SHRI PAWAN KUMAR BANSAL, MINISTER FOR RAILWAYS INAUGURATES
NEWLY CONSTRUCTED CHANDIGARH- LUDHIANA NEW BROAD GAUGE RAIL LINE & FLAGS OFF SUPERFAST EXPRESS TRAIN BETWEEN CHANDIGARH- AMRITSAR (VIA NEW MORINDA- SANEHWAL) TODAY
Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal, Hon’ble Minister for Railways inaugurates newly constructed Chandigarh- Ludhiana New Broad Gauge Rail Line & flags off Superfast Express Train between Chandigarh- Amritsar on newly constructed route (via New Morinda- Sanehwal) from Chandigarh Railway station today. on the occasion, Hon’ble Mayor, Chandigarh, Sh. Subhash Chawla, General Manager, Northern Railway, Shri V.K. Gupta, Chief Administrative Officer/Construction, Northern Railway, Sh. B.D. Garg, Divisional Railway Manager, Ambala, Sh. P.K.Sanghi & Other Senior Railway Officials were also present.
The total length of Chandigarh – Ludhiana new line is 112 Km. The Railway line from Chandigarh to New Morinda stations was opened for traffic in Sep’2006 in Phase-I. The Phase-II, which involved construction of third line from Sanehwal to Ludhianawas opened for traffic in Nov’2012. Finally, the final phase of this line from New Morinda to Sanehwal (52Km) has been opened for traffic today. This section (i.e. final phase) consists of about 52 km. long track, 129 minor & road under bridges and four major bridges. Three new stations are also provided in this section i.e. Khamanon, Samrala & Lall Kalan.
Hon’ble Minister for Railways Sh. Pawan Kumar Bansal flags off the 12241/12242 Chandigarh- Amritsar Superfast Express (Via New Morinda-Sanehwal) with revised timings on newly constructed route. The 12241 Chandigarh- Amritsar Superfast Express Train (Via New Morinda-Sanehwal) will depart from Chandigarh at 05.30 p.m. instead of 06.50 p.m. to reach Amritsarat 09.10 p.m. instead of 11.15 p.m. the same day. In the return direction, the 12242 Amritsar- Chandigarh Superfast Express Train (Via New Morinda-Sanehwal) will depart from Amritsar at 05.20 a.m. to reach Chandigarh at 09.05 a.m. instead of 09.45 a.m. the same day. The train will stop at Mohali, Ludhiana, Jalandhar City & Beasstations enroute in both the directions. With the completion of the Chandigarh – Ludhiananew line, the travel time will be reduced by 45 minutes. With the flagging off of this Superfast service between Chandigarh-Amritsar (Via New Morinda-Sanehwal), the rail travel between these cities will be strengthened and Northern Railway will also renew its commitment to provide more comfortable & faster train service to rail passengers.
