Surat: A goods train derailed near Dhola Junction railway station of Bhavnagar division on Sunday afternoon. Due to this, trains including Surat-Mahuwa were affected.
Trains were delayed by two to three hours as the goods train derailed at Dhola station
According to the official sources of the Railways, the train No. 22964 Bhavnagar-Bandra Express that left Bhavnagar for Bandra this evening departed three hours late. Similarly, train number 12972 Bhavnagar-Bandra Express departing from Bhavnagar also departed three hours late. On Sunday, train number 20956 Mahwa-Surat Express departing from Mahwa to Surat departed two hours late. Besides, the Bhavnagar-Okha train departed two hours late, the Bhavnagar-Botad train also departed three hours late and the Dhola-Mahuwa train departed three hours late.
Navjeevan Express will run 1 hour late today due to block near Miyagam Karajan
Surat: Due to block between Surat-Vadodara Meenyagam Karanj-Kashipura railway station on February 20, trains including Gujarat Express will remain partially cancelled. In this, train number 09161 Valsad-Vadodara special train will be canceled between Bharuch and Vadodara. Train No. 09162 Vadodara-Valsad Special Train will remain canceled between Vadodara-Bharuch. Train number 22953 Mumbai-Ahmedabad (Gujarat Express) will be canceled between Surat Ahmedabad. Train No. 12656 Navjeevan Express will run late by 1 hour 05 minutes.
Country’s first multi-modal transport hub to be built in Surat will have airport-like facilities: Darshana Jardosh
Surat: The newly constructed Surat railway station will be developed as a multi-modal transport hub, it will be equipped with airport-like facilities and will be made ultra-modern. R. Patil and Union Minister of State for Railways and Textiles Darshanaben Jardosh. Also, Minister Darshana Jardosh further said that since the central government has taken over the project of Surat Railway Station on EPP basis, its work will progress very quickly.
A press conference was held on Sunday to discuss the recently presented Union Budget and railway modernization. BJP civic workers were also present in this press conference. So that the civic servants can get information about the provisions made by the central government in the budget and convey it to the public. In which Union Minister of State for Railways and Textiles Mrs. Darshanaben Jardosh spoke about the modernization of the railways in the coming days. A presentation was also made for the multi-modal transport hub and how it would become a state-of-the-art railway station and get airport-like facilities. Earlier, this project was to be realized through Public Private Partnership, but as the project cost required a large investment and a long period for its recovery, the central government did not find success in this planning, and now it has been carried out on EPC basis.
Gujarat Government Minister Mukeshbhai Patel, Surat BJP City President Niranjan Zanjmera, Kalaubhai Bhimnath, MLAs Sangeetaben Patel, Pravinbhai Ghoghari, Arvindbhai Rana, Manubhai Patel, Sandeepbhai Desai, Gujarat Region Vice President Janakbhai Bagdanawala, Surat Municipal Standing Committee Chairman Pareshbhai Patel etc. were present on the occasion. were