East Coast Railway flags off first ever all women crew train
- Visakhapatnam
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Satyapriya Buddhavarapu
- March 09th 2022
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The East Coast Railway on Tuesday on the occasion of women’s day flagged off the first ever all women crew-manned passenger train from Visakhapatnam to Rayagada.
Loco Pilot Sadhana Kumari commanded the train with her assistant loco pilot N Madhuri and K Ramya is the goods guard of the train.
Three female TCs CV G Mangeswari, B Khillar and D Radha handled the ticket checking job.
41 women railway employees were felicitated for their outstanding contribution to the organization at a function organised at the Rail Club, Ms. Parijata Satpathy. Eight members were presented with cash awards.
This was the first time ever in the history of East Coast Railway (E Co R) that an all-women crew manned a passenger train.
