In a bid to accommodate a better variety of passengers and facilitate journey to numerous locations, the Railway Ministry has introduced a considerable enhance in train trips for the upcoming summer season. Compared to final 12 months, there can be a big surge of 43 per cent within the variety of train trips operated by the ministry.
“To ensure the convenience of passengers and manage the anticipated surge in travel demand during summers, the Indian Railways is operating a record-breaking 9, 111 trips during the summer season,” a press assertion from the Railway Ministry mentioned. “This marks a substantial rise compared to the summer of 2023, where a total of 6,369 trips were offered. This translates to an increase of 2742 trips, demonstrating the Indian Railways’ commitment to meeting passenger demands effectively,” it added.
Additional trains to join key locations
According to the ministry, the extra trains have been meticulously deliberate to join key locations throughout the nation, making certain seamless journey on main railway routes. Out of those 9,111 train trips, the Western Railway will operate the highest quantity — 1,878 — adopted by the North Western Railway with 1,623 trips. Other Railway zones, which is able to run a big variety of trips are the South Central Railway (1,012 trips) and the East Central Railway (1,003).
“All zonal railways spread across India have geared up to operate these additional trips catering to the summer travel rush from states like Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Delhi,” the Railway Ministry mentioned.
How Railways take a name to enhance train trips?
Before taking a name to enhance train trips, the ministry takes inputs from all communication channels 24x 7 like media stories, social media platforms, Railway Integrated helpline quantity 139, other than particulars of waitlist passengers within the PRS system, to assess the demand of trains on a specific route. “Based on this requirement, the number of trains and number of trips are augmented. Neither the number of trains nor the number of trips run by additional trains are static for the entire season,” the ministry mentioned.
The ministry has additionally instructed Zonal Railways “to ensure availability of drinking water at Railway stations” throughout the summer season. “Elaborate crowd control arrangements are made at all major and important railway stations. Senior officers are stationed at these stations to monitor all the activities to regulate the crowd in a systematic manner,” the ministry mentioned.
Crowds to be regulated at foot-over bridges
It ought to be famous right here that the ministry has additionally issued directions to deploy Government Railway Police (GRP) and Railway Protection Force (RPF) at foot-over bridges to regulate crowds easily so as to keep away from stampede-like conditions throughout the heavy rush interval.
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