Additional Vistadome coaches continue to elude Araku train
[ad_1]
The introduction of a Vistadome coach on the Visakhapatnam-Araku train route has been welcomed warmly by vacationers, thanks to its plush seats and panoramic home windows that provide beautiful views of the hills, valleys and tunnels on the way in which to Araku.
There is a excessive demand for the restricted variety of seats, that are normally booked months upfront. There have been requires augmenting the variety of Vistadome coaches, which might additionally give a much-needed increase to the tourism sector within the Agency.
While assurances have been made in Parliament that extra Vistadome coaches could be allotted to the Visakhapatnam-Araku route, nothing has materialised until now.
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, in response to a question from Rajya Sabha MP V. Vijaya Sai Reddy looking for allotment of 5 Vistadome coaches for the Araku vacationer train, replied in Parliament in November final 12 months that further Vistadome coaches have been being manufactured and would quickly be supplied for the advantage of vacationers.
The lone Vistadome coach was supplied to the Visakhapatnam–Kirandul Passenger (up to Araku) in April 2017. A second Vistadome coach, which was allotted subsequently to this train, was reportedly given away to one other zone.
“I am not aware of the Vistadome coach running elsewhere in the country. We are supposed to get two Vistadome coaches from the ICF and we expect to receive them soon,” Divisional Railway Manager Chetan Kumar Shrivastava advised The Puucho on Tuesday, when requested for a clarification on posts by social media customers {that a} Vistadome coach was being utilized by Central Railway.
On the revival of the Araku Passenger for the advantage of vacationers going to Araku, Mr. Shrivastava mentioned that poor patronage has led to the cancellation of the train. He mentioned trains originating from Visakhapatnam could be restored sooner or later.
“I will take up the issue with railway officials,” Visakhapatnam MP M.V.V. Satyanarayana mentioned.
[ad_2]
