Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has introduced special trains for upcoming Diwali and Chhath Puja season.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday introduced an addition of coaches and special trains on the event of Chaath puja and Diwali throughout the nation to make sure ease of journey for passengers.
Vaishnaw stated, “This festive season, General Coach increased in 108 trains. 12,500 coaches sanctioned for Chhath puja and Diwali special trains. In 2024-25, a total of 5,975 trains have been notified till today. This will facilitate more than 1 crore passengers to go home during the Puja rush. In 2023-24 a total of 4,429 special trains ran during the festive season.”
Earlier on September 24, Aswhini Vaishnaw had inspected the Kavach 4.0 in Rajasthan and stated that Kavach 4.0 has began for the primary time in India from Sawai Madhopur, including that within the coming years, 10 thousand locomotives will likely be lined by Kavach.
“Kavach 4.0 has started for the first time in India from Sawai Madhopur… The work of installing armour in this area has been completed, this is just the beginning, in the coming years, 10 thousand locomotives will be covered with armour and 9 thousand kilometres of additional armour work will be done,” Vaishnaw informed reporters.
Kavach is an indigenously developed Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system. It is a extremely technology-intensive system, which requires security certification of the best order.
Kavach aids the loco pilot in trains working inside specified velocity limits by computerized software of brakes in case the loco pilot fails to take action and it additionally helps the practice safely run throughout inclement climate.On September 20, Vaishnaw had inaugurated the Bharat Gaurav Train for Bharat-Nepal Yatra on the Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station in Delhi on Friday and stated that vacationers will have the ability to expertise the wealthy cultural heritage shared by India and Nepal.
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