Jaipur. Due to holidays, the reservation waiting list of passengers going on long distance journey from all the major railway stations under North Western Railway is full and operation of special trains is also not able to provide seats to the passengers. NWR may make lakhs of claims regarding the convenience of railway passengers, but on the occasion of every festival and holiday, its claims are exposed. More or less the same is happening this time too. Passengers are yearning for reservation and are not able to get a seat.
North Western Railway has so far started operating 10 temporary trains for summer holidays. All these trains will run till the end of June. But this solution is not able to provide relief to the passengers. That being said, NWR is reviewing the passenger load on all long routes. Despite this, the waiting list of passengers is full.
Ordinary passengers are not getting the benefit of increased number of coaches in trains.
According to NWR CPRO Captain Shashi Kiran, apart from these 10 temporary trains, the number of coaches is also being increased in the trains which are running regularly for the convenience of the passengers. But since all these are AC coaches, they are of no use to the passengers traveling in ordinary class. Moreover, only one train has been started from Khatipura railway station which is the largest railway station after Jaipur Junction. That too temporarily. Therefore, it is also not able to provide much relief to the passengers.
Passengers are not getting full facilities
Despite the claims of NWR for a long time, the arrangements are not being adequate for the passenger load. Now the time has come that NWR should operate new trains regularly on fixed routes where the passenger load is highest. Khatipura railway station which is ready. Only if new trains are announced from there will passengers be able to get easy travel facilities during festivals and holidays.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: April 17, 2024, 16:45 IST