Singapore – BBC announced the commission of its ‘India Election Train’ – a multiplatform, multilingual initiative – delivering international audiences a diverse range of news from across India, during the run-up to the country’s General Election in May. From April 25 – May 13, reporters from the BBC Global News division will travel through India by train, looking into what Indians want from their General Election and the key matters surrounding it. On board the train will be reporters from BBC World Service English, BBC Hindi, BBC Urdu, BBC Tamil, BBC Bengali, BBC Somali, BBC Swahili, BBC World News television, Arabic TV, Persian TV and bbc.com/news. The journalists will broadcast stories across TV, online, radio and on mobile. BBC and Indian Railways designed a timetable for the project and the train will travel along the following route: Delhi – Ahmedabad – Mumbai – Hyderabad – Bhubaneswar – Kolkata (Calcutta) – Patna – Allahabad – Delhi. Online users will be able to track the journey of the train through a special interactive map and a daily blog available on the BBC’s India Election webpage www.bbc.com/india.
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