Kolkata to siliguri vande bharat express

The North East India's first-ever Vande Bharat Express train is all set for inauguration on December 30. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to flag off seventh Vande Bharat Express that will run between Howrah-New Jalpaiguri. To run under the Northeast Frontier Railways (NFR), the first Vande Bharat Train semi-high-speed train of the NE India completed its trial run from Howrah-New Jalpaiguri station on Monday, an official statement said. The Vande Bharat Express train will be the first express train between New Jalpaiguri (NJP), Siliguri to Kolkata after Shatabdi Express. Vande Bharat will have Passenger-friendly facilities like automatic doors and Wifi access. Catch a glimpse of the successful trial run of the Vande Bharat Express, conducted between Howrah and New Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. The statement added that the nation's seventh Vande Bharat train took around 8.30 hours to complete about 560km between NJP-Howrah during the first trial run today. A massive crowd was gathered at the station to get a glimpse of the train. Shuvendu Chowdhury, Divisional Rail Manager (DRM) Katihar- Northeast Frontier Railway(NFR) at NJP said, the trial run was completed successfully and we are waiting for the final day for its service. There is already a Shatabdi Express between Howrah and NJP. This train leaves Howrah in the afternoon and reaches NJP at around 10 p.m. The Vande Bharat Express will certainly attract tourists travelling to the Hills in north Bengal and the Dooars as...

According to a senior railway official, the train will depart from Howrah station in the morning to reach New Jalpaiguri in the afternoon. After a halt at the New Jalpaiguri station, the train will depart for Howrah and reach the station there by night. The Howrah-New Jalpaiguri is a busy route and is serviced by super-fast express trains. The New Jalpaiguri station is the hub station used by tourists to reach Darjeeling and neighbouring Bhutan. The Vande Bharat line of trains has modern amenities and superior comfort to other similar trains. The train is expected to cut the travel time one the route 25 per cent. An earlier report said that the Vande Bharat Express train will be launched on the Howrah-Ranchi, connecting Bengal and Jharkhand. "These Vande Metro trains will be manufactured in such large numbers that across the country, the trains which were of the 1950s and 1960s designs will all be replaced," the minister told reporters during an interaction. Designed and built in India, Vande Metro hydrogen trains would roll out by 2023. The minister highlighted that the new trains will benefit the middle and lower class section of the population, as the high-end section is not the focus of Vande Metro trains. “Rich people can take care of themselves. The central government, especially Prime Minister Narendra Modi focuses on the lower- and middle-income class of the population who cannot afford...”.

The Indian Railways will soon launch a Vande Bharat Express in West Bengal to connect Kolkata with Siliguri, Darjeeling MP Raju Bista said. Speaking at a programme at the Siliguri Junction railway station, Bista said the train will connect the Sealdah station in Kolkata to the New Jalpaiguri station in the north Bengal city of Siliguri. "People will be able to reach their destinations much faster when the Vande Bharat expressed is launched on the Sealdah-New Jalpaiguri route. It will begin a new chapter in the development of the region," the BJP MP said. India launched its first semi high-speed train, the Vande Bharat Express, in 2019. The train, developed by the Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai, has an intelligent braking system, enabling better acceleration and deceleration. All the coaches are equipped with automatic doors, a GPS-based audio-visual passenger information system, onboard Wi-Fi and comfortable seats. The executive class has rotating chairs. There are five Vande Bharat Express running on various routes across India, with the latest Mysuru-Chennai train being flagged off by PM Narendra Modi himself in Bengaluru. This was the South India's first Vande Bharat Express. Before that, he also flagged off Himachal Pradesh's first semi-high speed train between Una and New Delhi. Other Vande Bharat trains run on Mumbai-Ahemdabad route, New Delhi-Varanasi route andNew Delhi - Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Vande Bharat Express. With PTI inputs

West Bengal is likely to get its first Vande Bharat Express soon, a claim made by Darjeeling MP Raju Bista on Monday. The member of parliament speaking at a programme at the Siliguri Junction railway station said the train will connect the Sealdah station in Kolkata to the New Jalpaiguri station in the north Bengal city of Siliguri. The train, developed by the Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai, has an intelligent braking system, enabling better acceleration and deceleration. All the coaches are equipped with automatic doors, a GPS-based audio-visual passenger information system, onboard Wi-Fi and comfortable seats. The executive class has rotating chairs. Indian Railways introduced the new avatar of high speed train Vande Bharat i.e. Vande Bharat 2. Vande Bharat 2 is equipped with more advancements and improved features like 0 to 100 Kmpl speed in just 52 second, maximum speed up to 180 Kmph, lesser weight of 392 ton instead of 430 ton and WI-FI content on demand. New Vande Bharat will also have 32-inch LCD TVs which was of 24 inch in earlier version. 15 percent more energy efficient ACs with dust free clean air cooling of traction motor will make the travel more comfortable. Side recliner seat facility which is being provided to Executive Class passengers, will now be made available for all classes. Vande Bharat is a Shatabdi-type train of “Semi High Speed" offering additional amenities and advantages to the passengers. In the new design of Vande Bharat Express, photo...