Mumbai's first Amrit Bharat Express train will be operated between Saharsa, Bihar and Lokmanya Tilak Terminus, Kurla. Pics/via Rajendra B. Aklekar
The Amrit Bharat Express is a class of superfast, non-air-conditioned, low-cost, sleeper-cum unreserved services connecting cities that are more than 800 km apart
It has a maximum operating speed of 110 to 130 kmph and the trainset provides improved facilities for better-designed seats and luggage racks for increasing volume, mobile charging points with mobile holders, LED lights, CCTV, a public information system and is a vestibule train
The trainsets are manufactured by Integral Coach Factory in Chennai and the production of 200 more such trains is in progress, with 50 under construction and 150 more planned
The Amrit Bharat train will operate via Samastipur, Muzaffarpur, Danapur, Buxar and Deen Dayal Upadhyaya (formerly Mughalsarai) stations
With two locomotives attached on either side, the train cuts down the time of reversal as it can move in either direction
The train will operate via Samastipur, Muzaffarpur, Danapur, Buxar and Deen Dayal Upadhyaya (formerly Mughalsarai) stations
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