Uttar Pradesh / Gorakhpur businessman demands 15 coaches from railway to run to puri from gorakhpur old persons

Uttar Pradesh | Sir...I want 15 coaches on lease. I will take the passengers to Puri by running a private train. This application is of a businessman from Gorakhpur. The trader has applied for leasing conventional bogies under the Bharat Gaurav Yatra scheme of the Railways.

The trader says that there is no direct train service from Gorakhpur to Puri. Through this train, elders will be given darshan of Lord Jagannath. The intention of the merchant is to make the elderly passengers travel up to Puri at maximum concession. After getting the merchant's application, now along with providing the railway coach, it is busy in completing the formalities. Officials of the Commerce Department say that some more people have also inquired about the lease in the office. Pilgrims will be benefited by running such a train. Travelers can travel comfortably whenever they want.

Traffic and route will be able to decide itself

The lease period can be extended till the life of the coaches. Importantly, the interested party will develop or decide the business model itself (route, itinerary, tariff, etc.).

Why do you want to run the train for Puri only?

Along with the application, the businessman has written that some time ago the people of his society had to travel till Puri. Had to go to Varanasi as there was no direct train from Gorakhpur. Some people's belongings were stolen while going to Varanasi by bus. Without going to Puri, everyone came back to Gorakhpur. After this, many times a railway letter was written to run direct from Gorakhpur to Puri but nothing happened. At this time there is a good opportunity to travel to Puri by taking bogies on lease.

How much rent will have to be paid for taking it on lease

The applicant will have to deposit one lakh rupees at one time while registering online. This money will not be refunded.

For use of 15 coaches (6 third AC, 6 sleeper, SLR-2 and Pantrycar-1) for the right of use after registration, a lump sum amount of Rs 376104 will be paid.

After this, Rs 25294606 will have to be paid as lease fee (15 years) for these 15 coaches.

After all this, an operating fee of Rs 900 per kilometer will be charged for each trip.