The days of the 65-km long narrow gauge train from Dholpur to Tantpur in Agra district are numbered. The century-old train, that ferried the famous Dholpur stone for the construction of Rashtrapati Bhavan and Parliament House in Delhi, is going to make way for a bigger and more modern one.
North Central Railway has drawn up plans for gauge conversion on the line and in this year’s railway budget Rs.212 crore were released to begin work between Dholpur and Sir Mathura. The two-foot, six-inches wide track will be converted into a broad gauge track.