New Delhi, Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, Hon’ble Minister for Railways flagged off the new Shatabdi Express train between New Delhi and Bhatinda at a ceremony held at New Delhi Railway station today. Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Hon’ble Minister for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences, Govt. of India, Smt Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Hon’ble Minister for Food Processing Industries, Govt. of India, Shri Manoj Sinha, Hon’ble Minister of State for Railways, Govt. of India, Smt. Meenakshi Lekhi, Hon’ble Member of Parliament(Lok Sabha), Shri Sher Singh Ghubaya, Hon’ble Member of Parliament(Lok Sabha)Shri Balwinder Singh Bhunder, Hon’ble Member of Parliament(Rajya Sabha), were the Guests of Honour on the occasion. The top executives from the Railway present on the occasion include- Sh. Arunendra Kumar, Chairman Railway Board, Member Engineering, Railway Board Shri V.KGupta, General Manager, Northern Railway, Shri Pradeep Kumar, Divisional Railway Manager, Northern Railway, Delhi, Shri A. K. Sachan & Senior Railway Officials.
Following the inaugural run, regular services of the 12047/12048 New Delhi-Bhatinda-New Delhi Shatabdi Express will commence from 20.12.2014 as per the following programme:-