Surekha Yadav, Asia’s first girl loco pilot to perform Vande Bharat Specific

By way of PTI

MUMBAI: Asia’s first girl loco pilot Surekha Yadav has added any other feather to her cap as she become the primary feminine to perform the newly-introduced semi-high velocity Vande Bharat Specific educate, the Central Railway stated.

She piloted the semi-high-speed educate between Solapur station and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) in Mumbai on Monday.

The educate departed Solapur station at proper time on March 13 and reached CSMT 5 mins earlier than the scheduled arrival, a Central Railway liberate stated, including that on of completion of a greater than 450-km lengthy adventure, Yadav used to be felicitated at platform quantity 8 at CSMT.

“Vande Bharat – powered via Nari Shakti. Smt.Surekha Yadav, the primary girl loco pilot of Vande Bharat Specific,” Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav tweeted.

Vande Bharat – powered via Nari Shakti.

Smt. Surekha Yadav, the primary girl loco pilot of Vande Bharat Specific. %.twitter.com/MqVjpgm4EO

— Ashwini Vaishnaw (@AshwiniVaishnaw) March 13, 2023

The Central Railway stated, “Yadav notched any other feather in Central Railway’s cap via turning into the primary girl loco pilot of Vande Bharat Specific.”

Hailing from Satara within the western Maharashtra area, Yadav become India’s first feminine educate motive force in 1988.

She had received many awards on the state and nationwide ranges up to now for her achievements.

The Central Railway has introduced two Vande Bharat Specific trains on CSMT-Solapur and CSMT-Sainagar Shirdi routes, that have been proven inexperienced flags via Top minister Narendra Modi on February 10, 2023.

In keeping with railway officers, loco piloting on new routes comes to complete finding out and the group has to stay vigilant at each and every second throughout the educate adventure.

“The group finding out procedure comes to sign observance, hands-on new apparatus, coordination with different group individuals, observance of all parameters for working of a educate,” the discharge said.

MUMBAI: Asia’s first girl loco pilot Surekha Yadav has added any other feather to her cap as she become the primary feminine to perform the newly-introduced semi-high velocity Vande Bharat Specific educate, the Central Railway stated.

She piloted the semi-high-speed educate between Solapur station and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) in Mumbai on Monday.

The educate departed Solapur station at proper time on March 13 and reached CSMT 5 mins earlier than the scheduled arrival, a Central Railway liberate stated, including that on of completion of a greater than 450-km lengthy adventure, Yadav used to be felicitated at platform quantity 8 at CSMT.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

“Vande Bharat – powered via Nari Shakti. Smt.Surekha Yadav, the primary girl loco pilot of Vande Bharat Specific,” Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav tweeted.

Vande Bharat – powered via Nari Shakti.
Smt. Surekha Yadav, the primary girl loco pilot of Vande Bharat Specific. %.twitter.com/MqVjpgm4EO
— Ashwini Vaishnaw (@AshwiniVaishnaw) March 13, 2023
The Central Railway stated, “Yadav notched any other feather in Central Railway’s cap via turning into the primary girl loco pilot of Vande Bharat Specific.”

Hailing from Satara within the western Maharashtra area, Yadav become India’s first feminine educate motive force in 1988.

She had received many awards on the state and nationwide ranges up to now for her achievements.

The Central Railway has introduced two Vande Bharat Specific trains on CSMT-Solapur and CSMT-Sainagar Shirdi routes, that have been proven inexperienced flags via Top minister Narendra Modi on February 10, 2023.

In keeping with railway officers, loco piloting on new routes comes to complete finding out and the group has to stay vigilant at each and every second throughout the educate adventure.

“The group finding out procedure comes to sign observance, hands-on new apparatus, coordination with different group individuals, observance of all parameters for working of a educate,” the discharge said.