Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and Lok Sabha MP from Thane, Rajan Vichare has urged the Railway Ministry to start a special train from Thane in Maharashtra for those wishing to travel to the coastal Konkan region for the Ganesh festival to be celebrated in September this year, the PTI reported on Wednesday.

According to the PTI, he said that he has submitted a memorandum to Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav and Minister of State for Railways Raosaheb Danve about it following demands from various quarters.