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New Delhi : Minister for Railways & Coal Piyush Goyal flagged off 12091/12092 Kathgodam-Dehradun Naini-Doon Janshatabdi Express (5 days A Week) on August 25, 2018, through video conferencing from Rail Bhavan. Ashwani Lohani, Chairman, Railway Board, Girish Pillai, Member (Traffic), Railway Board, and other senior official were present on the occasion. This new train will provide additional service between Kathgodam and Dehradun.
Speaking on this occasion, Goyal said, “ The new train will connect two important destinations for tourism i.e. Dehradun (Mussorie) & Kathgodam (Nainital). This new train will also bring development to the region as it will connect important business cities like Rudrapur & Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh.” He further said that the new train will help daily passengers who travel on this route and want to reach home same day. He also congratulated the people of Uttarakhand for the launch of this new train service, according to a PIB release.
The train will run on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday and will have commercial stoppages at Haldwani, Lalkuan, Rudrapur City, Rampur, Moradabad, Najibabad and Haridwar.