Shramik Special leaves for Tripura
Ahmedabad: A Shramik Special train left for Agartala , Tripura from Ahmedabad city on a journey of 3 ,277km. The train will have facility to detrain the train at Guwahati in Assam and Bhairabi in Mizoram.
The train left late in the night on Monday and will reach its destination, Agartala, on Thursday. Railway officials said that this was the longest train journey from Gujarat covering over 3,000km.
Officials said that in the past no passengers were allowed to get down before destination. But on Monday, three destinations were combined to get adequate number of passengers.
The train will run on end-to-end basis and a halt is provided at Bhopal and detraining halts at Guwahati and Bhairabi stations. The train will halt at 14 other stations only for operational purpose and crew change.
Officials said that from May 2 till Monday, Western Railway has sent 1,031 Shramik Special trains while following all norms of social distancing. Out of the these, Mumbai division has run 550 trains and Ahmedabad division has run 243 trains, while the remaining were operated by Vadodara, Bhavnagar, Rajkot and Ratlam divisions of Western Railway.
The train will run on end-to-end basis and a halt is provided at Bhopal and detraining halts at Guwahati and Bhairabi stations. The train will halt at 14 other stations only for operational purpose and crew change.
Officials said that from May 2 till Monday, Western Railway has sent 1,031 Shramik Special trains while following all norms of social distancing. Out of the these, Mumbai division has run 550 trains and Ahmedabad division has run 243 trains, while the remaining were operated by Vadodara, Bhavnagar, Rajkot and Ratlam divisions of Western Railway.
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