LUCKNOW/GORAKHPUR:, Feb. 9 -- Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday said a proposal was on the anvil to integrate the new airport terminal at Gorakhpur with the railway station via a direct rail link.

"It is being looked into if the new terminal at Gorakhpur airport can be integrated with the railway station and if the railway can develop a new railway station," Vaishnaw said in Gorakhpur.

The Gorakhpur airport director and the North Eastern Railway (NER) general manager have been instructed to design the plan, he said.

"To make this into a reality, on Sunday directors of airport and the railway General manager had a meeting and they were instructed to come up with a plan," Vaishnaw said.

He was speaking to the media at Gorakhpu...