Southern Railway commences Coimbatore North to Sainagar Shirdi Bharat Gaurav train service

The ‘Bharat Gaurav’-themed Coimbatore North to Sainagar Shirdi train commenced its maiden journey on June 14.

With this, Southern Railway became the first zone in Indian Railways to get the first registered service provider under the ‘Bharat Gaurav” Scheme and commence operations of the maiden service from Coimbatore North to Sainagar Shirdi. A total of 1100 passengers boarded the maiden roundtrip service from Coimbatore to Shirdi on Tuesday.

The Bharat Gaurav Train from Coimbatore North to Sainagar Shirdi departed at 18:00 hours on Tuesday and will reach Sainagar Shirdi at 07:25 hours on Thursday. The train will stop at Tiruppur, Erode, Salem, Yelahanka, Dharmavaram, Mantralayam Road and Wadi stations.

During the onward journey from Coimbatore, this Bharat Gaurav Train has stoppage at Mantralayam Road station for 5 hours to facilitate darshan at Mantralayam temple In the return direction, the Bharat Gaurav Train from Sainagar Shirdi to Coimbatore North will commence at 07:25 hours on Friday and reach Coimbatore North at 12:00 hours on 18th June 2022 (Saturday) with stoppages at Wadi, Dharmavaram, Yelahanka, Salem, Erode and Tiruppur.

The train comprises of 20 coaches including 1 First AC Coach, three 2-tier AC coaches, eight 3-tier AC coaches, five Sleeper Class coaches, one Pantry car and Luggage-cum-brake Vans-2.

Indian Railways had launched the operation of the theme-based Bharat Gaurav train in the month of November 2021. The objective of this theme is to showcase India’s rich cultural heritage and magnificent historical places to the people of India and the world, through Bharat Gaurav Trains. This scheme also aims to leverage the core strengths of the professionals of the tourism sector to run theme-based trains to tap the vast tourist potential of India.