Indian Railways, IRCTC news: After the lockdown in the Corona period, the railways of 108 years old Indian Railways are back on the tracks once again after 255 days from December 1, 2020, in the event of gradual resumption of rail services. The train, connecting about seven states, has been closed since March 22, the day rail services were suspended. This train will start from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai on December 1, while it will start from December 3 from Ferozepur Cantt. Junction in Punjab. Booking of tickets for the passengers traveling in this train from the railway is on. After the lockdown in the Corona era, stay with us to stay updated with every news in Hindi related to the gradual restoration of rail services .
Army soldiers and officers will be very comfortable
With the commencement of Punjab Mail from 1 December after a long time in Punjab, the Amritsar-Ajmer Express going from Amritsar to Ajmer Sharif in Rajasthan is also running. Apart from ordinary passengers, army personnel and officers will get special benefit from the commencement of the country’s oldest train Punjab Mail. The reason for this is that there are many army cantonments from Ferozepur in Punjab to the country’s industrial city Mumbai. With the commencement of Punjab Mail, army personnel and officers working in these cantonments will be able to travel a lot.
Punjab Mail combines seven states of the country
At present, Punjab Mail will be the first train to run on the Ferozepur-Delhi railway line from December 1. This train of Indian Railways starts from Ferozepur Cantt junction in Punjab and connects the seven states of the country. Ferozepur Cantt. Junction, Kot Kapura Junction, Gangsar Jeetu, Bhatinda Junction in Punjab, Jind Junction of Haryana, Rohtak Junction, Bahadurgarh, Faridabad, Shakurbasti in Delhi, New Delhi, Mathura Junction in Uttar Pradesh, Agra Cantt, Dhaulpur in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh K Morena, Gwalior Junction, Datia, Jhansi Junction, Lalitpur, Bhopal Junction, Khandwa Junction and Maharashtra Bhusaval Junction, Jalgaon Junction, Nashik Road, Kalyan Junction, Dadar Central, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus.
Preparations are complete
According to senior officials of Ferozepur division of Indian Railways, preparations have been completed for the resumption of Punjab Mail. Officials said that this train is mainly a Mumbai special train, so the decision to run this train was to be taken by the Mumbai division itself. Currently, only reserved class passengers will be able to travel on this train. The reservation counter has been opened for the passengers. He told that the train will run at its scheduled time as before.
Punjab Mail was started 108 years ago
This train of Indian Railways was started 108 years ago from 1 June 1912. Since then, it has been carrying non-stop passengers before the lockdown. In early times it started between Ballard Pier to Peshawar. Since independence, till now, Ferozepur Cantt Railway Station is being run from Mumbai to Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminal. Now this train has become the first oldest train of Ferozepur division railway of Punjab.
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