Kolkata, July 26 - Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee Sunday announced a new suburban train, Andolan Express, which will ply between West Bengal's Singur and Howrah station from Aug 1 this year.

'The Indian Railways will introduce a new train from Aug 1 which will ply between Hooghly district's Singur to Howrah station everyday,' Banerjee said while inaugurating the computerised reservation counter at New Alipur station here.

The introduction of the train appears to be Banerjee's way of paying tribute to the anti-land acquisition movement of Singur, 45 km form here, that forced the auto major Tata Motors to shift its Nano car factory to Sanand in Gujarat last year and also reversed the party's declining electoral fortunes.

The Singur movement, which started in mid-2006 following the project announcement by the state's ruling Left Front soon after it swept the assembly polls, helped the Trinamool to decimate the Left Front in last year's rural body polls and April-May parliament elections.