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CORONA EFFECT: CANCELLATION OF 72 TRIPS OF 10 MORE MAIL/EXPRESS TRAINS OVER W.RLY DUE TO LOW OCCUPANCY

AC local services o­n W. Rly will be cancelled w.e.f 20th March, 2020 till 31^st March, 2020 & those services will be replaced by non AC suburban services

Tejas & Mahakal Express trains run by IRCTC have also been cancelled

Western Railway has decided to further cancel 72 trips of 10 more Mail / Express trains including IRCTC run private trains over W. Rly, i.e. Tejas & Kashi Mahakal Express trains, due to low occupancy arising out of COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to these 10 trains, 16 trains were cancelled in the last two days, taking the total to 26 trains.Also, all 12 services of AC local train o­n W. Rly will be cancelled from tomorrow i.e. 20th March, 2020 till 31st March, 2020 & those services will be replaced by non AC suburban services. Thus, the total number of suburban services plying will remain unchanged. The details of the 10 Mail / Express trains cancelled o­n 19^th March, 2020 are as under:-

1.Train No. 19329 Indore – Udaipur Veer Bhumi Express cancelled from 20^th to 31^stMarch, 2020.

2.Train No. 19330 Udaipur – Indore Veer Bhumi Express cancelled from 20^th to 31^stMarch, 2020.

3.Train No. 19664 Khajuraho – Indore Express cancelled o­n 20^th, 21^st, 22^nd, 24^th, 27^th , 28^th, 29^th &31^st March, 2020.

4.Train No. 19663 Indore – Khajuraho Express cancelled o­n 21^st, 22^nd, 23^rd, 25^th , 28^th, 29^th &30^th March, 2020.

5.Train No. 82901 Mumbai Central – Ahmedabad IRCTC Tejas Express cancelled o­n 20^th, 21^st, 22^nd, 23^rd, 24^th, 25^th , 27^th, 28^th, 29^th, 30^th & 31^st March, 2020.

6.Train No. 82902 Ahmedabad – Mumbai Central IRCTC Tejas Express cancelled o­n 20^th, 21^st, 22^nd, 23^rd, 24^th, 25^th , 27^th, 28^th, 29^th, 30^th & 31^st March, 2020.

7.Train No. 82401 Varanasi – Indore Kashi Mahakal Express cancelled o­n 19^th, 24^th, 26^th & 31^st March, 2020.

8.Train No. 82403 Varanasi – Indore Kashi Mahakal Express cancelled o­n 22^nd & 29^thMarch, 2020.

9.Train No. 82402 Indore – Varanasi Kashi Mahakal Express cancelled o­n 20^th, 25^th& 27^th March, 2020.

10.Train No. 82404 Indore – Varanasi Kashi Mahakal Express cancelled o­n 23^rd& 30^thMarch, 2020.

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                                                                 SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY

                                      Press Release No. 363  Dt. 28.01.2020

SHRI SURESH C ANGADI, HON’BLE MOSR & SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI,  MINISTER FOR PARLIAMENT AFFAIRS, COAL AND MINES CONVENES MEETING OF LOCAL MPS AND MLAS WITH GM SWR AT RAIL SOUDHA, SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY HEADQUARTERS

Shri Suresh C Angadi, Hon’ble MoSR and Shri Pralhad Joshi, Union Minister for Parliament Affairs, Coal and Mines today convened a meeting of MPs and MLAs with Shri Ajay Kumar Singh, GM/SWR, Principal Heads of the Departments, Shri Arvind Malkhede, DRM/UBL and other senior Railway officers from Headquarters and Hubballi Division at Rail Soudha, South Western Railway Headquarters to discuss the issues related to Railway in their constituency.

The following Hon’ble Members of Parliament and Members of Legislative Assembly attended the meeting

1.Shri Ramesh C. Jigajinagi, Hon’ble MP, Vijayapura

2.Shri P. C. Gaddigoudar, Hon’ble MP, Bagalkot

3.Shri Annasaheb S Jolle, Hon’ble MP, Chikodi

4.Shri Basangoud R Patil (Yatnal), Hon’ble MLA, Bijapur

5.Shri Veeranna Charantimath, Hon’ble MLA, Bagalkot

6.Shri Dhuryodhan M Aihole, Hon’ble MLA, Raybag

Railway issues pertaining to introduction of new trains, speeding up of trains, improvement in station buildings, early completion of doubling projects were few of the issues represented by Hon’ble MPs to Hon’ble MoSR.  They also sought the support of Shri Pralhad Joshi, Union Minister to get necessary approval. Hon’ble MoSR directed GM/SWR, Shri Ajay Kumar Singh to take immediate action o­n items that are within Zonal Railway powers.  For items which are out of zonal Railway powers it was directed by Hon’ble MoSR to send detailed proposal for approval of Ministry of Railway.

Some of the requests of the elected representatives were: -

1.Punctuality of Golgumbaz train to be monitored.

2.It is decided that Intercity train from Hubballi to Vijayapura to be planned in Feb.

3.Bagalkot-Kudachi new line shall be expedited and issue of land acquisition to be sorted with State Govt. 1500 Acres land is yet to be acquired.

4.Along with doubling, new station buildings and also passenger amenities such as platform extension, platform surface improvements, foot over bridge to be planned. It is informed that new station building at Bagalkot, Lakmapur and Guledgudd road are already planned.

5.Rail bus shall be restored between Bagalkot and Khajjidoni.

                                                        (E. Vijaya)

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