allahabad the commonwealth express chugged into allahabad railway junction on sunday crowds awaited their turn to have a look in a serpentine queue stretching from platform number 1 of the railway junction to the circulating area and even the entrance gate of the city side which is reserved for the exit of the vehicles grp and rpf personnel were present in large numbers to control the crowdearlier general manager of north central railway h c joshi along with senior railway officials visited the various coaches of commonwealth express senior sportspersons including md kaif abhinn shyam gupta bahadur prasad neetu david pushpa srivastava and rustam khan were honoured on the occasion a cultural programme was also organised at the station the express showcased different facets of cwg to be held in the month of october this year and the countrys tryst with information technology the first coach explained the history of commonwealth games the first ever cwg was named as the british empire games in which 11 nations 400 athletes and 6 sports events were held in 1934 this coach depicted the history of cwg right from its primitive edition to what it has attained on date it talks about the mascot shera and importance of queens baton relay the second coach gives a general acquaintance with the venue of the events of cwg 2010 it also details the makeover of delhi in order to host this international event it has dummy models of stadiums and ongoing development projects in the city the third coach is about the various disciplines included in commonwealth games 2010 these include aquatics archery athletics badminton cycling boxing wrestling weightlifting tennis table tennis squash shooting rugby netball lawn bowl hockey and gymnastics the fourth coach is dedicated to outstanding sportspersons of india photographs of such icons have also been displayed including those who had won medals in commonwealth games of 2006 asian games at doha and olympics the fifth coach highlights the role of indian railways in nurturing budding sportspersons it showcases railway sportspersons who have won prestigious awards including arjuna awards rajiv gandhi khel ratna awards dronacharya awards padmshree and dhyan chand awards the remaining coaches of the train relate the progress the country has made in the field of information technology including various dimensions and perspectives of ict optional trima curtain raiser the sixth coach presents an overview about ict its impact on life how it is working as change agent bringing about social and economic transformation one of the interesting aspects of the sixth coach is the story of communications over the years from smoke signals in the primitive times to the sms and emails today the seventh coach is about collective efforts by department of information and technology and several other organisations in the sphere of ict their contribution towards bringing ict to the common man and at the same time building india into an it superpower one of the focal points of the coach is the national egovernance plan negp an