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A caller Jaisalmer-Delhi explicit bid work was launched connected Saturday (November 29, 2025), aiming to amended civilian entree and enactment strategical mobility successful the frontier region.
The train, flagged disconnected from Jaisalmer by Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, volition run arsenic the Swarn Nagari Express.
The announcement comes amid the Centre's broader program to fortify transport links crossed Rajasthan's borderline districts, which person agelong faced constricted obstruction options contempt precocious subject beingness and increasing tourism, an authoritative connection said.
Addressing the ceremony, Mr. Vaishnaw said the work would cater to some civilian passengers and the region's sizeable defence establishment.
Mr. Vaishnaw said projects worthy ₹55,000 crore are nether implementation successful Rajasthan.
He said enactment connected respective caller lines, including the corridor connecting Anupgarh-Barmer, is progressing done "different method stages", adding that improved obstruction entree successful these districts has strategical relevance.
The Minister noted that Rajasthan has seen "a crisp emergence successful railway allocations implicit the past decade", enabling the rollout of caller services, way renewal enactment and presumption redevelopment.
Jaisalmer station, precocious upgraded astatine Rs 140 crore, is among 85 stations being modernised successful the authorities astatine a full outgo of ₹4,000 crore, helium said.
"Railway improvement has gained unprecedented momentum nether the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's guidance. Rajasthan, earlier 2014, received lone Rs 680 crore annually, today, the allocation is adjacent to ₹10,000 crore," Mr. Vaishnaw said.
Mr. Shekhawat, who besides holds the Tourism portfolio, said the caller regular nexus to the nationalist superior would besides payment the section tourism economy, with Jaisalmer emerging arsenic a large wintertime destination.
"Better connectivity straight impacts visitant footfall," helium said, adding that manufacture stakeholders had agelong demanded an further Delhi-bound service.
Local MPs, MLAs, defence personnel, BSF and Air Force members, schoolchildren and representatives of civilian nine attended the ceremony, the connection said.
According to railway officials, enactment connected a 2nd introduction gross astatine Jaisalmer railway presumption and enlargement of the coaching depot volition beryllium taken up to enactment further services successful the future.
Before departing, the ministers inspected cardinal redevelopment facilities astatine the station, including the concourse area, accomplishment and departure plazas and gathering absorption rooms, they added.
