Some night trains need to be operated for sectional trav
ellers of 300-700km which IR is creating traveller base for private bus operator by not operating dedicated night trains in past 20 years and highway infrastructure improving every year.
1. This spl frequency should be increased to 4 days
2. Agartala Kolkatta GHY Kolkatta Agartala GR frequency should be increased to Biweekly...
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making 4 days
3. Dibrugarh Rangiya Upper Assam line Kolkatta GHY Kolkatta Dibrugarh GR weekly sharing slot with already running GR in remaining 2 days
4. HWH NJP Haldibari day intercity from triweekly to daily
5. Proposed Kolkata region Haldibari night train with 10 AC coaches should be introduced by terminating Darjeeling mail at NJP.
6. NJP Patna Varanasi 4 days via Patna and 3 days via upper Bihar line merging near danapur.

Siliguri Patna has night sleeper buses running for 14-15hrs.
Siliguri Kolkatta is hottest route for bus operators in night with fares in this summer from Rs 2500 to Rs 3000 per AC sleeper berth. This sector got highest investment in last 2 years with 10 new Volvo 9600s sleeper per night with 20 buses in opp directions. An operator named Easyride introduced a new concept first in India, Bus Hostess with evening snack Kolkata roll veg/non veg and individual LED screen
for each berth with WiFi connectivity with your mobile. Check for videos in youtube.

Kolkatta NJP VB sleeper in additional to above services. These are the required for NJP region to serve siliguri, Darjeeling and sikkim

Wow !
Great to see this new sector getting train after a long time the project has been completed.
Should get regularized with a daily run.

This service will also act as...
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a Intercity Service between Siliguri, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar, Dhubri, Bongaigaon (Abhyapuri), Goalpara & Guwahati.