Kolkata, July 20 (Inditop.com) A day after Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee flagged off the first ladies’ special local train, hundreds of jubilant women showered their blessings upon the West Bengal leader and wished her well.
The first ladies’ special train was flagged off Sunday and started plying from Howrah to Bandel station Monday. The train would run twice daily during peak hours from Monday to Saturday every week.
“We are very happy that someone thought of introducing this train for us,” a woman coming from Bandel said. The train left Bandel at 8.40 a.m., stopped at 15 stations en route and arrived at Howrah station at 9.50 a.m.
“Talks were on for long to introduce such a train, but I really could not believe that we have got it at last,” said another woman passenger.
Banerjee promised to introduce a ladies’ special train during her Rail Budget speech for 2009-10.
