Today in Vadodara, Suresh Prabhu Union Railway Minister announced 4 new categories of trains, 1 for unreserved passengers and 3 for reserved ones, which will be operational in the next couple of months. The reason behind starting new train for unreserved passengers is to ensure that those belonging to the very poor people can also travel by train said minister. At MOU Memorandum of Understanding signing between city-based National Academy of the Indian Railway NAIR and MS University in the presence of Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel. It is the vision of PM Modi to provide travelling facility to this Antodaya category of people he added.
The Antyodaya Express, a long-distance, fully unreserved, super-fast train service is to be introduced for the common man and it will operate on dense routes minister added. The Railways will also add two to four ‘Deen Dayalu’ coaches to some long-distance trains for unreserved travel to enhance the carrying capacity. The other trains to be introduced are Humsafar, a fully third AC train. The Tejas category of trains will run at 130 km an hour with local cuisine, Wi-Fi and other amenities on board.
The final category is UDAY Utkrisht Double-Decker Air-conditioned Yatri, which will be overnight trains plying on the busiest routes to increase capacity by 40 % said minister. Introduction of 4 trains is in an attempt to enhance railway services across the country. The Railway ministry does not want the state Chief Ministers to visit New Delhi on eve of the presentation of Railway Budget for including their state’s demand in the Budget.
