Flagging off of inaugural run of additional DEMU services between Ahmednagar and New Ashti

Ahmednagar, 16th November 2022: Raosaheb Dadarao Patil Danve, Minister of State for Railways, Coal and Mines, Government of India in the august presence of Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, Minister for Revenue, Animal Husbandry & Dairy development, Govt of Maharashtra will flag off the inaugural run of additional DEMU services between Ahmednagar and New Ashti DEMU service from Ahmednagar Railway Station on 17.11.2022.

Members of Parliament, Dr. Sujay Vikhe Patil, Shri Sadashiv Lokhande, Dr. Pritam Munde, Smt. Rajni Patil, Hon’ble Members of Legislative Council, Maharashtra, Suresh Dhas, Dr.Sudhir Tambe, Prof. Ram Shinde, Kishor Darade, Hon’ble Members of Legislative Assembly, Maharashtra, Shri Balasaheb Thorat, Shri Babbanrao Paachpute, Shri Rohit Pawar, Shri Sangram Jagtap, Shri Prajakt Tanpure, Shri Nilesh Lanke, Shri Shankarrao Gadakh, Shri Ashutosh Kale, Dr.Kiran Lahamte, Smt.Monica Rajle, Shri Lahu Kanade, Shri Balasaheb Ajabe and Mayor, Ahmednagar, Smt Rohini Shendge will be present as Guests of Honour.

Background & Benefits:
• The additional DEMU services will ensure better connectivity to residents of the New Ashti-Ahmednagar belt and nearby areas.
• It will provide direct connectivity to residents of this belt with Mumbai as these additional services are the connecting train for 11042 Sainagar Shirdi-Dadar Express.
• The regular service of the additional DEMU train will leave Ahmednagar from 18.11.2022 and New Ashti from 17.11.2022

01403 DEMU will leave Ahmednagar at 15.40 hrs and arrive New Ashti at 18.30 hrs and 01404 DEMU will leave New Ashti at 19.00 hrs and arrive Ahmednagar at 21.45 hrs. This train will run daily except Sunday.
• This DEMU train will halt at Narayandoho. New Loni, Solapurwadi, New Dhanora, and Kada.
• The 66 km New Ashti-Ahmednagar broad gauge line is a part of the 261 km Ahmednagar-Beed-Parli Vaijnath new broad gauge line project which is on 50-50 cost sharing between the Government of India and State Government.