But upset at departure timing from Holy CitySanjeev Singh Bariana
Tribune News Service On board Chandigarh-Amritsar Duronto Express
City passengers on board the first Duronto Express felt that the "excellent service" launched by the Indian Railways for commuting between Chandigarh and Amritsar from today needed a little fine tuning for better results.
A majority of passengers travelling to the Holy City (barring those from Amritsar on their return journey) felt that minus the train stoppages at Jalandhar and Ludhiana, the train stood to lose out on account of a sizable number of passengers.
They also said that travelling to Harmandar Sahib was the major attraction for a sizable number of passengers from the city. They wanted the morning departure time from Amritsar a little delayed, as visitors to the Golden Temple would find it very difficult to complete their morning prayers and rush back to the station, in case they planned so.
A number of travellers felt that Mohali was a better destination than Chandigarh, as the bulk of travellers to the major city of Punjab were based in Mohali. "Conceding the reality", a senior railways official, wishing anonymity, said "for obvious reasons, a majority of travellers to Amritsar will be from Mohali".
Harjeet Kaur, a resident of Sector 16, said, "I could not resist the temptation to travel on the train to Amritsar as soon as I read about it. My only concern is that the morning prayers start around 4 am with the ‘parkash of Guru Granth Sahib’. We will barely manage to complete our prayers and will have to rush back to the station.The time gap between the two trains needs to be increased."
Kunal Dhingra, an engineer, said, "I had gone for a conference and my friends from Jalandhar and Ludhiana were also expected to join us, but the train does not stop there. Honestly speaking, in case the train stopped at both these stations, the passenger number will swell to maximum within less than two weeks."
Train Superintendent Ashwani Suri said the return train to Amritsar was carrying 46 passengers in the air-conditioned chair car and 94 in the second class compartments. "The response has been very satisfactory on the first day and the service will definitely catch up in the coming days.
At the same time, the train was carrying at least four different groups in the first train towards the Holy City. Jagjit Singh, with his group of seven from Mohali, Sunderpal Singh, with his group from Kurali, Taranjeet with his friends and Gian Jyot Kaur from Sector 38, talking to The Tribune correspondent separately, said "They had made the programme after reading the news about the train service in the newspapers yesterday. The response of our friends has been impressive. However, they could not come at such a short notice. The numbers will swell gradually".
Tribune News Service On board Chandigarh-Amritsar Duronto Express
City passengers on board the first Duronto Express felt that the "excellent service" launched by the Indian Railways for commuting between Chandigarh and Amritsar from today needed a little fine tuning for better results.
A majority of passengers travelling to the Holy City (barring those from Amritsar on their return journey) felt that minus the train stoppages at Jalandhar and Ludhiana, the train stood to lose out on account of a sizable number of passengers.
They also said that travelling to Harmandar Sahib was the major attraction for a sizable number of passengers from the city. They wanted the morning departure time from Amritsar a little delayed, as visitors to the Golden Temple would find it very difficult to complete their morning prayers and rush back to the station, in case they planned so.
A number of travellers felt that Mohali was a better destination than Chandigarh, as the bulk of travellers to the major city of Punjab were based in Mohali. "Conceding the reality", a senior railways official, wishing anonymity, said "for obvious reasons, a majority of travellers to Amritsar will be from Mohali".
Harjeet Kaur, a resident of Sector 16, said, "I could not resist the temptation to travel on the train to Amritsar as soon as I read about it. My only concern is that the morning prayers start around 4 am with the ‘parkash of Guru Granth Sahib’. We will barely manage to complete our prayers and will have to rush back to the station.The time gap between the two trains needs to be increased."
Kunal Dhingra, an engineer, said, "I had gone for a conference and my friends from Jalandhar and Ludhiana were also expected to join us, but the train does not stop there. Honestly speaking, in case the train stopped at both these stations, the passenger number will swell to maximum within less than two weeks."
Train Superintendent Ashwani Suri said the return train to Amritsar was carrying 46 passengers in the air-conditioned chair car and 94 in the second class compartments. "The response has been very satisfactory on the first day and the service will definitely catch up in the coming days.
At the same time, the train was carrying at least four different groups in the first train towards the Holy City. Jagjit Singh, with his group of seven from Mohali, Sunderpal Singh, with his group from Kurali, Taranjeet with his friends and Gian Jyot Kaur from Sector 38, talking to The Tribune correspondent separately, said "They had made the programme after reading the news about the train service in the newspapers yesterday. The response of our friends has been impressive. However, they could not come at such a short notice. The numbers will swell gradually".
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