Science Express-Biodiversity Special will be stationed at Delhi Cantonment station for four-days

Updated on: Thursday, November 29, 2012

A special train focusing on bio-diversity and climate change will be stationed at Delhi Cantonment station for four-days beginning December 2.

Known as the Science Express-Biodiversity Special, the state-of-the-art exhibition train has covered 263 stations across the country, a senior Northern Railway official said.

87 lakh visitors have visited the train since its launch in October, 2007, the official said.

The Science Express-Biodiversity Special, is a joint initiative of Department of Science and Technology and Ministry of Environment and Forest, coordinated by Vikram A Sarabhai Community Science Centre.

The official said the train will travel to Jaipur, Jodhpur, Barmer and Ahemedabad from here.

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