Hyderabad: 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 traveled by MMTS.
On SCR, on an average around 9.2 lakh passengers travel in the Unreserved segment each day which includes around 1.6 lakh passengers of the MMTS sector. On October 21 due to the TSRTC strike in Telangana state followed by the 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 nearby cities of Hyderabad.
In addition, the regular intercity express trains were augmented with 14 additional general coaches yesterday to cater to the unreserved passengers. The MMTS are Secunderabad – Guntur -Golconda Exp; Secunderabad – Ballarshah – Bhagyanagar Exp; Guntur – Vikarabad – Palnadu Exp; Vikarabad – Guntur – Palnadu Exp; Hyderabad – Sirupur Kagaznagar Exp; Sirupur Kagaznagar – Hyderabad Exp and Secunderabad – Bidar Exp
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, passengers traveled 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 coordination among all the departments for smooth handling of heavy rush without any hitch. He advised to chalk out meticulous planning to handle the extra rush of passengers in the coming days.
source:-NSS
