Maligaon, January 29 (MExN): Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) is among the best all zones of Indian Railways in terms of “Originating Passenger Earnings, Passenger Growth and Ticket-Checking Revenue.”
“The Originating Earnings of NFR has been Rs. 1, 242 crores which is 11% more than last year against the all-India growth of 5.42%. Number of passengers carried by NFR zone has also increased by 7.17% when the all-India increase has been only 1.78%. The earnings from ticket-checking drives have also recorded a 33.29% growth compared to last year and 3.23% over target,” stated a press release from Chief PRO PJ Sharma.
The release also informed that “to ensure greater proliferation of service in the NE region, six new regular express trains were also introduced during this financial year and NFR also ran 412 trips of 25 special trains.” Frequency of Agartala-Bangalore Humsafar Express has been increased from weekly to bi-weekly while carrying capacity of 6 pair of trains has been augmented by attaching 26 additional coaches creating 2024 additional seats. 776 coaches were attached with different trains temporarily creating 64603 additional berths.
In a first of its kind initiative, the Agartala – Anand Vihar Rajdhani Express has been provided with free on-board Wi-Fi entertainment in Novemeber last year. Passengers can now enjoy 500 GB of pre-loaded content through their Wi-Fi enabled devices. Free Wi-Fi is also provided at 45 stations of this railway. For greater transparency, CCTV cameras have been installed in 11 kitchens, while live streaming of Katihar Base Kitchen has been made available online through IRCTC website.
