The suburban railway service between New Delhi and Vinay Nagar was inaugurated on Saturday when a shuttle with three bogies left New Delhi station at 7-20 a.m, carrying, amongst others, Mr Brahm Perkash, Chief Minister, and Mr Gopi Nath Aman, Income Minister of Delhi State.
Mr M. Okay. Kaul, Normal Supervisor, Northern Railway, accompanied the Ministers.
Enthusiastic scenes have been witnessed at each station from Lajpat Nagar onwards. The residents of the locality had collected on the platform to cheer the incoming practice which is certain to ease their transport issues. Probably the most to profit from the service can be Lajpat Nager and Sewa Nagar as they won’t solely be satisfactorily linked with New Delhi however with two different essential Authorities workers’ colonies Lodi Colony and Vinay Nagar.
Greater than 1,500 residents had gathered at Vinay Nagar platform to see that Delhi had come to have its first suburban railway. Kids standing on the sting of the platform held by their mother and father screamed and shouted in delight because the practice steamed in. The passengers may get down solely with the utmost problem as the group just about blocked the doorway to every carriage.
RUSH OF PASSENGERS
The lone reserving clerk was laborious pressed as there was a rush of passengers. Because it was a vacation and the practice was a novelty, there was a jam in entrance of the reserving workplace which continued even after the practice left Vinay Nagar for New Delhi on the return journey.
Individuals have been standing in teams to observe the engine taking water from the water column whereas the bogies have been left far down the railway line. When the practice was taken to the platform it was already full and there was little scope for passengers to board the practice. There was a scramble and whereas girls and youngsters have been nonetheless looking for a foothold, the practice whistled twice and steamed out with scores of individuals standing on foot-boards. Those that have been left behind complained to the station grasp that the practice had moved with none sign being given.
The railway authorities had clearly not anticipated the push of passengers; as an alternative of 4 they’d connected solely three bogies which was able to accommodating about 180 passengers on the most. However the variety of tickets offered was 535, together with 100 for Lodi Colony, 82 for Sewa Nagar, 26 for Lajpat Nagar, 39 for Nizamuddin and 146 for New Delhi. The big crowd which nonetheless stood earlier than the reserving window indicated that the railway authorities ought to connect extra bogies as the utmost use can be made from the railway on Saturdays and Sundays.