Timings of 10 trains changed to prevent Gir Lions’ deaths on railway track

October 03, 2024

Bhavnagar: To prevent the deaths of rare Asiatic lions on railway tracks, the Indian Railways has revised the schedules of 10 trains that travel through their habitat in the Gir forest and nearby regions, suspending some services during nighttime hours.

In a press release, the Bhavnagar Railway Division stated, “As per the order of the High Court of Gujarat, for the safety of Asiatic lions, trains are not to be operated during nighttime hours in the Kansianesh-Sasangir and Junagadh-Bilkha sections.”

Currently, train number 09531 Delvada-Junagadh and train number 09540 Junagadh-Amreli reach their destinations at 20:20 hrs and 20:30 hrs, respectively.

To improve their schedules and ensure all metre-gauge trains run on time, it has been decided to change the timings of 10 metre-gauge trains in the Bhavnagar division starting from 07.10.2024.

According to Divisional Railway Manager Mr. Ravish Kumar, the details of these trains are as follows:

Train No. Name Old Departure New Departure Old Arrival New Arrival
09295 Veraval-Delwada 15:45 14:05 18:55 17:50
09296 Delwada-Veraval 08:15 08:00 11:15 11:20
09531 Delwada-Junagadh 14:00 11:30 20:20 18:25
09532 Junagadh-Delwada 07:20 08:40 13:10 15:25
09291 Veraval-Amreli 09:40 09:40 14:45 15:00
09292 Amreli-Veraval 08:50 06:30 13:50 11:40
09505 Veraval-Amreli 13:00 13:25 18:05 18:40
09508 Amreli-Veraval 12:10 12:25 17:20 17:25
09539 Amreli-Junagadh 06:30 07:10 10:10 11:10
09540 Junagadh-Amreli 17:40 14:05 21:30 18:05

 

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