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What the region gets Punjab: 5 New trains, tracks Five new express trains include Amritsar-Lalkuan Express via Chandigarh; Bathinda-Jammu Tawi Express via Patiala, Rajpura; Chandigarh-Amritsar Intercity Express via Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar (Mohali), Ludhiana; Delhi-Hoshiarpur Express; and Una/NangalbHazoor Sahib Nanded Express via Anandpur Sahib The Dappar-Chandigarh line will be doubled New line to Talwandi Sabo The Central Government has burdened the common man with additional fare hikes through the backdoor and announced no new facilities for the poor and middle class passengers – PS Badal, Punjab CMHaryana: Rail coach factory is main gain Three new rail lines Sonepat gets a coach-manufacturing unit; welding plant to be set up at Sampla in Rohtak A survey of a railway link will be conducted between Hisar and Fatehabad and Dadri to Harli via Jhajjar and Narwana-Uklana. The
proposal to set up a rail coach-manufacturing unit in Sonepat and
introduction of new rail lines has fulfilled long-standing demands of
the state. J&K: Bonanaza for Vaishno Devi pilgrims A multi-modal travel package to enable passengers to travel from Jammu through Udhampur, Qazigund to Srinagar and Baramulla on a common rail-bus ticket Bansal moots a proposal for issuing 'yatra parchis' to pilgrims travelling by rail Top priority for Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla project The budget seems to be
friendly. Since there were no hike in fares, it would help the flow of
tourists to J&K.–Abdul Hameed Punjabi, Himachal: More feasibility surveys Survey of three new rail tracks, Amb-Kangra via Nadaun, Baddi- Bilaspur and Dharamsala-Palampur rail lines, proposed A new weekly express train from Una or Nangal dam to Hazoor Sahib Nanded via Anandpur Sahib, Morinda, Chandigarh announced New
links would give impetus not only to the economic growth and tourism
in the state, but would also go a long way in boosting industrial
activity
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