INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The new Champaran Humsafar Express train will comprise sixteen AC three-tier coaches
Indian Railways has introduced a new train between Delhi and Katihar (Bihar)
The new train, called Champaran Humsafar Express, belongs to the Railways' Humsafar Express series of trains
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday flagged off the Champaran Humsafar Express through a video conference in Motihari, Bihar
The Champaran Humsafar Express train will start a regular, twice-a-week service from Delhi to Katihar on April 13, according to a press
release by the Ministry of Railway dated April 10
In the opposite direction (from Katihar to Delhi), the new Humsafar Express train will start operation on April 16, it further said.1
The Railways will operate the twice-a-week Champaran Humsafar Express with train No
Katihar at 7:20 pm the next day
In the opposite direction, the train will hail out of Katihar every Monday and Thursday at 5:40 am and to reach Delhi at 11:40 am the next
The new Champaran Humsafar Express train will comprise sixteen AC three-tier coaches.4
The new train will run between the Delhi Junction railway station and the Katihar Junction railway station in Bihar
The Champaran Humsafar Express will only make 15 halts between Delhi and Katihar, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on microblogging
The train will stop at Purnea, Dauram Madhepura, Saharsa, Khagaria, Samastipur, Muzaffarpur, Bapudham Motihari, Bettiah, Narkatiaganj,
Gorakhpur, Naugarh, Balrampur, Gonda, Lucknow and Kanpur Central stations in both directions.Other details on Humsafar Express trainsThe
Humsafar Express is a fully AC three-tier service with facilities such as GPS-based passenger information system, baby nappy changing pads,
and tea/coffee machines along with mobile charging points and reading lights for each passenger
Humsafar Express was among the four new train projects announced by the government in the Rail Budget 2016-17
The first Humsafar Express train was launched in December 2016.
