Amrit Bharat Express Reaches Smart City

Bhubaneswar: One of the Amrit Bharat Express trains flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Ayodhya yesterday reached Bhubaneswar Railway Station today morning. Lok Sabha MP Aparajita Sarangi and Rajya Sabha members Sulata Deo and Munna Khan were present to welcome the train at the station.

PM Narendra Modi flagged off two Amrit Bharat Express trains at Ayodhya Railway Junction on Saturday ahead of the consecration of Ram Temple in Ayodhya scheduled for January 22. Of two trains, one will run between Malda Town and SMVT in Bengaluru via Kharagpur, Balasore and Brahmapur connecting the states of West Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka. The train with all non-AC coaches will run daily from January 7.

According to reports, the Amrit Bharat Express train has 22 coaches, of these two are reserved for Railway guards. Of the remaining 20 passenger coaches, 8 coaches are second class unreserved with all advanced facilities including CCTV and well-furnished seats. The remaining 12 coaches are sleeper class reserved for passengers. The train with 130 kmph speed will have stoppages at Jaleswar, Balasore, Soro, Bhadrak, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Khurda Road and Brahmapur railway stations in Odisha. While the train fare from Bhubaneswar to Bengaluru has been fixed at Rs 432 per passenger for general compartment, the passenger has to pay Rs 782 for travel in sleeper class reserved coach.