City to get another train for Ferozepur

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, February 14

Residents of the city will soon get another train for Ferozepur. The Railways has decided to extend the daily train running between Ludhiana and Ferozepur to Chandigarh. This train – Sutlej Express – will be completely unreserved.

The Member of Parliament from Chandigarh, Kirron Kher, had urged Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal to have better railway connectivity to Chandigarh. She had demanded another train for Ferozepur from the city.

In a letter to Kher, Goyal specified that the Railways had accepted her request and decided to extend Ludhiana-Ferozepur train (14629/14630) to Chandigarh, which would be given effect shortly.

He further stated that this would provide better connectivity to Chandigarh and contribute to social and economic development of the region.

A train, which already runs from Chandigarh to Ferozepur in the evening, was started in February 2015. With the extension of Sutlej Express, residents of the City Beautiful could board a train for Ferozepur, besides Ludhiana and Moga, in the morning.

Presently, the train which runs between Chandigarh and Ferozepur starts at 4:30 pm and reaches its destination at 9.30 pm. The timings of the new train are yet to be decided.