SER GM urged to improve passenger service
Rourkela: Matters pertaining to improvement of passenger amenities,
introduction of new trains, extension of some existing trains, increase of
frequency of some trains and enhancement of number of air conditioned coaches
were among a host of issues came up for discussion today during the visit of
the General Manager of South Eastern Railway (SER), A K Verma to the steel
city.Representatives of different organizations during a discussion with the GM at the Officers’ Guest House of Rourkela Railway Station, requested him to take necessary steps for early completion of Bimalagarh-Talcher Rail Corridor, extension of railway line from Roxy siding to Bansapani via Koira, extension of railway line from Kiriburu to Barbil and rail connectivity from Angul to Sukinda via Rourkela-Talcher route.
They also
demanded introduction of one new super fast day train like ‘Shatabdi’ or ‘Inter
City’ from Jharsuguda or Rourkela to Howrah and vice-versa, a superfast train
from Sambalpur to New Delhi via Rourkela, Ranchi, Gaya, Varanasi and Allahabad,
and one express train from Tatanagar to Thiruvananthapuram via Rourkela,
Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Chennai Central and
Ernakulam.
They
demanded extension of Tata-Amritsar Jaliwanwalabag Express, Hatia-Gorakhpur
Express (Mourya), Bilaspur-Tirunelveli Express, Sambalpur-Nizamabad Express, Garib
Rath Express, Ranchi-Bhagalpur Express, Tata-Chapra Express and Bilaspur-Yashwantpur
Express via Secunderabad to Rourkela for the benefit of the passengers.
They also
demanded increase in the frequency of trains such as Hatia-Yashwantpur Express
to 3 days a week, Howrah-LTT Ganeswari Super Delux Express to 7 days a week and
Sambalpur-Varanasi Express to 7 days a week.
In addition
to these, they demanded one additional AC III tier coach and one sleeper coach
for Puri-Jodhpur Express, Titilagarh-Howarh Ispat Express and allotment of
emergency quota for Rourkela in some trains which will meet the passengers
rush.
Meanwhile, Verma
inaugurated a running room for the drivers and guards.
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