Agartala- Anand Vihar Rajdhani Special train to run with special Tejas type sleeper coaches
Maligaon, February 13 (MExN): The Ministry of Railways has decided to replace the rake of Agartala-Anand Vihar Terminal Special Rajdhani Express with Tejas Sleeper coaches with upgraded facilities to offer better connectivity of the Northeast with national capital.
This will be the first train on Tejas rake to be run on Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR), a press release from NFR CPRO Subhanan Chanda informed on Saturday.
Equipped with smart features, the coaches of the new sleeper type Tejas Train will offer best in class travel experience, the release added.
The start of the Tejas service from Agartala is planned for February 15 and some major stoppages will be at Ambassa, Dharmanagar, New Karimganj, Badarpur Jn, Hojai, Guwahati, Rangiya Jn, New Jalpaiguri, Katihar, Barauni Jn, Patliputra, Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Jn and Kanpur Central before reaching Anand Vihar Terminus.
The train will have one AC First class, three AC Two tier, eleven AC Three tier, one AC Hot Buffet Car coaches apart from two Generator cum luggage vans for booking of parcels etc. 500 such Tejas type Sleeper coaches are planned to be manufactured at Integral Coach Factory (ICF) and Modern Coach Factory (MCF), production units of Indian Railways in the Financial Year 2021-22 which will gradually replace the premium long distance trains all over Indian Railways network, it was informed.
