GUWAHATI: Two trains with Vistadome services were flagged off by Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and minister of state for railways Darshana Jardosh at Guwahati railway station and Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Pema Khandu at Naharlagun station on Sunday.
The two new Vistadome trains will run between Guwahati and Naharlagun and Naharlagun and Tinsukia.
“The railways have also decided to extend the existing Vistadome service between Guwahati and New Haflong till Badarpur to pander to tourists,” NF Railway CPRO Guneet Kaur said in a statement.
According to an official statement, the regular services of the Naharlagun-Guwahati-Naharlagun Shatabdi Express with Vistadome coach will resume from December 20. This train will run on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays from Naharlagun at 6.45 am and every Monday, Thursday and Sunday from Guwahati at 1.45 pm covering a distance of 343 km.
The regular services of Tinsukia-Naharlagun-Tinsukia Vistadome Express will start from December 21 and run from Tinsukia every Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday and from Naharlagun every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. The train will depart from Tinsukia at 4 pm and Naharlagun at 5.30 am covering a distance of 225 km.
The existing Guwahati-New Haflong-Guwahati Vistadome will now run till Badarpur from December 22 and will leave Guwahati at 6.45 am and leave Badarpur at 3.15 pm covering a distance of 341 km.
With the addition of two more Vistadome trains, there are now three such services in the region which are excepted to transform trade and tourism in the northeast through rail connectivity and promote cultural heritage of the region, the CPRO added.
The Vistadome coaches are equipped with state-of-the-art glass windows and all glass roofs for providing a view of the open sky, mountains, tunnels, bridges, hills, tea gardens and lush green forests to the tourists. It will also have observation lounges for sightseeing, the CPRO stated.
The two new Vistadome trains will run between Guwahati and Naharlagun and Naharlagun and Tinsukia.
“The railways have also decided to extend the existing Vistadome service between Guwahati and New Haflong till Badarpur to pander to tourists,” NF Railway CPRO Guneet Kaur said in a statement.
According to an official statement, the regular services of the Naharlagun-Guwahati-Naharlagun Shatabdi Express with Vistadome coach will resume from December 20. This train will run on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays from Naharlagun at 6.45 am and every Monday, Thursday and Sunday from Guwahati at 1.45 pm covering a distance of 343 km.
The regular services of Tinsukia-Naharlagun-Tinsukia Vistadome Express will start from December 21 and run from Tinsukia every Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday and from Naharlagun every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. The train will depart from Tinsukia at 4 pm and Naharlagun at 5.30 am covering a distance of 225 km.
The existing Guwahati-New Haflong-Guwahati Vistadome will now run till Badarpur from December 22 and will leave Guwahati at 6.45 am and leave Badarpur at 3.15 pm covering a distance of 341 km.
With the addition of two more Vistadome trains, there are now three such services in the region which are excepted to transform trade and tourism in the northeast through rail connectivity and promote cultural heritage of the region, the CPRO added.
The Vistadome coaches are equipped with state-of-the-art glass windows and all glass roofs for providing a view of the open sky, mountains, tunnels, bridges, hills, tea gardens and lush green forests to the tourists. It will also have observation lounges for sightseeing, the CPRO stated.
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