Launch of regular Surat – Mahuva train

Launch of regular Surat – Mahuva train

Surat: Surat-Mahuva Superfast Train will start operating from 21st August on five days per week basis after its trial run which was flagged off by MoS Railway and local Lok Sabha MP Darshana Jardosh today. The train has been started in response to growing demand for more connectivity between Surat and Saurashtra.

Minister of State for Railways and Textiles MP Darshana Jarodsh on her last day of Jan Ashirvad Yatra on 18th August- Wednesday had said in a press-conference here, “Surat Mahuva train will start operating from August 19. The train will depart from Surat at 10 PM at night and reach Mahuva at 7 AM in the morning. The train will reach Mahuva from Surat in 11 hours. The train will start functioning regularly from 21st August five days a week.”

The demand of allotting a stoppage at Surat junction to the Sampark Kranti Train running from Kochivali to Chandigadh is also fulfilled and it stops at Surat junction at 3.15 AM, she added.DeshGujarat