A railway official said that the New Jalpaiguri-Alipurduar train will have a Vistadome coach, two air-conditioned chair cars and two non-airconditioned chair cars, apart from a luggage car and a power coach, adding that it will run three days a week Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, reports news agency.
The Vistadome coach in the New Jalpaiguri-Alipurduar train with a 44-seating capacity will have a fare of ₹770, the air-conditioned chair cars will cost between ₹300 and 400 per seat and a non-airconditioned seat will cost only ₹85, the official added.
NFR chief public relations officer Guneet Kaur said that the introduction of these Vistadome trains will help to generate additional revenue for the railways and also for local people of these areas. “NFR hopes that the initiative to boost the tourism sector of Assam and north Bengal will be very well patronised by the local people as well as by visitors from other states,” she added.
