Indian Railways narrow gauge heritage train in Gujarat makes trial run with AC vista dome coach

The vacationer coach fare is but to be determined. (Categorical Picture)

Indian Railways’ 107-year-old Billimora-Vaghai slender gauge heritage prepare service not too long ago made its first trial run with an connected AC vista dome coach. In December 2020, the prepare which runs between Billimora in Navsari and Vaghai in Dangs, South Gujarat was scrapped by the Western Railway zone (later, the choice was revoked), in line with an IE report. Piyush Goyal chaired Railway Ministry, on 10 December 2020, authorized the proposal to scrap companies of Western Railways’ 11 “uneconomic department traces” in addition to slender gauge sections, together with three from the state of Gujarat, together with the Billimora-Vaghai prepare. The heritage prepare service was began by the Gaekwad dynasty of the princely state of Baroda within the 12 months 1913.

On Wednesday, the trial experience was taken by a crew comprising Western Railway Extra Divisional Railway Supervisor Sanjay Sharma, Senior Divisional Engineer Kailash Meena, Senior Divisional Working Supervisor Sanjay Neelam in addition to Divisional Mechanical Engineer PU Upadhyay together with different railway officers of Valsad and Vaghai.

Based on sources quoted within the report, the prepare would resume its service as soon as the Covid scenario will get higher. They additional mentioned that the vacationer coach will probably be added to the prepare solely on Saturdays and Sundays. Extra such coaches could be added after seeing the footfall and income, they added. The heritage prepare will provide two companies on the 65-km route between Billimora and Vaghai every day with 10 stations. One prepare journey would take a length of three hours and 35 minutes.

Station Grasp of Vaghai railway station, Sachin Davli was quoted within the report saying that the trial run of the diesel-engine-run heritage prepare with the brand new vacationer vista dome coach was profitable. Because the Covid scenario has to enhance, it’s presently troublesome to say when the service will begin, he mentioned.

The vacationer coach fare is but to be determined, he mentioned additional mentioning that the fare for the overall coach was Rs 20. The AC vista dome coach has a complete of twenty-two seats and it’ll additionally boast cafeteria companies. The vacationer coach additionally has western bathrooms and washrooms.