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Train services resume on Kalka-Shimla heritage rail section to attract tourists in festive month

Updated on: Oct 22, 2020, 10:09:24 IST
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Train services resume on Kalka-Shimla section after seven months (Twitter/Travelsiteindia)
Train services resume on Kalka-Shimla section after seven months (Twitter/Travelsiteindia)

After seven months of Covid-19 lockdown, train services resume on Kalka-Shimla heritage rail section in view of the forthcoming festive season

Train services on Kalka-Shimla heritage rail section resumed again after a gap of nearly seven months.

The train services were stopped as part of measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic.

Rajiv Chaudhry, General Manager Northern and North Central Railways, said that in view of the forthcoming festive season and resumption of New Delhi-Kalka Shatabdi the hilly section definitely would be attracting more tourists.

He said the train services resumed “after a gap of approximately seven months” on the section.

(This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text. Only the headline has been changed.)

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