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| Subir Roy: Romancing the railways | 13-NOV-09 |
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| The romance of train journeys, warts and all, came back to me recently. A hastily planned trip to Mumbai, only sky-high air fares available for the return journey, more time on a retiree’s hands, and by some stroke of luck — maybe because people hadn’t cottoned on to it — reservation to Howrah available in the very new Duronto. And so there I was, lugging my malfunctioning American Tourister contraption which would not stroll, at grand old VT, CST if you want to be politically correct and dodge the ire of MNS, looking forward to 26 hours of alternately reading Paul Krugman on the return of Depression Economics and dozing off. |
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| Second Duronto express launched | 22-SEP-09 |
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| The country's second Duronto Express (DE) a non-stop point service between Chennai Central and Delhi, covering 2,177 kms, was launched here today by the Southern Railway. |
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| Mamata flags off first Duronto Express | 19-SEP-09 |
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| Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today flagged off the Sealdah-New Delhi Duronto express, the country’s first point-to-point non-stop train, from the Sealdah station in Kolkata. |
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| Mamata announces measures to tone up rail functioning | 09-JUL-09 |
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| The Railway Budget was today passed by the Lok Sabha with Minister Mamata Banerjee announcing a slew of measures to tone up the functioning of the Railways in terms of amenities and safety and deciding to set up an expert committee to prepare a blueprint for future. |
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| More trains, but confusion in skies | 04-JUL-09 |
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| Airlines and travel agencies are divided on whether the new train services announced by Mamata Banerjee in the Railway Budget 2009-10 will see a shift of passengers from airlines to trains. |
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