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Sampark Kranti Express Train Permitted Additional Halt in Udupi Till June 2
- Fri, Jan 09 2009 08:36:46 AM
Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (RD/SP)
Udupi, Jan 9: Sampark Kranti express train running between Kochuveli and Chandigarh since 2005, has been allowed a temporary stop here by the railway authorities from January 2 to June 2, stated a press release issued by district Railway Commuters Association president R L Dias.
District Railway Commuters Association has been carrying out struggle since the past two years, for prevailing on the Indian Railway authorities to permit a stop for the Sampark Kranti Express here. A memorandum to this effect was also presented to the railways minister R Velu at Madgaon, Goa on February 2006, he recollected.
The temporary stop of Sampark Kranti train service will benefit the people across the district, who want to visit north India including New Delhi. Meanwhile, the Mumbai bound passengers travelling in this train will not benefit much as it has no stop at Vasai Road Junction on Western Railway and the commuters will have to alight at Panvel and then take local trains to reach the Chatraprati Shivaji Terminus (CST), he explained.
District railway commuters association will take up the issue of granting stop for the train at Vasai Road Junction with the railway authorities besides urging the people across the district to make optimum use of the Sampark Kranti stop now provided to them here. Otherwise the temporary stop may be withdrawn as in the case of the Jan Shatabdi train in the past, stated R L Daias.