Vadodara: Two memu trains connecting Vadodara to Kevadia, home to world’s tallest statue – the Statue of Unity (SoU) in Narmada district – have been cancelled for want of passengers.
These trains were part of eight new trains flagged off on January 17. The cancelled ones include train 09110 Kevadia-Pratapnagar memu special and 09113 Pratapnagar-Kevadia memu special.
Kevadia-Ahmedabad Jan Shatabdi Express and the pairing train will remain cancelled every Monday.
“Most of the passengers take morning trains to reach Kevadia. The occupancy during afternoon is less compared to morning. Also, the decision to cancel the trains has been taken in view of the ongoing maintenance work on the railway section,” said Amit Gupta, divisional railway manager of Vadodara railway division.
Gupta said that the occupancy of memu trains is also less in view of the surge in Covid-19 cases and the fact that summer has set in its full earnest.