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Shri Raosaheb Patil Danve, Hon’ble Minister of State of Railways, Coal & Mines, Government of India flagged-off Inaugural special train No. 07414 Jalna – Tirupati (via, Parbhani, ParliVaijnath, Bidar, Kalaburagi, Guntakal) at a function held at Jalna Railway Station o­n today i.e., 30^th October, 2022 in the august presence of Shri Narayan Kuche, Hon’ble Member of Legislative Assembly, Badnapur, other Public representatives and Senior Railway Officials.

Speaking o­n the occasion, ShriRaosahebPatilDanve stated that, a long cherished dream of the people of Marathwada region has been fulfilled today with the inauguration of special train between Jalna – Tipurati – Jalna and he appealed the passengers to utilize this opportunity to have Balajidarshan. He also stated that, it is very convenient train for the pilgrims who visit Tirumala. The Special train starts at 11.50 hrs o­n Sunday from Jalna and reaches Tirupati at 09.05 hrs o­n Monday. In the return direction, the train starts at 18.30 hrs from Tirupati o­n Tuesday and reaches Jalna at 18.00 hrs o­n Wednesday. He said that the current Government is giving special focus by increasing the allocation for rail development projects by nearly 10 times compared to previous Governments. He assured that he will continue to work for the development of the region, fulfilling the confidence reposed by them.

Indian Railways has been continuously introducing additional special trains so as to meet the travel aspirations of rail passengers towards different regions in the country. Accordingly, South Central Railway also fulfilling the demand of the rail passengers from the Marathwada region to have an additional travel facility to pilgrim town Tirupati, a special weekly train has been introduced between Jalna – Tirupati– Jalna via Parli, Bidar, Humnabad&Raichur. This meets the travel aspirations of passengers travelling between Marathwada and various destinations in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh as well. The newly introduced weekly special train will run with LHB coaches which provide easy, safe and convenient travel option for the passengers. Initially 6 trips will be run during the months of October, November & December.

Highlights

 vProvides additional travel facility to pilgrim passengers travelling to Temple Town Tirupati.

vConnects the new destinations in Karnataka viz., Humnabad, Kalaburagi and Wadi with Marathwada region through direct train facility.

vCaters the needs of the people travelling to important towns in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh like Yadgir, Raichur, Mantralayam, Guntakal, Kadapa etc.

vProvides safe, cost effective and comfortable transportation for the rail passengers.

vSuitable to all segment of passengers – both reserved and unreserved

vConsists of both AC & Non AC classes

vThere will be ample time for the passengers to visit Lord Balaji Temple and return back by the same train. This is because the train reaches early hours of Monday at Tirupati and in return journey starts in the Tuesday evening again from Tirupati.

vThe train is being operated with modern LHB coaches providing comfort and enhanced travel experience for the passengers.

vThe train composition consists of First AC, Second AC, Third AC, II Sleeper and Second General class coaches.

*The details of the weekly regular special train services between Jalna – Tirupati – Jalnaalong with dates & their station-wise timings are as follows:

*These trains will consist of o­ne First AC; Four AC II tier; Ten AC III tier; Two Sleeper Class Coaches and Two General Second Seating Coaches.

Shri RaosahebPatilDanve, Hon’ble Minister of State of Railways, Coal & Mines visited Agartala in Tripura o­n 20^th April, 2022 to review various railway projects and o­ngoing infrastructure developmental works. Shri Danve inaugurated the Monumental National Flag at Agartala station. He was given the guard of honour by the RPF contingent at Agartala station.

Shri Danve conducted a window trailing inspection from Agartala to Sabroom station to inspect various aspects of track and signalling equipments along with other safety related gears. He inspected Udaipur station and appreciated the architecture which is based o­n the famous Tripureshwari temple. He also interacted with passengers at Udaipur station.

He inspected Sabroom station yard and upcoming logistic park at Sabroom, a strategic project for seamless transportation. He was accompanied by the General Manager of Northeast Frontier Railway Shri Anshul Gupta and senior railway officials during inspection. He also reviewed the operational aspects and innovative features provided at the station yard for handling freight transportation. He took stock of the amenities and facilities available for smooth functioning of loading/unloading works. He also interacted with media persons at Sabroom station.

Later o­n, Shri Danvevisited Integrated Check Post (ICP) which is being coming up at Sabroom in Tripura. The ICP is envisioned to contain multi-modal facilities to handle road, railway and waterways cargo. There is a proposal for railway siding for loading/unloading of goods inside ICP, to be developed under PM’s Gati Shakti Terminal Policy. The policy will help in implementing these projects in time-bound manner and enable to have direct connectivity with Railways. Government of Tripura will setup Logistic Hub at Sabroomto generate additional economic and to promote other developmental activities.

Earlier o­n 19^th April, Hon'ble Minister of State of Railways conducted a window trailing inspection from Kamakhya to Barpeta Road to check various safety aspects and inspect the progress of New Bongaigaon - Agthori double line project. With completion of this doubling project, the line capacity of the section will increase reducing constraints and more freight and passenger traffic can be handled. He also reviewed several governments’ projects at Barpeta District and held meetings with local administration of Barpeta.

Once, these infrastructural projects are effectively implemented, it will help in improving connectivity as well as assist the North-eastern region becoming a logistic hub leading to economic transformation.