Dimapur, July 6 (EMN): Fulfilling another demand for better connectivity of North-eastern region with the rest of the country, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu will flag off a new weekly express train between Guwahati and Indore on July 7.
The inaugural train bearing number ‘09307’ will be flagged off from Indore by the Minister on 7th of July at 12-00 hrs and during return journey the inaugural special train number ‘09308’ will leave Guwahati at 23-25 hrs on 9th of July.
Regular train service will start from Indore w.e.f. 13.07.2017 and from Guwahati w.e.f. 16.07.2017. The train service, Indore – Guwahati weekly express ‘19305’ will leave from Indore every Thursday at 14-00 hrs and arrive at Guwahati at 14-25 hrs on Saturday. The returning journey train ‘19306’ Guwahati – Indore Express will leave Guwahati every Sunday at 05-15 hrs and arrive at Indore at 07-10 hrs on Tuesday. The train will cover the distance of 2280 kms between Indore and Guwahati in less than 50 hours.
The newly introduced train will run via Goalpara Town, Salmari and will have commercial stoppages at various places Kamakhya Jn., New Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar, Kanpur Central, Jhansi, Dewas etc before arriving at Indore. The train service will have 10 sleeper class, 2 AC three tier, 1 AC two tier, and 3 general class compartments apart from two generators cum luggage van. All coaches will be of German model LHB type.
