chandigarh if the railways say they can take you to delhi from the city in 45 minutes dont start thinking they are mulling investing in air travel union railway minister lalu prasad yadav while presenting his departments interim budget on friday announced that the 600km delhichandigarhludhianaamritsar corridor was one of the six selected for running world renowned japanese bullet trainsa feasibility study for the highspeed corridor is on and work on the project will start in two years if all goes well said a railways officialthe way the ministry has expedited work indicates its keenness to see the project through ambalas additional divisional railway manager rk saxena saidputting the city on bullet trains route is more than enough for locals this can be a better option than air travel said immigration consultant deepak rai walia who frequently travels between chandigarh and delhiits a wonderful idea said jagdeep atri a panchkulabased property dealer adding that it would make his journeys to delhi easiersector18 resident sadhu singh kang said the move would bring cities like delhi chandigarh and those in punjab closer while the hitech train may take some time coming the ministrys immediate offering to the city is the chandigarhdibrugarh express which will also serve passengers going to moradabad gorakhpur and jalpaigurithe train has been running as a holiday special for the past six months and will continue as a weekly till june 1 once it is included in the new time table it will run twice a week station superintendent rk datta saidresidents here said they wanted more from the ministry when it came to trains on circuits like chandigarhanandpur sahibamritsar and for destinations like nandedfor the past six months i had been seeking that authorities start trains for nanded and haridwar from chandigarh and extend the garib rath to ajmer and pushkar i am quite hopeful that these trains will be provided in the main budget member of zonal rail users consultative committee joginder singh bhogal saidsince railways had done good business through the chandigarhnanded special train during its threemonth run people here were expecting its regularization on the lines of chandigarhdibrugarh express added bhogal