Ministry of Railways has decided to run the 2203/2204 Amritsar-Saharsa-Amritsar Garib Rath Express via Gorakhpur-Lucknow-Moradabad-New Delhi-Panipat-Ambala Cantt.
The new route will come into effect from November 29 from Amritsar and from December 1 from Sahrasa. It will replace the present route of the train via Gorakhpur-Sitapur-Shahjahanpur-Moradabad-Saharanpur-Ambala Cantt.
Train number 2204 Amritsar-Saharsa Garib Rath Express train will depart from Amritsar every Wednesday and Sunday at 5.30 pm and reach New Delhi at 11.30 pm the same day. The train will depart from New Delhi at 11.40 pm to reach Saharsa at 9.30 pm the next day. The 2203 Saharsa-Amritsar Garib Rath Express train will depart from Saharsa on Tuesday and Friday at 6 am and reach New Delhi at 3.15 am the next day. The train will depart from New Delhi at 3.25 am to reach Amritsar at 9.30 am. the same day.
The air-conditioned Garib Rath Express train will stop at Beas, Jalandhar city, Ludhiana, Ambala Cantt, New Delhi, Moradabad, Bareilly, Lucknow, Barabanki, Gorakhpur, Siwan, Chhapra, Hajipur, Barauni and Khagaria stations en route in both directions.
Source- TRIBUNE, Dated, November-27,2006
