A new Vande Bharat train will be launched soon connecting Ferozepur in Punjab, a historic district headquarters near the border with Pakistan, with New Delhi, via Punjab's major cities of Bathinda and Patiala.
Vande Bharat Express are semi-high-speed trains with plush interiors. (ANI File/Representative image)
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Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced this on Tuesday. In a presentation along with Union Minister of State Ravneet Singh Bittu, who belongs to Punjab, he also announced a rail link to be built between Rajpura and SAS Nagar (Mohali) that will help directly connect large parts of Punjab more conveniently with the Chandigarh-Mohali-Panchkula tricity.
New Ferozepur-Delhi Vande Bharat: Timings, frequency, other details
While a date of launch is not set, the proposal has been cleared in principle and will be sent for cabinet approval next, according to the information shared.
For the Rajpura-Mohali link, the railways will need 54 hectares, which the Punjab government will acquire and hand over.
Details of the Vande Bharat planned between Ferozepur and Delhi, as per railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw's presentation.
The train will start from Ferozepur Cantonment station (Firozpur Cantt as per railway terms) at 7:55 am every day except Wednesdays, and reach Delhi at 2:35 pm.
It will halt at Faridkot, Bathinda, Dhuri, Patiala, Ambala Cantt, Kurukshetra, and Panipat.
The 486-km journey will take 6 hours and 40 minutes.
The train from Delhi will start at 4 pm from the national capital, and have the same stops in the revere journey, reaching Ferozepur at 10:35 pm.
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