Special train from Chandigarh to Gujarat’s Statue of Unity

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, February 22

The Indian Railway is starting a special train for tourists visiting “the Statue of Unity” in Gujarat. The decision comes five months after it was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The train, which will be run under the government’s Bharat Darshan scheme, will have a seven-night and eight-day 

tour package beginning March 4 from Chandigarh, the Railways said in a statement.

The journey will also cover pilgrimage sites like Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga in Ujjain (MP); Omkareshwar Jyotirlinga, near Indore (MP); Shirdi Sai Baba Darshan, Trimbakeshwar in Nashik (Maharashtra), and Ghrishneshwar Jyotirlinga in Aurangabad (Maharashtra).

Priced at Rs 7,560 per person, the tour package has multiple boarding and de-boarding stations viz Chandigarh, Ambala, Kurukshetra, Karnal, Panipat, Delhi Cantt, Rewari, Alwar and Jaipur, the statement said.