Railways launched a new weekly superfast train services between Ballia and Anand Vihar in Uttar Pradesh for the view of the growing demand of the passengers from the region, ahead of Diwali. Prabhu flagged off the train through video-conferencing in the presence of Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha and senior railway officials.
- It was a long pending demand of the Ballia people to introduce a direct train between Ballia and Delhi which has now been fulfilled on the auspicious occasion of Diwali.
- The Ballia-Anand Vihar superfast express train will leave from Anand Vihar every Saturday, and from Ballia every Sunday. It will cover 887 km in about 16 hours.
- Speaking on the occasion, Sinha said Indian Railways wants to bring every corner of the country on the railway map in true spirit and is working in that direction effortlessly.
- Comprising 16 coaches– AC-1, AC-2, AC-3, Sleeper and General Class– the train will have stoppages at Khurja, Aligarh, Kanpur, Allahabad, Varanasi, Gyanpur Road, Manduadih, Ghazipur City and Karimuddinpur enroute both ways.
Do you know?
- Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state in the Republic of India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world.
- Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh.
- It was created on 1 April 1937 as the United Provinces during British rule, and was renamed Uttar Pradesh in 1950.
- On 9 November 2000, a new state, Uttarakhand, was carved out from the Himalayan hill region of Uttar Pradesh.
- The two major rivers of the state are the Ganges and Yamuna.
- The state has the largest railway network in the country and the sixth highest railway density.
