Mamata flags off three new Duronto Express trains

Union Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee flagging off three Duronto train services -- New Delhi-Bhubaneswar, New Delhi-Howrah and Delhi Sarai Rohilla-Jammu Tawi -- from New Delhi Railway Station, in New Delhi on Wednesday. PTI

The three Duronto trains -- New Delhi-Bhubaneswar, New Delhi-Howrah, and Delhi Sarai Rohilla-Jammu Tawi -- are among the 14 Duronto trains announced in the interim railway budget of 2009-10, of which 11 are in service.

Railway officials said most of the 117 new trains announced in the railway budget 2009-10 are operating.

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit was present on the occasion.