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Farmers on Thursday sat on railway tracks at many places in Punjab and Haryana as part of the four-hour rail roko protest against the Centre s three farm laws, with officials saying trains were halted at stations as a precautionary measure. Normal movement of trains on various rail routes was disrupted as farmers squatted on tracks. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of farmer unions which is spearheading the protest, had last week announced the nationwide rail blockade to seek the repeal of the three farm laws. The farmers sat on tracks as part of the rail roko agitation from 12 noon to 4 pm. ....
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. ....