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www.er.indianrailways.gov.in- 2023-05-24
GENERAL MANAGER/EASTERN RAILWAY FLAGGED OFF BHARAT GAURAV TOURIST TRAIN FOR JYOTIRLINGA YATRA FROM KOLKATA STATION Kolkata, May 20, 2023 : Eastern India’s first Bharat Gaurav Tourist circuit train for Jyotirlinga Yatra commenced its journey from Kolkata station, today, as a step further towards realizing the vision of Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to showcase India’s rich cultural heritage and magnificent historical places to the people of India and the world. Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Railways, elaborated that the introduction of theme-based tourist circuit Bharat Gaurav Trains will augment the core strength of the professionals of tourism sector would be leveraged to develop/identify tourist circuits and run theme- based trains to tap the vast tourism potential of India. Passengers Boarding the Bharat Gaurav train for Jyotirlinga Yatra witnessed the historic moment of flagging off of this coveted train from Kolkata station , today by Shri Amar Prakash Dwivedi, General Manager/Eastern Railway in presence of Smt. Rajni Hasija, Chief Managing Director /IRCTC and Shri Zafar Azam, GGM/IRCTC/East Zone. Passengers of this Bharat Gaurav train, thanked Hon’ble Prime Minister for his vision about such theme-based tourist trains for pilgrimage and expressed their happiness by getting the chance for the hassle free Jyotirlinga Yatra by this Bharat Gaurav special tourist train which by embarking its journey from Kolkata on May 20 , 2023 will be heading for Jyotirlinga temple destinations. It will cover the pilgrimage Omkareshwar, Mahakaleshwar, Somnath, Nageswar, and Trimbakeshwar and also Sainagar Shirdi over 11 nights and 12 days in a new LHB rake. It will cover Bandel Jn, Barddhaman, Bolpur Shantiniketan, Rampurhat, Pakur, Sahibganj Jn, Kahalgaon, Bhagalpur, Jamalpur Jn within Eastern Railway’s jurisdiction. After covering the tour of Jyotirlingas at Ujjain, Vishvamitri, Veraval, Dwarka, Nasik & also the famous pilgrimage at Sainagar Shirdi and will return to Kolkata in the night of 31.05.2023. Speaking on the occasion , General Manager/Eastern Railway, Shri Amar Prakash Dwivedi said that, the Bharat Gaurav train is designed by the Government of India for most comfortable pilgrimage journey . He also interacted with the passengers on board and all the patrons of this train expressed their satisfaction regarding quality of service provided by Indian Railways in general and IRCTC in particular. While Shri Amar Prakash Dwivedi, General Manager/Eastern Railway and Smt. Rajni Hasija, Chief Managing Director /IRCTC interacting with the passengers, many of the senior citizens on board repeatedly thanked Hon’ble Prime Minister and Hon’ble Minister of Railways for introduction of Bhaarat Gurav trains specially designed for pilgrimage. 2
www.nfr.indianrailways.gov.in- 2023-05-19
Maligaon, 17th May, 2023: Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has been continuously striving to provide a safer, faster and more comfortable travelling experience to the people of the North Eastern region. For that the conventional ICF model rake of train no. 02502/02501 (Agartala – Kolkata - Agartala) special has been converted to a fully Air Conditioned LHB (Linke Hofmann Busch)rake. The train with LHB coaches was flagged off on 17th May, 2023 from Agartala Railway Station at 07:30 hrs by Kumari Pratima Bhoumik, Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment. Shri Prem Ranjan Kumar, Divisional Railway Manager, Lumding along with other senior officials of division were also present at Agartala Railway Station during the flagging off ceremony. The train no. 02502 (Agartala - Kolkata) special will depart from Agartala on every Wednesday for eight trips from 17th May to 05thJuly, 2023 at 07:30 hours to reach Kolkata at 15:00 hours on the next day. In return direction, train no. 02501 (Kolkata – Agartala) special will depart from Kolkata on every Sunday for eight trips from 21st May to 09thJuly, 2023 at 21:40 hours to reach Agartala at 05:15 hours on Tuesday. During it’s both ways journey, the special train will run via New Karimganj Jn., New Haflong, Guwahati, Goalpara Town, New Alipurduar, New Jalpaiguri Jn, Kishanganj, Malda Town, Azimganj Jn and Bandel Jn. The train will run with a revised composition consisting of 13 LHB coaches. It will have eleven state of the art AC-3 Economy Class coaches for the convenience of the passengers with two Luggage cum Generator coaches. The newly converted coaches will be of LHB rake with AC-3 Economy coaches which is safer and more comfortable as compared to the earlier ICF coaches. These coaches have improved and modular design of seats and berth. The AC-3 Economy has 2 side berths, making it a total of 8 berths per compartment, thereby leading to increased number of seats. Moreover, the fare structure for AC-3 Economy is roughly 8% lesser than 3 AC coaches. So, passengers can travel in much cheaper than 3 AC coaches. Further, the services of train no. 02518/02517 (Guwahati – Kolkata – Guwahati) has been extended for another eight trips. The train no. 02518 (Guwahati - Kolkata) special will depart from Guwahati on every Saturday for eight trips from 20th May to 08th July, 2023 at 21:00 hours to reach Kolkata at 15:00 hours on the next day. In return direction, train no. 02517 (Kolkata – Guwahati) special will depart from Kolkata on every Thursday for eight trips from 18th May to 06th July, 2023 at 21:40 hours to reach Guwahati at 16:15 hours on the next day. The details of stoppages and timings of these trains are available at IRCTC website and through NTES and are also being notified in various newspapers and social media platforms of N.F. Railway. Passengers are requested to verify the details before undertaking their journey. (Sabyasachi De) CPRO/N.F.Railway | ||||||||