| Kharge flags off Solapur-Yeshwantpur train by nikhilndls on 25 September, 2013 - 08:56 PM | ||
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 nikhilndls | Kharge flags off Solapur-Yeshwantpur train on 25 September, 2013 - 08:56 PM | |
Railway Minister M. Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday flagged off the daily train between Solapur and Yeshwantpur here.The train will leave Gulbarga at 9.05 p.m. and reach Bangalore at 7.10 a.m. (train number 22133), the next day. On its return journey, the train will leaves Yeshwantpur at 8.50 p.m. and reach Gulbarga at 7.10 a.m. (train number 22134), the next day, he said.“The officers concerned are working overtime to ensure that deadlines are met. Two new trains to Bangalore from Gulbarga and Bidar have been introduced within 100 days of my taking charge as the Railway Minister,” Mr. Kharge said.He announced three new long-distance trains that would pass through Gulbarga. Trains from Bangalore to Vaishno Devi and Bangalore to Ajmer would stop at Gulbarga, besides the newly introduced Hubli to Secunderabad train. A pit line or maintenance centre would be set up in Gulbarga at a cost of Rs. 6 crore, which had already been released. Work on the project would start shortly and completed within six months. Once the pit line became functional, more trains could be introduced from Gulbarga to Bangalore and other centres, he said. | ||