Trichy: A day after the Trichy railway division of the Southern Railway launched electrical bike rental facility at the Trichy Junction railway station for passengers, the facility has evoked a very good response from travellers and senior residents.
Users can lease the bikes by paying a refundable deposit of Rs 1,000 and producing a photocopy of a sound ID proof resembling Aadhaar/driving licence. Hourly package deal is Rs 50 per hour, whereas a enterprise package deal will price Rs 500 per 12 hours and day rental package deal at Rs 750 per day.
“Upon handing over the vehicle, we would return the deposit. Within a day after the launch, half of our e-bikes were hired. Senior citizens can operate without any difficulty,” J Praveen Kumar, proprietor of the e-bike rental level mentioned. The e-bikes could be operated for 80-100km distance as soon as totally charged. The operator additionally offers a charger for the passengers opting rental package deal.
While the division will generate Rs 1.5 lakh per 12 months with none funding, the passengers can rent these e-bikes as a substitute of counting on autorickshaw and cabs.
Southern Railway officers mentioned that the first-of-its-kind initiative is tried beneath the brand new revolutionary non-fare income concepts scheme (NBFRIS). A personal battery-powered bike gross sales centre in Thiruverumbur was roped in to ascertain the e-bike centre close to the RMS workplace at the junction. In about 250sqft of house, the rental level can show 10-15 e-bikes. Except for offering house, SR mentioned that it didn’t make investments any sources within the challenge.
Before the pandemic, the Trichy junction was dealing with round 53,000 passengers per day whereas throughout the pandemic, round 30,000 passengers have been utilizing the facility. The e-bike rental level will profit these on a brief go to to town. “Based on the response, we will introduce the environment-friendly service in other major railway stations of our division,” I Senthil Kumar, senior divisional supervisor mentioned. At current, because the service is obtainable solely between 9am and 9pm.
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