NE BUSINESS BUREAU
CHENNAI, JAN 17
The working model of Vande Bharat Express, made by Perambur Carriage & Wagon Workshop captivates visitors as they enter the Southern Railway pavilion in the 47th Tourist and Industrial Trade fair at Island Grounds, Chennai, organised by Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation.
The Southern Railway pavilion at Chennai IITF Expo is a crowd puller with fascinating models of several rolling stock on display!
Children and rail aficionados throng the stall in large numbers – Scenes from the pavilion today being a #Pongal holiday pic.twitter.com/t7zsn8ufe5
— Southern Railway (@GMSRailway) January 16, 2023
- ‘Black Beauty’, the majestic X-Class Steam locomotive model used in Nilgiri Mountain Railway, the ‘Make in India’ Lion sculpture and Pegasus sculpture, all made from scrap metals by the Golden Rock
- The Southern Railway stall is set up to replicate the façade of Chennai Egmore slated for redevelopment at par with world-class standards in the near future
- The 70-day fair concluding on 8th March 2023 is open from 11.00 hrs to 21.00 hrs on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays and from 15.00 hrs to 21.00 hrs on all other working days.
The Southern Railway has been participating in the All India Tourist and Industrial Trade Fair Chennai, for the past several years as this provides an opportunity to showcase the universal appeal of Railways through conventional publicity and to promote public awareness.
The 'Made in India' lion and Unicorn sculptures made by Golden Rock Workshop attracts a lot of selfies at the Railway stall at the 47th All India Tourist and Industrial Trade Fair 2023 – Plan your visit! pic.twitter.com/QkY5tSk7fu
— Southern Railway (@GMSRailway) January 15, 2023
This year, in an effort to showcase progressive India and the transformational phase of Railways, the Southern Railway stall is set up to replicate the façade of Chennai Egmore slated for redevelopment at par with world-class standards in the near future. ‘Black Beauty’, the majestic X-Class Steam locomotive model used in Nilgiri Mountain Railway, the ‘Make in India’ Lion sculpture and Pegasus sculpture, all made from scrap metals by the Golden Rock Workshop, placed at the entrance of the stall fascinate children and elders alike.
Plan your visit to IITF Expo at Island Grounds, Chennai
Children are attracted to the working model of Vande Bharat on display at the All India Tourist and Industrial Trade Fair 2023 pic.twitter.com/raLW6EpA1t
— Southern Railway (@GMSRailway) January 15, 2023
The working model of Vande Bharat Express, made by Perambur Carriage & Wagon Workshop captivates visitors as they enter the stall. The centre piece of the pavilion is the working model of EIR-21, the world’s oldest functioning steam locomotive along with the static model of the upcoming Pamban vertical lift sea bridge portion that has been kept on display.
The visitors are drawn to the ‘Selfie Point’ that showcases the life-size poster of Vande Bharat in the backdrop. Various working and static train models in the Railway Pavilion attract visitors, especially children. The Static miniature models of Steam locomotive Fairy Queen, Wooden coaches used in the past, models of Jan Shatabdi and LHB coaches that are part of the present railway system were also on display.
Static Models of various Safety related Signal & Telecommunication Equipments by Signal and Telecommunication workshop, Podanur, are also on display. The working model of double line block instruments which will help the public to learn how line clearance is obtained for train movements besides the model of digital voice announcement system used in LC gates, are also on display. Innovative prototypes of ‘SWAAS’ low-cost ventilator and ‘Rail Mitra’, a robot designed for Railway Hospital CoVID ward, are also being exhibited.
The 47th Tourist and Industrial Trade fair in Chennai
The 47th Tourist and Industrial Trade fair at Island Grounds, Chennai, was officially inaugurated on 4th January, 2023 by Ministers of Tamil Nadu K Ramachandran, Minister for Tourism, Ma.Subramanian, Minister for Health and Family Welfare and PK Sekar Babu, Minister for Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments in the presence of Dayanidhi Maran, Member of Parliament and R Priya, Mayor of Chennai.
The theme for this year’s IITF Exhibition is ‘Rethinking Tourism’. The 46th edition of the Expo was held in 2019-20 and owing to the Covid pandemic, the 47th is being held after a two-year break.
The 70-day fair concluding on 8th March 2023 is open from 11.00 hrs to 21.00 hrs on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays and from 15.00 hrs to 21.00 hrs on all other working days.
