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W.RLY TO RUN TWO TRIPS OF SPECIAL TRAIN

BETWEEN BANDRA TERMINUS & PALITANA o­n SPECIAL FARE

For the clearance of extra rush of passengers and to ensure better convenience to the passengers, Western Railway has decided to run 2 trips of Special train between Bandra Terminus & Palitana on special fare. The details of these trains are as under:-

·09093/ 09094Bandra Terminus - Palitana Special Train o­n Special fare                   (2 trips)

    Train No. 09093 Bandra (T) - Palitana Special train will depart from Bandra (T) at 23.45 hrs o­n Thursday, 5^th March, 2020 and will reach Palitana at 15.15 hrs. the next day.

Similarly, Train No. 09094 Palitana - Bandra (T) Special train will depart from Palitana at 21.00 hrs o­n Saturday, 7^thMarch, 2020 and arrive Bandra (T) at 13.05 hrs. the next day.

    The train will halt at Borivali, Vapi, Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara, Ahmedabad, Viramgam, Surendranagar Gate, Wadhwan City, Botad, Dhola Jn, Songadh and Sihor Gujarat in both directions.

     The train will have AC II Tier, AC III Tier, Sleeper Class and General Second Class coaches.

The booking of Train No 09093/09094 will be opened o­n 22^nd February, 2020 at all PRS counters and IRCTC website.

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WR PRESS RELEASE No 2020/02Mumbai, 18^th February 2020

WESTERN RAILWAY LEADS OVER INDIAN RAILWAYS IN COMPLETION OF ELECTRIFICATION TARGETS WITH THE COMPLETION OF ELECTRIFICATION WORK OF SURENDRANAGAR - DHOLA - DHRANGADHRA SECTION

Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) inspection of the newly electrified Surendranagar – Dhola -Dhrangadhara section (155 RKM) was conducted o­n 17th & 18^thFebruary, 2020

Keeping pace with Nation's mission of 100% electrification of Indian Railways, Western Railway has completed the electrification work of Surendranagar – Dhola - Dhrangadhara section (155 RKM) and the Commissioner of Railway Safety inspected the section o­n 17th & 18th February, 2020. This electrification work o­n this newly electrified section is the highest electrification work undertaken at a stretch over Indian Railways.

According to a Press Release issued by Shri Ravinder Bhakar - Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway, with the completion of Surendranagar – Dhola - Dhrangadhara section (155 RKM) electrification project, WR has successfully completed the electrification of total 535 RKM during current financial year upto 20^thFebruary 2020. This includes electrification of various sections namely Indore - Ratlam & Ratlam - Nimach in the state of Madhya Pradesh; Ahmedabad - Palanpur, Ahmedabad - Viramgam, Viramgam - Mehsana, Surendranagar – Botad - Dhola & Surendranagar - Dhrangadhra in the state of Gujarat which is more than four times as compared to the target achieved last year. Shri Bhakar stated that, further, about 300 RKM more is planned for CRS inspection in March 2020, which will take the grand total to 850 RKM by WR, i.e about 25% of total electrification o­n entire IR during the current financial year. Also, efforts are being made to electrify the route upto Pipavav port by March 2020 so as to enable to carry double stack containers from Pipavav port to Delhi via Palanpur by April 2020.Western Railway is the first Railway to successfully run double stack containers in electrified territory, for which high raise OHE having contact wire height of 7.57 mtr. has been provided, which is a first of its kind in world. With introduction of electric traction, which is pollution free and energy efficient mode of transport, Western Railway is expected to save about Rs.200 crores per annum o­n fuel expenses. To carry 1000 GTKM o­n electric traction, hardly 4.5 unit of electric energy is consumed, which costs about Rs.25 as against 2 ltrs. of HSD oil costing about Rs.150 to carry same load by diesel traction.Thus, there will be substantial saving in expenses of fuel upon electrification of various sections o­n Indian Railways. In addition, electrification will help in improving mobility of trains being more reliable & powerful, thus increasing the line capacity to run more trains in the section. Goods & Mail/Express trains are being taken over o­n electric traction progressively o­n the electrified sections. Electrification being most energy efficient mode of transport shall contribute significantly in maintaining clean & green environment by reduction in Green House Gas emission and reduction in carbon footprint of the country.Western Railway has thus taken giant stride in its commitment to promote energy conservation & help in reducing global warming.It is indeed noteworthy to mention that due to these sustained efforts, Western Railway has been awarded 1^stprize in Transport category during National Energy Conservation Award-2019 by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Power o­n 14^th December, 2019.

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