Minister of State of Railways, Coal & Mines Raosaheb Patil Danve, flagged off the inaugural service of Train No. 17630 H.S Nanded – Pune Daily Express service at the Jalna railway station in the presence of public representatives and senior railway officials of South Central Railway (SCR) on Monday.
“This train from bi-weekly to daily will facilitate the socio-economic development of the Marathwada region and will cater to the needs of the people providing convenient and affordable train journey to all. There is a large volume of commuter movement towards western direction like Pune and Mumbai from Marathwada,” he said.
It covers around 650 km in 14 hours with stoppages at 11 stations and the train has been inducted with state-of-the-art LHB coaches, which will offer a comfortable journey experience to the passengers. CCTV cameras have been installed both inside and at the entry of the coaches to keep an eye on entry of unauthorised persons, informed railway officials.
