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All operations including that of the loco pilot, guard, ticket examiners were handled by women on the train, which left the Coimbatore station at 5.40 am.
The crew received overwhelming appreciations from all the passengers, railfans, press, and railway officials.
Salem division Southern Railway is committed to women’s care and every endeavor is made to provide a safer and comfortable ambiance for women passengers and staff, a press release said.
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Salem division has 1,131 women employees on its rolls, the release said.
On Saturday on the eve of the Internation Women’s Day, the inaugural run of the Yeshwanthpur-Karwar-Vasco-Da- Gama express train service connecting Bengaluru with Goa was flagged off by Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa in Bengaluru.
Similarly, the women crew operated a train between Secunderabad-Vikarabad, a distance of 75 km, in Hyderabad.