SWR RUNS 297 SPECIAL TRAINS; ACHIEVED 100 % PUNCTUALITY
South Western Railway presently running 297 special trains for facilitate to the travelling public. All Express Special trains which are operational in SWR have achieved the highest ever Punctuality i.e. 100 % on 11.04.2021 (as on today), in the second week of financial year 2021-22. All Express Special trains of SWR run on punctual time and none of this lost punctuality.
Trains which are presently running by South Western Railway are mentioned in table as detailed below:-
| Sl. | Trains | In Numbers |
| 1. | SWR Special Trains | 86 |
| 2. | Other Railway Special Trains | 80 |
| 3. | SWR Festival Special Trains | 29 |
| 4. | Other Railway Festival Special Trains | 22 |
| 5. | Clone Trains | 04 |
| 6. | DEMU / MEMU Special Trains | 44 |
| 7. | Passenger Special Trains | 12 |
| 8. | Strike Specials | 20 |
| Total | 297 |
This achievement has been possible due to close coordination between all the departments of SWR and effective & timely monitoring of the train Operations at Zonal and Divisional Level. Shri Gajanan Mallya General Manager, SWR has congratulated the Divisional Teams headed by DRM Hubballi Shri Aravind Malkhede, DRM Mysuru Shri Rahul Agarwal, and DRM Bengaluru Shri Ashok Kumar Verma & SWR Operations Department led by Shri Hari Shankar Verma, Principal Chief Operations Manager at the Zonal Level, for their combined effort and efficiency.
SWR has already surpassed Railway Ministry's Target of Punctuality which was set at 88% during the financial year 2020-21 and achieved the distinction of 4th position also among All India Zonal Railways Punctuality position way back from the 16thposition out of 17 Zonal Railways almost a year ago.
All Passengers are requested to adhere strictly to Covid -19 norms: wear mask, sanitize their hands frequently and maintain social distancing. An earnest cooperation is requested from all in the fight against Covid19. "
