Ministry of Railways
15.09.2019
15.09.2019
Indian Railways launches 09 ‘Sewa Service’ Trains today
These Sewa trains will provide connectivity to the far-flung areas where stoppages of premiere trains were not possible: Shri Piyush Goya
Union Ministers Shri PiyushGoyal along with Dr. Harsh Vardhan,Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Shri Suresh Angadi and Member of ParliamentSmt Meenakshi Lekhi take part in launch ceremony in Delhi
Sewa Service’ trains have been planned with spare rakes as a part of ‘sweating of assets’ initiative by the Indian Railways to have better utilization of the rolling stock
Indian Railways launches 09 ‘Sewa Service’ Trains today to connect smaller towns around major cities. Delhi-Shamli passenger train was inaugurated by the dignitaries and other trains were flagged off through video-conferencing connected to the terminal stations where these trains are to start.
Out of 09 ‘Sewa Service’ trains in eight states, four trains will run on a daily basis and other five, 6 days a week.
- Vadnagar – Mahesana DEMU (6 days a week) - Gujarat
- Asarva –Himmatnagar DEMU (6 days a week)- Gujarat
- Karur – Salem DEMU (6 days a week)- Tamil Nadu
- Coimbatore – Pollachi Passenger (6 days a week)- Tamil Nadu
- Coimbatore – Palani Passenger (Daily)- Tamil Nadu
- Yesvantpur – Tumkur DEMU (6 days a week) - Karnataka
- Murkongselek – Dibrugarh Passenger (Daily) - Assam
- Bhubaneswar – Nayagarh Express (Daily) - Assam
- Delhi – Shamli Passenger (Daily)
These trains will provide connectivity to the far-flung areas where stoppages of premiere trains was not possible. These trains will act as link trains to serve the common man of the country.
It is a unique concept to start these 09 Sewa trains with layover/ spare rakes as a part of ‘sweating of assets’ initiative by the Indian Railways. This was part of strategies of Indian Railways to have better utilization of the rolling stock without any requisition for new rolling stock.
These trains will run on the “Hub and Spoke” Model, thereby facilitating passengers to use these trains to reach the “Hub” for availing onward journey to other major stations. Indian Railways plans to run more trains on similar model to serve the passengers of smaller towns and cities. These measures are also expected to boost the earnings of the Indian Railways to help in strengthening the economy.
