solar power plants o­n Railway’s vacant un-encroached land. It may be noted that Railways is also set to achieve 100% electrification by the year 2023 and is committed to utilize solar energy for meeting its traction power requirement and become a complete ‘Green mode of transportation’. This is in line with the recent directive of Hon’ble Prime Minister to solarise railway stations and utilize vacant railway land for Renewable Energy (RE) projects.

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