UP CM Yogi Adityanath flags off Lucknow-Delhi Tejas Express

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Friday, flagged the country's first private semi-high speed train, Tejas Express from Lucknow.

The corporate train will run from Lucknow to Delhi six days a week.

While flagging off the train, Yogi Adityanath thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for gifting the train on the route.

He said that the train was an example of modern technology in railways.

Ashwini Srivastava, Chief Regional Manager of the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) said that the commercial run would start from Saturday onwards.

As per the schedule, the train will leave Lucknow at 6.10 a.m. and reach the New Delhi railway station at 12.25 p.m., covering the entire distance in 6 hours and 15 minutes. The journey time of the train is lesser than the Swarn Shatabdi -- currently the fastest train on the route.

Tejas Express would only have two halts -- Kanpur and Ghaziabad. On its return journey, the train would leave Delhi at 3.35 p.m. and reach Lucknow at 10.05 p.m. The train will begin its journey from Lucknow at 6.10 a.m. and reach Delhi at 12.25 p.m. with halts at Kanpur and Ghaziabad.