Bathinda, December 20
The 108-year-old ‘Punjab Mail’, one of India’s oldest trains, is back on the track once again and is all set for a makeover. The train runs from Ferozepur to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CST), Mumbai, and is known as the lifeline for passengers from the Malwa region going to Delhi or cities on its route till Mumbai.
The train was suspended during the lockdown, but has restarted from December 1. The Railways has decided to replace its rakes, made by the Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai, with Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coaches, which are faster and more efficient.
Sukhmeet Bhasin
Bathinda, December 19
The 108-year-old Punjab Mail is back on track once again. India s oldest train is all set for a makeover.
This train runs from Ferozepur to CST Mumbai, and is known as the lifeline for the passengers from Malwa Region in Punjab going to Delhi or cities en route till Mumbai.
The train was suspended due to the nationwide lockdown. It restarted from December 1. Railway officials have also decided to replace its rakes made by the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) with Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coaches, which are faster, and more efficient.
A senior railway official, on anonymity, revealed, that ICF coaches are conventional passenger coaches used on the majority of the mainline trains in India.
Bathinda, December 19
The 108-year-old ‘Punjab Mail’, one of India s oldest trains, is back on the track once again and is all set for a makeover. The train runs from Ferozepur to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CST), Mumbai, and is known as the lifeline for passengers from the Malwa region going to Delhi or cities on its route till Mumbai.
The train’s history
The train was earlier called ‘Punjab Limited’ and was steamed out on June 1, 1912, from Mumbai, heading for Peshawar, now in Pakistan.
Known to be the fastest train of British India, it ran from Ballard Pier Mole station in Mumbai all the way to Peshawar, covering a distance of 2,496 km in 47 hours.
Sukhmeet Bhasin
Bathinda, December 15
SAD president and MP Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday said “BJP is the real tukde-tukde gang in the country. It has smashed national unity to pieces, shamelessly inciting Hindus against Muslims and now desperate setting peace loving Punjabi Hindus against their Sikh brethren especially farmers. They’re pushing patriotic Punjab into communal flames”.
Badal also said if one agrees with NDA government, he is a desh bhakt (patriotic), but if not, he is an anti-national or extremist or from ‘tukde-tukde’ gang. He asked that is Parkash Singh Badal, who returned his Padma Vibhushan or Harsimrat Kaur Badal, who resigned from Union ministry in protest against agri laws are anti-national.