Dangs district Congress president Motilal Chaudhary, accompanied by tribals, reached Waghai Railway station and submitted memorandum to Kansal requesting to restart the heritage train service. The Dangs district has no railway connectivity and Waghai is the only railway station in entire district.
The memorandum said that many tribals used the heritage train to reach Billimora and Gandevi for jobs and to sell their agricultural produce.
The tribals in the interior villages have no other mode of transport.
Many tribal students used the heritage train service to reach Billimora and Navsari for further education in the schools and colleges.
After paying visit to the Waghai Railway station, Kansal met a group of BJP leaders led by Dangs BJP MLA Vijay Patel and social worker Bipin Rajput at Forest Rest House in Waghai, later on Saturday afternoon.
Updated Dec 13, 2020 | 10:52 IST
Billimora-Waghai train was a blessing for the tribal people in Dang and students who travelled from Waghai to Billimora on a daily basis. The students from Dang travelled further to Surat, Vapi, Navsari. End of an era: This 107-year-old heritage train service in Gujarat came to an end | Photo Credit: YouTube
New Delhi: An era came to an end when a narrow-gauge train service of Indian Railways that ran in Gujarat for 107 years has already completed its final journey. The Railway Board recently approved Western Railway’s (WR) proposal to permanently close down its narrow gauge sections and uneconomic branch rail lines over its system. 107-year-old Billimora-Waghai heritage train route was among 11 branch lines and narrow gauge sections of the Western Railways that were deemed to be “uneconomic” by the Railway Ministry, which ordered their permanent closure.
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