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Auroville has mooted a ‘Crown Tram’ mobility task successful collaboration with Indian Railways that volition service arsenic a debased speed, electrical commute installation wrong the planetary township.
A property enactment said the thought had been explored during a caller gathering successful Delhi with Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister for Railways by Jayanti S. Ravi, Auroville Foundation Secretary and Additional Chief Secretary of Gujarat.
Following this, a preliminary gathering was convened successful Auroville connected Monday (October 13, 2025) with a typical of the Southern Railway.
Ms. Ravi, portion appreciating the Southern Railway and the Ministry of Railways for their “immediate and affirmative enactment connected this ambitious and joyful project” noted that specified a mobility mode signalled a agleam aboriginal for connectivity and sustainable transport wrong the community, the property merchandise said.
According to the release, the electric-powered ‘Crown Tram’ would correspond different intrinsic portion of the Auroville Galaxy Plan, by taking the metropolis distant from fossil substance vehicles to a mode of corporate electrical mobility, of which The Mother spoke arsenic the lone benignant of mobility — debased speed, electric, corporate — successful Auroville, arsenic aboriginal arsenic 1965.
The implementation of a ‘Toy Train’ successful collaboration with the Railways to service the kindergarten loop of the Auroville metropolis program was besides discussed during the meeting. The artifact bid designed for the children of the futuristic metropolis would beryllium themed astir Auroville founder, The Mother’s symbol, the property enactment said.
The Southern Railway engineering squad is scheduled to sojourn Auroville soon to statesman the implementation process.
Southern Railway authoritative Muralidharan, who attended the meeting, sought the Auroville Foundation’s enactment for the Indian Railways’ accelerated commercialized parcel work wrong Auroville and the surrounding bioregion, highlighting its affordability compared to different services.
Among those who participated successful the gathering were the Auroville Town Development Council (ATDC) squad and Auroville Foundation officers.
