Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Ambika Soni has flagged off a new DMU train service between Hoshiarpur and Amritsar from Hoshiarpur station on Monday afternoon. She was accompanied by Lok Sabha MP Ms. Santosh Choudhary and Rajya Sabha MP Avinash Rai Khanna along with senior railway officials. The train would depart at 5.20 am every morning from Hoshiarpur to arrive at Amritsar at 8.35 am and will come back from Amrtisar at 1130 in the morning to reach at Hoshiarpur 2.30 pm. In between the two main points, the service will connect 16 stations.