INTRODUCTION OF TRAIN SAMANTA EXPRESS

INTRODUCTION OF TRAIN SAMANTA EXPRESS

Introduction of Samanta Express

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

RAJYA SABHA
QUESTION NO 2703
ANSWERED ON 04.01.2019

Introduction of Samanta Express

2703 Dr. Banda Prakash
Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state :-
(a) whether Railways plan to run Samanta Express, a special train to mark the 128th birth anniversary of Babasaheb Ambedkar, covering Buddhist sites in India and Nepal; and

(b) if so, the details thereof?
ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a) and (b): In memory of Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, Indian Railways in association with Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has planned to run “Samanata Express Special train” ex-Nagpur on 14.02.2019 covering Chaityabhoomi (Mumbai), Mhow (Indore), Bodhgaya (Gaya), Sarnath (Varanasi), Lumbini (Nepal), Kushinagar (Gorakhpur), Deekshabhoomi (Nagpur) and back to Mumbai.