Railways is preparing to give a new gift to its passengers soon. It is being told that before Diwali, another Vande Bharat train will be sent to Gujarat. Can be found. This information has been given in a report of a local daily quoting railway sources. If everything goes according to plan, this will be the 5th Vande Bharat train of Gujarat. Also, this will be the first train to operate from Surat. It is being said that this train will run 6 days a week between Rajkot and Udhna. This decision has been taken in view of the increasing number of passengers on this route.
According to the report, the Senior CDO of the Coaching Depot has started preliminary preparations for the Udhna-Rajkot Vande Bharat train. After the initial investigation is completed, the report will be sent to the Western Railway Headquarters. If everything goes well, the state can get a new Vande Bharat train in a few months. It is being told that earlier the Railway Board had planned to run the train between Surat and Rajkot. But, due to the construction of Multi Modal Transport Hub (MMTH), platform-4 of Surat station has been temporarily closed. Due to this, the route of the proposed Vande Bharat was changed. Now there is a plan to run this train between Udhna and Rajkot.
A big initiative for the convenience of passengers
On the other hand, a big step has been taken for the convenience of the passengers of Kota division of West Central Railway. Now passengers will be able to take first aid from the ticket checking team in a running train, but for this they will have to pay a fee of Rs 50. In view of passenger convenience, a positive initiative has been taken for first aid of passengers in emergency situations in running trains under the guidance of Divisional Railway Manager Manish Tiwari. Till now, the facility of first aid for passengers was available only with the railway guard and station superintendent of the passenger train. On June 28, the division issued first aid kits to all the ticket checking staff (TTE) of passenger trains. In this first aid kit, all 13 types of medicines related to general treatment will be available with the ticket checking staff in the railways during duty.