Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu surprisingly travelled in a ‘local’ train and interacted with Co-Passengers. Prabhu, who attended an event at the Central Railway’s prestigious Matunga Workshop, boarded the local train at Currey Road station and alighted at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST). He was also got invited to a wedding by a passenger. A passenger gave him a wedding invitation and requested the minister to accept it.
Suresh Prabhu is doing his level best to improve the services offered by the Indian Railways surprised by travelling in a local train on Thursday. During the journey, the co-travellers complained to him about everything the problems faced by them.
Elevated Corridors To Mumbai Local Trains:
Suresh Prabhu announced elevated corridors between Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) and Panvel and Churchgate and Virar in the city. While speaking to reporters at the secretariat he said that Maharashtra will become the first state to work jointly with the Railways in this way. He also added “I met people inside the train, and I also got thousands of suggestions and complaints from them. We try to address most of them.”
Today MR @sureshpprabhu traveled in a local train from Currey Road to CST and interacted with commuters pic.twitter.com/MKzv4bYQNq
— Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) April 21, 2016
Some of the twitter Reactions are as follows:
@mumbairailusers @sureshpprabhu @LocalPressCo @RailAnalysis @smart_mumbaikar Really touched by your gesture sir.
— CA VIJAY R SINGH (@CAVIJAYRSINGH) April 21, 2016
A Real Mumbaikar:
@mumbairailusers @sureshpprabhu @LocalPressCo @smart_mumbaikar now thats called an mumbaikar may this will change the face of mumbai local.
— surendra varma (@sud1990) April 21, 2016
@mumbairailusers what a railway minister great.he just care every single person’s journey by train. Keep it up sir .” we love prabhu sir”.
— Girl With Attitude (@prachi2298479) April 21, 2016
@mumbairailusers @sureshpprabhu superbbb iniviative…..no word to say
— Er.Prabhat Tiwari (@prabhatapul) April 21, 2016
@mumbairailusers @sureshpprabhu Mr. Prabhu hats off to you. You made us proud by travelling in local as a common man.
— Rayli Reychel (@GauravSahoo) April 21, 2016
Soon after this tweet, responses started tweeting in! There were so many awesome responses appreciating his initiate steps as a Railway Minister. Everyone was indeed happy with this. Now this is called a REAL RAILWAY MINISTER!