Howrah to New Jalpaiguri (NJP) Vande Bharat Express educate could be flagged off with the aid of using Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, December 29. The educate could be the first actual Vande Bharat Express of West Bengal and the second one top class educate provider after Shatabdi Express to run at the 560-Kilometre Howrah NJP direction.
Howrah to NJP direction: Vande Bharat Express Vs Shatabdi Express
According to a senior railway official, the educate will go away from Howrah station at 6 am withinside the morning to attain New Jalpaiguri at 1.30 pm. After a halt of one hour on the New Jalpaiguri station, the Vande Bharat Express educate will go away at 2.30 pm for Howrah and attain the station with the aid of using 10 pm equal day. It will take eight hours to finish the journey.
Shatabdi Express alternatively leaves Howrah withinside the afternoon and reaches NJP at night.
Vande Bharat Express could have fewer halts than Shatabdi, which stops at Bolpur Shantiniketan, New Farraka Jn, Malda Town, Barsoi Junction, Kishanganj earlier than terminating at NJP. The Howrah to New Jalpaiguri (NJP) Vande Bharat will prevent best at Bolpur and Malda.
Fare comparison: Shatabdi Vs Vande Bharat Express
The fare of chair vehicle elegance withinside the Howrah-NJP Shatabdi Express is Rs 1,650, whilst that of the Executive Class is Rs 2,500, as according to IRCTC website. While, the Indian Railways has now no longer formally announce the fare of Vande Bharat Express at the equal direction, the price price tag is predicted to be dearer than that of Shatabdi Express.
Vande Bharat protection features
The Vande Bharat line of trains has cutting-edge facilities and advanced consolation to different comparable trains. The educate has reclining seats, computerized hearthplace sensors, CCTV cameras, on-call for content material and wifi facility, 3-hour electricity backup and GPS structures for the consolation of passengers.
The Howrah-New Jalpaiguri is a hectic direction and is serviced with the aid of using super-speedy specific trains. The New Jalpaiguri station is the hub station utilized by vacationers to attain Darjeeling and neighbouring Bhutan. The Vande Bharat Express is predicted to reduce the tour time one the direction 25 according to cent.
An in advance record stated that the Vande Bharat Express educate could be released at the Howrah-Ranchi, connecting Bengal and Jharkhand. In the contemporary-day Budget, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduced that four hundred Vande Bharat trains with higher electricity performance could be evolved and synthetic withinside the subsequent 3 years
