Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday said the new Vande Bharat Express train which had been started between Una and Delhi would greatly benefit the people of Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab.
Khattar was speaking to reporters at Chandigarh railway station, from where he boarded the Vande Bharat Express that was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Himachal Pradesh's Una earlier in the day.
The chief minister, who was accompanied by his cabinet ministers and BJP leaders, deboarded the train at Ambala station.
The people from this region, who travel to Delhi or other cities for work and other purposes, will greatly benefit from the new train. It will definitely be a big gift for the passengers travelling between Una and Delhi, Khattar said.
The train will not only make passengers' journey comfortable but also reduce the travel time. People will reach Chandigarh from Delhi in under three hours, he said.
He also thanked the prime minister for starting the train on this route.
The Vande Bharat Express train, the country's fourth, will run six days a week except on Wednesday, with stops at Ambala, Chandigarh, Anandpur Sahib and Una.
The three Vande Bharat Express trains are running between Ahmedabad-Mumbai, Delhi-Varanasi and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-Delhi.