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              दक्षिण à¤ªà¤¶à¥à¤šà¤¿à¤® à¤°à¥‡à¤²à¤µà¥‡ / SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY                à¤ªà¥à¤°à¥‡à¤¸ à¤µà¤¿à¤œà¥à¤žà¤ªà¥à¤¤à¤¿ / Press Release No. 450 Dt: 07.12.2021

Bharat Gaurav trains in SWR

South Western Railway is happy to be a part of Indian Railways initiative of "Bharat Gaurav Trains" a theme- based Tourist Circuit trains to showcase India’s rich cultural heritage and magnificent historical places to the people of India and the world.

Indian Railway aims to leverage the core strengths of the professionals of the tourism sector to run theme-based trains to tap the vast tourist potential of India. Registered service providers shall be offered rakes under “Right to Use” Model by Indian Railway for operations of Bharat Gaurav Trains. Option of procurement of new coaches directly from production units through NRC (Non-Railway Customer) plan is also available. Flexibility to decide the business model including themes, routes, itinerary, tariff and other attributes connected with this model. Any Individual, Partnership Firm, Company, Society, Trust, Joint Ventures and Consortium are eligible to be a part of this new business opportunity.

Under ‘Right to Use’ model o­ne can own a rakefor a minimum of 2 years and the maximum period is based o­n the residual period of coaches.

This theme - based Bharat Gaurav Trains bring new business opportunities to private tour operators to be part of Indian Railways effort to showcase India's rich heritage to the people. Interested stakeholders can register o­n the website www.indianrailways.gov.inunder “Bharat Gaurav Trains” link.

For any further information and queries, please contact

Customer Support Unit(CSU)/SWR,

PCCM Office, 2nd Floor,

West Wing, Rail Soudha,

Gadag Road, Hubli-580020.

Contact Number: 9731977955, 9901132263

e-mail: bharatgauravtrainsswr@gmail.com

                                               Aneesh Hegde

                                                                         Chief Public Relations Officer     

                                                                       South Western Railway, Hubballi   

SWR FERRY 1.03 LAKH PLUS PEOPLE TO THEIR NATIVE STATES BY OPERATING 76 SHRAMIK SPECIALS

SWR o­n Sunday operated 12 more Shramik Special trains, 6 to Uttar Pradesh and 3 to Bihar and 1 each to Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Jammu & Kashmir. 

SWR has so far run 76 Shramik Specials for migrant workers, students and families to return to their home towns, in different parts of the country after relaxation of Lockdown in Karnataka.By the 74^th Shramik Special SWR had reached the magical figure of 1 Lakh passengers transported to their hometowns.

         Hon’ble Minister of Railway has tweeted that Railway has become a blessing for the people by helping those stranded far away due to Lockdown, reach their hometowns and Railways is ready to run trains from any district to anywhere.

          In addition to ferrying passenger to their hometowns, Railway continues to keep the supply of food chain by transporting essential commodities and raw materials to keep the economy moving.

           Further to enhance medical help in emergency, SWR has modified 320 passenger coaches to be used as Covid Care Centres in the possible exigency of keeping Covid-19 patients in isolation as and when required by the Government.

        Railway is the without doubt in this crisis shown that it is the life line of the nation.

                                                        Chief Public Relations Officer

                                                    South Western Railway, Hubballi             

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(Public Relations Branch, South Western Railway, Rail Soudha, Gadag Road, Hubballi-580020)