Better facilities and safety of passengers, increasing number of trains and halts of trains towards South at Bhopal and Habibganj railway stations were among the demands raised by Bhopal MP Alok Sanjar during a meeting with General Manager of West Central Railway Girish Pillai on Friday. Inclusion of Sant Hirdaram Nagar railway station in West Central Zone was proposed during the meeting. The proposal was discussed with due to several problems faced by passengers like confirming of tickets and other problems.
Apart from these demands train Habibganj to lokmanya Tilak train number 12154 to be named as Sant Hirdaram Express and should be made daily. Demand of making Jabalpur –Bandra train daily was also made in the meeting. With the increased number of passengers towards Ahmadabad proposal of introducing new train was made as at present there is only one train for Ahmadabad.
For residents of Bihar new trains towards Chhapra and Patna should be introduced. long pending demand of three news train for Bengaluru and Pune from Bhopal was raised with GM Pillai.
City people are facing problems due to closed railway crossings which have been closed for long. The Barkhedi and Aishbagh railway crossings should be opened for people and avoid inconvenience. He demanded starting of construction of railway over bridge at Sant Hirdaram Nagar. During the meeting demand of halts of any two trains towards Kerala at Habibganj railway station. GM Pillai discussed the demands and assured that the solution to the problems would be provided.