The Railway Board has decided to operate 26 Amrit Bharat Express trains. Out of these, three trains will be operated via Bareilly. The fare of the high speed Amrit Bharat Express will be less than that of the Vande Bharat train.
Amrit Bharat Express: After Vande Bharat, now the people of Bareilly will get the gift of Amrit Bharat Express. Three Amrit Bharat Express trains will be operated via Bareilly. Northern Railway and Northeast Railway are preparing the timetable for the operation of these trains. From January 1, the railway will change the timetable of trains. Amrit Bharat Express trains will be given place in this timetable.
At present, Dehradun-Lucknow and Meerut-Lucknow Vande Bharat Express trains are being operated via Bareilly. Operation of Vande Bharat Sleeper Express between Bareilly-Mumbai is also proposed. Now the railway has started preparations for the operation of Amrit Bharat Express trains. The Railway Board has decided to operate 26 Amrit Bharat Express trains.
Operation of Bhagat Ki Kothi-Gorakhpur, Chhapra-Amritsar and Amritsar-Saharsa Amrit Bharat trains via Moradabad, Rampur, Bareilly is proposed. Deliberation is going on on their timetable. Vande Bharat Express train has eight coaches, while 22 coaches will be installed in Amrit Bharat Express. Amrit Bharat Express train will also be high speed, but its fare will be slightly less than Vande Bharat Express.
There will also be eight unreserved coaches
Eight coaches of unreserved category will be installed in Amrit Bharat Express. This train will also have 12 sleeper coaches. There will also be provision of coaches for the disabled. Passengers will be able to experience luxury travel in Amrit Bharat Express at low fare. Officials say that these trains will start operating by March 2025.
More crowd in trains of Amritsar-Chhapra and Amritsar-Saharsa route
The number of trains going to Purvanchal, Bihar and West Bengal via Bareilly is very high. Even after this, there is more pressure of passengers on Amritsar-Chhapra and Amritsar-Saharsa, Amritsar-Gorakhpur route. There is a scramble for confirmed tickets in trains of this route. After the operation of Amrit Bharat trains starts, the pressure of passengers on other regular trains will be reduced. Confirmed tickets will be easily available for passengers of long route.
Public Relations Officer of Izzatnagar Division Rajendra Singh said that operation of Amrit Bharat Express trains via Moradabad, Bareilly is proposed. Work is going on at the level of the Railway Board. The fare of Amrit Bharat Express trains will be reduced. Notification from the Railway Board is awaited. After this, the number and timetable of Amrit Bharat trains will be released.
