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South Central Railway for the first time in the history carried 11.5 lakh Unreserved passengers on a single day, which includes 2.2 lakh of passengers travelled by MMTS.
On SCR, on an average around 9.2 lakh passengers travels in Unreserved segment each day which includes around 1.6 lakh passengers of MMTS sector. But yesterday i.e., on 21st October 2019 due to TSRTC strike in Telangana state followed by reopening of educational institutions passengers thronged the Railway stations to travel by intercity express trains and MMTS trains.
Sensing the additional rush of Passengers, the Zone has taken several steps like operating 4 special Jansadharan trains between Kacheguda – Nizamabad and Kacheguda – Kurnool city to cater the rail users of near by cities of Hyderabad.
In addition, the regular intercity express trains were augmented with 14 additional general coaches on yesterday i.e., 21st October 2019 to cater the unreserved passengers. The details are
1. 17201 Secunderabad – Guntur -Golconda Exp – 3 General coaches
2. 17233 Secunderabad – Ballarshah – Bhagyanagar Exp – 3 General coaches
3. 12747 Guntur – Vikarabad – Palnadu Exp – 1 General Coach
4. 12748 Vikarabad – Guntur – Palnadu Exp – 1 General Coach
5. 17011 Hyderabad – Sirupur Kagaznagar Exp – 2 General coaches
6. 17012 Sirupur Kagaznagar – Hyderabad Exp – 2 General coaches
7. 17010 Secunderabad – Bidar Exp – 2 General coaches
The Zone is anticipating more rush even on today. Accordingly, 14 more general coaches are being attached to the regular intercity express trains in addition to operating four Jansadharan special trains.
For the first time, yesterday i.e., on 21st October, 2019, passengers travelled by MMTS suburban services operating in twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad has crossed 2 Lakh mark and carried around 2.2 Lakh passengers.
On this occasion Shri Gajanan Mallya, General Manager, South Central Railway appreciated the efforts and co-ordination among all the departments for smooth handling of heavy rush without any hitch. He advised to chalk out meticulous planning to handle extra rush of passengers in the coming days.
