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The Minister of Railways, Mamata Banerjee flagged off Commonwealth Express Train, a special exhibition train to spread awareness about sports and Information Technology especially among the youth and among the masses in general. The first stop of this train will be at Amritsar on June 25th to coincide with event of arrival of Queen’s Baton of Commonwealth Games. After covering major cities in the country, this exhibition train will conclude its journey in Delhi on October 1st, 2010. It will be available for public viewing on October 1st and 2nd, 2010 at Safdarjung Railway station.
This train consists of 11 coaches out of which five coaches have been allocated to Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) to showcase the history of Commonwealth Games, details of the venues of the events to be held in the month of October, 2010 in Delhi, to spread general awareness about different sports and to give wide publicity to the sports icons of India who have brought laurels to the country with their stupendous feats. Besides, one coach is exclusively dedicated to the RSPB to showcase their history, activities as well as achievements Railway sports persons at national and international level.
On this occasion, Sheila Dikshit, the Chief Minister of Delhi, K.H. Muniyappa, the Union Minister of State for Railways, Sachin Pilot, the Union Minister of State for Communication & Information Technology, Vivek Sahai, Chairman, Railway Board, board members and other senior official from the Ministry of Railways and Ministry Communication & Information Technology were also present.