Launched by SRMPR Global Railways, Bharat Gaurav train would be operated between Chennai & Shirdi. This would be as a part of Shirdi Subh Yatra campaign. Yesterday, 27th April 2023 at the Egmore station, Mr. TR. Paarivendhar, founder/chancellor of SRMIST flagged off this train.
The Indian Railways or IR has identified SRMPR Global Railways to operate 4 trains for the Bharat Gaurav yatra. It must be taken into account that the first train service from Chennai to Shirdi started on Thursday.
In bus transport, SRM Transport has already made its presence felt is well known. Now, SRM Transport has set its foot on the rail sector also. The 14 coaches in this train can accommodate as many as 700 passengers. Under different packages with foods plus other facilities etc, this train service would provide a premium travel experience for the devotees.
Now,SRMPR has got superb plans and it wants to operate trains from Chennai to many tourist places like New Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir and Varanasi etc also. For a period of 5 years, 4 trains would be operated by the SRMPR Global Railways.
Others who made their presence felt yesterday were Mr. Pachamuthu, Chairman SRMGroup, MD of SRM Group PadmaPriya etc.