Mamata flags off three new Duronto Express trains
March 31st, 2010 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday flagged off three new, non-stop Duronto Express trains for Bhubaneswar, Howrah and Jammu Tawi.
The three Duronto trains — New Delhi-Bhubaneswar, New Delhi-Howrah, and Delhi Sarai Rohilla-Jammu Tawi — are among the 14 Duronto trains announced in the interim railway budget of 2009-10, of which 11 are in service.
Railway officials said most of the 117 new trains announced in the railway budget 2009-10 are operating.
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit was present on the occasion.
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