MUL MARORA

PASSENGER AMENITIES COMMITTEE (PAC) CONDUCTS INSPECTION OF BANDRA TERMINUS & MUMBAI CENTRAL STATIONS

The Passenger Amenities Committee (PAC) headed by Chairman - Shri P.K. Krishnadas and members Dr. Ajit Kumar, Dr. Rajendra Ashok Phadke, Shri G. Premendar Reddy, Shri Himadri Bal, Smt Kaku Vijayalakshmi, Shri C. Ravindran & Shri Parshuram Mahto visited Bandra Terminus & Mumbai Central stations o­n 21^stJanuary, 2020 and inspected the provision of various passenger amenities at these stations.

According to a press release issued by Shri Ravinder Bhakar – Chief Public Relations Officer of WR, the Passenger Amenities Committee is nominated by the Railway Board. The Committee inspected all the passenger amenities at Bandra Terminus and Mumbai Central stations which included Pay & Use Toilets, Lifts, Luggage Scanner Machine, Batter Operated Cars, Bottle Crushing Machine, Foot Over Bridge, Catering Stalls, Current reservations berth availability display board, etc. The overall cleanliness at both the stations was appreciated by the members. They took stock of the o­ngoing passenger amenities works at both these stations and also at other stations of suburban and non-suburban section. The Committee also interacted with passengers at both stations regarding cleanliness and other amenities at stations. The passengers gave positive feedback and were largely satisfied with the services provided.

Shri G.V.L. Satya Kumar - Divisional Railway Manager of Mumbai Central Division gave a detailed presentation to the members of the committee and an overview of the infrastructure work in progress & innovative steps taken by Railways to improve Passenger experience as well as the efforts made to satisfy traveller needs in Mumbai Division was also conveyed.

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In view of rehearsal of Republic Day Parade o­n 23^rd January 2020 ( Thursday ) and Republic Day Parade passing over Tilak Bridge o­n 26.01.2020 (Sunday), the rail traffic over Tilak Bridge will remain temporarily suspended for 1 hour 30 minutes from 10.30 a.m. to 12.00 noon o­n 23.01.2020 & 26.01.2020 respectively . As aresult , the following trains will be cancelled/ partially cancelled / diverted/regulatedas under:-

TRAINS CANCELLED o­n 23.01.2020& 26.01.2020

·The 64423/64430 Ghaziabad-New Delhi-Ghaziabad EMU trains will remain cancelled o­n 23.01.2020 & 26.01.2020.

DIVERSION OF TRAINS o­n23.01.2020& 26.01.2020

·The 64434 Delhi Jn. –New Delhi-Ghaziabad EMU train will be diverted to run via Delhi Shahdara – Sahibabad and it will remain partially cancelled between Delhi Jn.-New Delhi -Sahibabad.

·The 64012 Shakurbasti-New Delhi –Palwal EMU will be diverted to run via Patel Nagar- Delhi Safdarjung - Hazrat Nizamuddin and o­nwards to Palwal

·The 12313 Sealdah-New Delhi Rajdhani Exp. train will be diverted to run via Delhi if required.

·The 64428 New Delhi-Ghaziabad EMU train will be diverted to run via Delhi Jn.

·The 64901 Kosi Kalan- Ghaziabad EMU will be diverted to run via Hazrat Nizamuddin to Sahibabad.

·The 20817 & 22811 Bhubneshwar-New Delhi Rajhani Exp. train will be diverted to run via Delhi Jn.

·20839 Ranchi-New Delhi Rajdhani Express train will be diverted to run via Delhi Jn.

REGULATION OF TRAINS o­n 23.01.2020& 26.01.2020TILL CLEARANCE OF THE PARADE

·The11078 Jammu Tawi -Pune Jhelum Express train will be regulated at New Delhi if required.

·The 12626New Delhi-Trivandrum Kerala Express train will be regulated at New Delhi.

·The14258 New Delhi-Varanasi Kashi Vishwanath Express train will depart from New Delhi after clearance of the Parade.

·The 12627Bangalore-New Delhi Karnataka Express train will be regulated at Hazrat Nizamuddin till clearance of the Parade.

·The 12925Bandra Terminus-Amritsar/Kalka Paschim Express train will be regulatedat Okhla till clearance of the Parade.

·The 12204 Amritsar-Saharsa Garib Rath Express train will be regulated at New Delhi till clearance of the Parade.

·The 12033 Kanpur-New Delhi Shatabdi Express train will be regulated at Sahibabad for 15 minutes.

·The 12259 Sealdah-New Delhi Duronto Express train will be regulated at Ghaziabad for 15 minutes.

·The 20801 Patna-New Delhi Magadh Express train will be regulated at Ghaziabad for 15 minutes.

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