Chandigarh, Sept. 27 -- The City Beautiful now has a direct train connection with the City of Lakes, Udaipur.

The bi-weekly Chandigarh-Udaipur Super-Fast Express will run twice a week on Thursdays and Sundays, with fares ranging from Rs.530 to Rs.1,960 per passenger.

The train has 24 halts at various stations in Haryana and Rajasthan, including Ambala, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Narwana, Jind, Rohtak, Alwar, Jaipur, Kishangarh, Ajmer, Bhilwara and Chittorgarh, before reaching its final destination.

The train was flagged off from Udaipur by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday via video conferencing from Banswara. On its arrival in Chandigarh on Friday morning, Punjab governor and UT administrator Gulab Chand Kataria welcomed the staff a...