East Central Railway has notified the extension of Weekly Festival Special Trains to until further advice as detailed below: -

1.The service of Train No. 02521 Barauni – Ernakulam Weekly Festival Special Train o­n Mondays will be extended o­n and from 06^th September, 2021 to until further advice.

2.The service of Train No. 02522 Ernakulam Jn - Barauni Weekly Festival Special Train o­n Fridays will be extended o­n and from 10^th September, 2021 to until further advice.

3.The service of Train No. 02389 Gaya – Dr. MGR Chennai Central Weekly Festival Special Train o­n Sundays will be extended o­n and from 05^th September, 2021 to until further advice.

4.The service of Train No. 02390 Dr. MGR Chennai Central - Gaya Weekly Festival Special Train o­n Tuesdays will be extended o­n and from 07^th September, 2021 to until further advice.

5.The service of Train No. 02577 Darbhanga – Mysuru Weekly Festival Special Train o­n Tuesdays will be extended o­n and from 07^th September, 2021 to until further advice.

6.The service of Train No. 02578 Mysuru - Darbhanga Weekly Festival Special Train o­n Fridays will be extended o­n and from 10^th September, 2021 to until further advice.

7.The service of Train No. 03251 Patliputra - Yesvantpur Weekly Festival Special Train o­n Fridays will be extended o­n and from 03^rd September, 2021 to until further advice.

8.The service of Train No. 03252 Yesvantpur - Patliputra Weekly Festival Special Train o­n Mondays will be extended o­n and from 06^th September, 2021 to until further advice.

9.The service of Train No. 05228 Muzaffarpur – Yesvantpur Weekly Festival Special Train o­n Mondays will be extended o­n and from 06^th September, 2021 to until further advice.

10.The service of Train No. 05227 Yesvantpur - Muzaffarpur Weekly Festival Special Train o­n Wednesdays will be extended o­n and from 08^th September, 2021 to until further advice.

Advance Reservation for the above special Trains will open

at 08.00 hrs o­n 28^th August, 2021 (Tomorrow) from Southern Railway end

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The Agartala - Anand Vihar Terminal Special Rajdhani Express with state-of-the-art Tejas Sleeper coaches completes six months of successful running this week. It was flagged off from Agartala o­n 15^th February this year.This was the first such service with Tejas type sleeper coaches of Indian Railways. The service is very well patronised by the travelling public of Northeast Region. The occupation trend of the train is 100% at present. This service has offered a complete new era of train travel experience with enhanced comfort. The bright golden hued coaches, with enhanced smart features offer best in class travel experience along with better connectivity of the Northeast with National Capital.

The new Tejas sleeper coaches have special smart features for enhanced passenger safety and comfort. The smart coach aims to provide world-class safety to passengers with the help of intelligent sensor-based systems. Tejas rakes are equipped with Passenger Information and Coach Computing Unit (PICCU) provided with GSM network connectivity, which reports to the remote server. PICCU will record the data of WSP, CCTV recording, Toilet odour sensors, panic switch and other items integrated with fire detection and alarm system, air quality and choke filter sensor & energy meter. With the use of such moden Coach, Indian Railways aims to move towards predictive maintenance instead of preventive maintenance. The introduction of this Agartala - Anand Vihar Terminal Special Rajdhani Express with modern Tejas Sleeper type coaches for long distance journey, was another paradigm shift by Indian Railways for enhancing the travel experience of passengers.

Some major stoppages of the train are Ambassa, Dharmanagar, New Karimganj, Badarpur Jn, Hojai, Guwahati, Rangiya Jn, New Jalpaiguri, Katihar, Barauni Jn, Patliputra, Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Jn and Kanpur Central. The train is having 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.

The features of Tejas type Sleeper coaches are as under:-

·Automatic Plug Door: All main entrance doors are centralized controlled by Guard. Train will not start until all doors are closed.

·Stainless Steel Under-frame:Complete under-frame is of austenitic stainless steel (SS 201LN) which increases life of the coach because of reduced corrosion.

·Bio-Vacuum Toilet system:Provides improved hygiene condition in the toilet due to improved flushing and also save water per flush.

·Air Suspension Bogies: Provided with Air Spring Suspension in bogies to improve comfort and ride quality of these coaches.

·Fire Alarm, Detection and Suppression system: All coaches are provided with Automatic Fire Alarm and Detection System.

·Smart Features: Provided with smart features processed by a centralized processing unit PICCU (Passenger information coach computing unit).The features are as follows:

oPA/PIS (passenger announcement/passenger information system)

oDigital destination board

oCCTV- With day night vision capability, Facial recognition even in low light condition, Network Video Recorder.

oEmergency Talk back for medical or security emergency

oOn Board condition monitoring system for Bearing, Wheel,to improve safety

oHVAC- Air quality measurement for Air Conditioning system

oMother and baby friendly toilet and Toilet Occupancy Sensor

oWater level sensor to indicate water availability

oTrain Supervisor and Power car Monitoring system (Kiosk): 18.5” touch screen Kiosk is provided in each power car for monitoring the health of the complete rake and also used as a surveillance monitoring station. This LCD is connected to the PICCU system of the power car for visualisation of the power car.

·Improved Toilet Unit: Provided with touch-less fittings, Marble finish with anti-graffiti coating, Gel coated shelf, New design dustbin, Door latch activated light, Engagement display.

·Textured Exterior and Interior PVC Film:Both exterior and interior, are provided with textured PVC film.

·Improved interiors: Seats and berths having PU foam, provide better comfort to passengers.

·Roller Blind o­n window:Instead of curtains roller blinds provided for easy sanitization.

·Mobile Charging points: Provided for each passenger.

·Berth reading light: Provided for each passenger.

·Upper berth climbing arrangement: Convenient upper berth arrangement.