Just one day before the official launch of Vande Bharat Express from Bengal, West Bengal BJP President and MP (Balurghat) Sukanta Majumadar wrote a letter to Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav requesting a stoppage at Bolpur Shantiniketan Station for the express.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit West Bengal on Friday to flag off Vande Bharat Express connecting Howrah to New Jalpaiguri at Howrah Railway Station and inaugurate the Joka-Taratala stretch of the Purple Line of Kolkata Metro.
The BKC station will have six platforms and the length of each platform is nearly 415 m (sufficient to accommodate a 16-coach bullet train). The station will have connectivity with the Metro and road. Bandra Kurla Complex station is the only underground station on the Mumbai Ahmedabad bullet
Earlier, a media report said that IRDTC has shared a possible data breach incident alert of CERT-In to IRCTC reporting a data breach pertaining to Indian Railways passengers.
The length of Tunnel No. 12 is 1406 m located between Tarkhola and Shukia Khola in the Kalimpong district of West Bengal. The tunnel traverses through vulnerable and challenging geological conditions of the lesser Himalayan range, as per an official statement.
The Railway Ministry has formulated a new policy for the modernization of stations named the "Amrit Bharat Station" scheme that envisages the development of stations on a continuous basis with a long-term vision, said an official statement.
Passengers faced a lot of trouble as several trains were delayed by nearly 4-5 hours due to foggy weather conditions. Five trains were also cancelled due to fog in Bihar, said an official of Patna Railway station.
The nation's seventh Vande Bharat train took around 8.30 hours to complete around 560km between NJP-Howrah during the first trial run today, an official statement added.