Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday tweeted a video as the first train was launched under the ‘Bharat Gaurav’ initiative.
The train will be operated between Coimbatore and Shirdi by a private operator. “With this, the Southern Railway becomes the first zone in Indian Railways to get the first registered service provider under the ‘Bharat Gaurav” scheme and commence the operations of the maiden service from Coimbatore North to Sainagar Shirdi. 1,100 passengers boarded the maiden roundtrip service from Coimbatore to Shirdi,” a government statement read.
In a tweet, Vaishnav tweeted a video and wrote: “Opportunities for entrepreneurs to explore theme-based tourism: First ‘Bharat Gaurav’ departs from Coimbatore to Shirdi.”
