People of the city, it appears, will have to wait for some more time to travel on double-decker train between Indore and Bhopal.
A top railways official disclosed that Commissioner of Safety, Railways, has sought some clarifications on safety parameters of the train from the research wing of the RDDS. The regular running of this ambitious double-decker train between the commercial capital of Madhya Pradesh and the State capital will be approved once it got satasfied with the safety norms of the train. Western Railway Divisional Manager lokesh Narayan, while speaking on the sidelines of the flagging of the Indore-Yashwantpur Express here by Union Railway Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, said the work of the first phase of Indore-Khandwa gauge conversion between Ratlam and Fatehabad section of Indore-Khandwa rail route was continuing on war-footing and work on this route wouild likely to be completed by October this year.
Narayan said after completion of the first phase of gauge conversion work, the second phase of gauge conversion between Fatehabad and Indore would start.