Kolkata, West Bengal on Tuesday obtained one other Vande Bharat Express practice which might be operated between New Jalpaiguri within the northern a part of the state and Bihar’s Patna.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the practice between New Jalpaiguri and Patna by means of video conferencing.
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The flower-bedecked inaugural practice left New Jalpaiguri station because the prime minister confirmed the inexperienced sign to it, one of many 10 Vande Bharat Express trains flagged off by him from Ahmedabad, a senior Northeast Frontier Railway official mentioned.
The semi-high-speed practice will present an essential hyperlink between Patna, the Bihar capital, and Siliguri, the north Bengal metropolis which is taken into account to be the gateway to the northeastern states of the nation.
With the introduction of the practice, West Bengal now has six Vande Bharat Express trains, a railway official mentioned.
Regular service of the practice on the New Jalpaiguri– Patna– New Jalpaiguri route will begin from March 14 from each ends, the NFR official mentioned.
The practice will depart from New Jalpaiguri at 5.15 am and attain Patna Junction at 12.10 pm the identical day, he mentioned.
In its return journey, the practice will depart from Patna Junction at 1.00 pm to achieve New Jalpaiguri at 8 pm the identical day.
The trains will run six days per week through Kishanganj and Katihar from each ends, taking roughly seven hours to cowl a distance of 471 km on both aspect.
The practice shall be of eight coaches with a seating capability of 530 passengers.
There shall be one govt class, 5 chair automobiles and two driver path coaches, the NFR official added.
The prime minister additionally flagged off by means of the digital mode a brand new specific practice between Asansol in West Bengal and Hatia in Jharkhand, an Eastern Railway official mentioned.
The practice, whose route passes by means of Giridih, will run with a vistadome coach in order that passengers can benefit from the scenic magnificence whereas travelling, he added.
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