Last journey of Mahu-Ankareshwar train – Photo: amar ujala digital Expansion The meter gauge train running from Mhow to Omkareshwar in MP has now become a part of history. The train that left Omkareshwar at 9 am on Tuesday morning reached Mhow at 9.30 am . After alighting the passengers, the train reached the depot directly. Now this train will never return on this track. With this, the 31 year old journey of this meter gauge train came to an end. On this occasion, the passengers said good bye to the train. Railway has stopped the operation of meter gauge train on Indore Khandwa meter gauge line forever. Today, the last journey of this train made even the passengers emotional. The eyelids of some of the passengers who up-down this train daily also became moist. Passengers wrote farewell messages on the bogies of the train. Some wrote – ‘Last salute meter gauge’ and some wrote – ‘Good bye’ She had left for Omkareshwar from Mhow
This train left for Omkareshwar from Mhow on Monday and Reached Mhow station on Tuesday morning with passengers from Omkareshwar. Guard of this train Roshanlal Kaushal, Loco Pilot Daulat Ram Meena and Assistant Loco Pilot Rishi Kumar were taken to Omkareshwar. It was painful for him to be separated from the train. Passengers at the station honored him by garlanding him. Many passengers used to do daily up-down by this train, but due to the closure of the train, they will also face problems. Secrets of the British I had laid a small line, Holkar State had given loan to the British 1877 This short line was laid between Indore and Khandwa during the British rule. This train used to pass through waterfalls, mountains, tunnels. The beauty of this trek used to attract travelers during the rainy season. Railway expert Nagesh Namjoshi says that the Holkar State had given a loan of one crore rupees to the British for laying the railway line from Mhow to Omkareshwar. Its work started in 1877. Laying a train between the mountains was a difficult task at that time, but the British completed this work in four years. 3 August this line was trialled by running goods train. Later, train operations were started on the track. Namjoshi says that the operation of the train on the meter gauge line was becoming very expensive for the railways, so its operation was stopped. But passengers will be able to see the heritage trek from Mhow to Kalakund station. ,