People hail new train service between Agartala-Dharmanagar in TripuraSeptember 25th, 2009 AGARTALA - With peace gradually returning to Tripura, the pace of development has picked up and it promises a bright future for the people of the State. Following the withdrawal of the 16-year-old system of escorting vehicles on the major Assam-Agartala national highway 44, a new morning train service between Agartala and Tripura' s northern end Dharmanagar has been commenced.
Delhi Metro inducts new broad gauge trainSeptember 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Metro has got an advanced train to its existing fleet. The new broad gauge train, that was rolled out today, is the first of the Phase-II project.
Chidambaram flags off Chennai- New Delhi Duronto ExpressSeptember 21st, 2009 CHENNAI - Union Home Minster P. Chidambaram flagged off the super fast Duronto Express train between Chennai and New Delhi on Monday.
Sealdah-New Delhi Duronto Express flagged offSeptember 19th, 2009 KOLKATA - Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee flagged off Sealdah-New Delhi Duronto express, the country's first point-to-point non-stop train in Kolkata. The Duronto express will cover the 1447-km distance between Sealdah and New Delhi in 16 hours and 20 minutes.
Railways to start two Duronto trains before Durga PujaSeptember 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee will flag off two non-stop Duronto Sewa trains before the Durga Puja festival begins Sep 25. "Indian Railways will be starting at least two Duronto Sewa trains, from New Delhi to Sealdah and New Delhi to Chennai," a senior ministry official said.
Mamata Banerjee to inaugurate 'Only Ladies' EMU train services todayAugust 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee will inaugurate the first ever 'Only Ladies' EMU train services in Northern Railway between Delhi-Palwal at New Delhi station today. In the same function, Union Minister and Congress leader Vilasrao Deshmukh will also inaugurate another 'Only Ladies' EMU train services by remote, which will run from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus to Panvel in Mumbai suburban in Central Railway.
Banerjee flags off women-only suburban special trainAugust 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday flagged off the the first "Ladies Special" train here for women commuters from Delhi to Palwal in Haryana and said the service would be extended to other nearby cities Sonepat, Aligarh and Ghaziabad soon. "More 'Ladies Special' trains will be provided in the other suburban areas like Sonepat, Aligarh and Ghaziabad," Banerjee said.
Mamata Banerjee flags off ladies special train in West BengalJuly 20th, 2009 KOLKATA - Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee kept up her promise of a 'ladies special' for harried commuters in Kolkata on Sunday. Banerjee flagged off the ladies special EMU, which will run between Howrah and Bandel stations in Kolkata.
Mamata starts non-stop, long-distance trainsJuly 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee introduced non-stop train services between major cities as she unveiled her 2009-10 budget proposals in parliament Friday. The 12 services will be called 'Duronto' (spirited), she said.
Now AC trains for youth 'assets'July 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday introduced dedicated air-conditioned trains at affordable tariff for the youth, terming them as an asset for the country. I will run Yuva trains dedicated specifically for the young generation, Banerjee said in her budget speech in parliament Friday.
Normalcy returning to Punjab, railway traffic resumesMay 27th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Punjab is slowly returning to normal, as railway traffic has resumed in the state. Besides local train services, two special trains have left for Delhi from Jammu.
Now cool, affordable Ranchi-Delhi Garib Rath is on trackJanuary 27th, 2009 RANCHI - The much-awaited fully air-conditioned, low-fare Garib Rath Express, running between Ranchi and Delhi, was flagged off here Wednesday by union Minister for Food Processing Subodh Kant Sahay. The train, which provides affordable, faster and AC train service to the not-so-affluent people, will run twice a week - every Monday and Friday from Ranchi to Delhi and every Wednesday and Saturday from New Delhi to Ranchi.
Narrow escape for Pathankot-Delhi Express in PunjabJanuary 16th, 2009 JALANDHAR - Hundreds of passengers of the Pathankot-Delhi Express train had a lucky escape Saturday as it was stopped by applying emergency brakes, barely 100 metres away from a stationary engine near here. A head-on collision between the passenger train and the engine, which was on a shunting job, was avoided by a whisker after both came on the same track near the Phillaur railway station near Jalandhar.
India launches one more royal tourist trainJanuary 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Royal Rajasthan on Wheels, a regal train chugging across the land of maharajas in western India, Sunday started its maiden journey, with the government promising to launch similar services in more states. 'Many states have shown interest in this regard and I am going to take up the issue before the cabinet and also with the states that are keen on having luxury tourist trains,' Tourism Minister Ambika Soni told reporters after flagging off the new train at the Safdarjung railway station here.
Bus, train to Lahore find few takers from AmritsarDecember 27th, 2008 AMRITSAR - Very few passengers from India are boarding the bus service from here to Lahore and Nankana Sahib in Pakistan and the numbers are likely to go down further with the Ministry of External Affairs issuing a travel advisory asking Indians not to travel to Pakistan. Started in 2006, the Amritsar-Lahore and Amritsar-Nankana Sahib (the birthplace of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev) bus services have never been a big hit with people due to the lack of a facility for obtaining Pakistani visas from here.
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