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Panchkula: Keeping in view the heavy rush during the festival season, the Indian Railways today introduced a new train on the Chandigarh-Delhi route. The train will run till November 30. The train which will halt at every station, will start at 2.12 pm from Chandigarh and reach Delhi at 8.55 pm.“The train has six general coaches and nine sleeper class bogies. It will reach Ambala at 4.20 pm” said a senior official at the railway station.The commuters were a harassed lot since there were long waiting lists for trains running on the route. The train was started to facilitate the movement of passengers.“It is a good initiative on the part of the railway authorities to start the train on the route. I have to go back to Delhi and was not getting any seat on any of the trains. Now that I have a train to board I am relieved,” said Farah Sharma, who hails from Delhi and is studying in Chandigarh.Ragini Singh, another resident said, “Even if one wants to take a flight, he/she has to reach Delhi first. I have to go to Singapore for a wedding and so far I have not been able to get a reservation on a Delhi-bound train but now, I will book a seat on the train.”

A FEW PASSENGERS BOARDED THE TRAIN
The train went to Delhi almost empty, as many people did not know about the special Chandigarh- Delhi train that was to start on Monday, said an official at the railway station.