Uttar Pradesh: The Indian Railways has announced three new trains for Uttar Pradesh. The first two trains will start from Monday (June 7) and the third will commence from June 11. The new trains will connect Kanpur to New Delhi, Lucknow to Agra, and Prayagraj to Anand.
The train connecting Kanpur to Delhi will run 4 days a week, Lucknow to Agra will operate 5 days a week. Announcing the decision on twitter, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal said: “For smooth and convenient travel, train services are being started between Kanpur-New Delhi, Lucknow-Agra, and Prayagraj-Anand Vihar in Uttar Pradesh.”
The decision to operate new trains comes at a time when the states have started unlocking process as the Covid cases have come down in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. Uttar Pradesh has lifted the Covid restrictions in 72 of 75 districts. The three Meerut, Saharanpur and Gorakhpur districts are still under restrictions as the active number of cases are still over 600.
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