Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani will flag off a Gandhi Darshan Astha Special Tourist Train tomorrow (June 17) at Sabarmati railway station on the occasion of centenary of the establishment of historic Sabarmati Ashram here.

The train being run jointly by Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) and the tourism department of Gujarat government, will from Sabarmati railway station in Ahmedabad move for a 10 days ‘to and fro trip’ to Bihar’s Betitah and Motihari, formerly known as Champaran where Bapu had established yet another Ashram in 1917 to lead a successful Satyagrah for farmers.

IRCTC DGM V N Shukla today said that the 15 bogey train with 13 sleeper coaches, a pantry car and two guard coaches with total passenger capacity of 840 seats would visit important tourist attractions related to Gandhiji’s freedom movement such as “Sevagram Ashram (Wardha), Chaparan Satyagraha Monument in Bettiah and Motihari”. Those boarding the train would also get an opportunity to visit popular religious destinations like Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi and participate in famous Ganga Aarti there, Triveni Sangam (confluence of three rivers) in Allahabad and Mahabodhi temple and other religious places in Gaya. The trip would be of nine nights and ten days.

He said that the train would have stoppages at Anand, Vadodara, Bharuch and Surat stations in Gujarat as boarding points. At Wardha in Maharashtra, it would take a halt for seeing the Sevagram Ashram and other points related to Gandhiji there. It would then move to Bettiah and Motihari. It would return to Sabarmati on June 26. Like other Astha spl trains the coaches would have a public announcement system, a guide in each one it and facility of free of cost meal prepared in the pantry car.

The IRCTC DGM said that the ticket for the trip was all inclusive of train Journey, all meals, sightseeing, road journeys, security on train, tour guide, dormitory – hall accommodation for wash and change and night stay.

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