Prime Minister today flagged off a new category of superfast passenger trains in the country – the Amrit Bharat Express. With this, the Indian Railways has started two trains which offer affordable, sleeper class travel to the passengers. PM Narendra Modi flagged off the new trains from a programme held at Ayodhya Dham Junction Railway Station.
Amrit Bharat Express train
The Amrit Bharat train is an LHB push pull train with non air-conditioned coaches. This train has locos at both ends for better acceleration. It provides improved facilities for rail passengers like beautiful and attractive designed seats, better luggage rack, mobile charging point with suitable mobile holder, LED lights, CCTV, public information system, among others.
Union Minister of Railways, Ashwini Vaishnaw recently shared photos and video of the latest train from the Indian Railways, called the Amrit Bharat Train. The Amrit Bharat Train is the name of the Vande Sadharan Train, which was based on the Vande Bharat Express, offering affordable sleeper class travel to the Indians.
प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi जी ने 2 #AmritBharatTrain और 6 #VandeBharat Express को हरी झंडी दिखाकर किया रवाना।#AyodhyaDham pic.twitter.com/IIAJtGKMrr
— Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) December 30, 2023
Amrit Bharat Express: Routes
Prime Minister has flag off two new Amrit Bharat trains viz Darbhanga-Ayodhya-Anand Vihar Terminal Amrit Bharat Express and Malda Town-Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminus (Bengaluru) Amrit Bharat Express.
At a later stage, more routes will be added including, but not limited to Patna-New Delhi, Howrah-New Delhi, Hyderabad-New Delhi, Ernakulam-Guwahati, Tambaram-Howrah, Delhi-Jodhpur-Bandra Terminus, and Jammu-Chennai.
Ayodhya Dham Railway Station
Phase I of redeveloped Ayodhya Railway Station – known as Ayodhya Dham Junction Railway Station – is developed at a cost of more than Rs 240 crore. The three-storey modern railway station building is equipped with all modern features like lifts, escalators, food plazas, shops for puja needs, cloak rooms, child care rooms, waiting halls. The station building will be ‘accessible for all’ and ‘IGBC certified green station building’.
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