Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off India’s first Vande Bharat Sleeper Train from West Bengal’s Malda Town Railway Station on Saturday. This was followed inauguration of multiple rail and road infrastructure projects worth over ₹Rs 3,250 crore.
Features and route of India’s first Vande Bharat sleeper train
As a premium alternative to domestic flights, the new sleeper train is operated and maintained by the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) zone. Designed and manufactured in India, it features 16 coaches and boasts a passenger capacity of 823. This premium train includes 11 three-tier AC coaches, four two-tier AC coaches and a 1st-class AC coach.
Designed to offer luxury travel, it will cover the distance between Howrah and Guwahati (Kamakhya). features key amenities that will ease long-haul journeys for its passengers. These key additions to this premium train include economically designed berths, user-friendly ladders for safe upper berth access, sanitized toilets, centralized monitoring and CCTVs.
PM Modi is scheduled to inaugurate multiple upcoming development projects worth around ₹830 crore at Singur in Hooghly district on Sunday, 18 January.
