Kolkata, Sep 29 (IANS) Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi will flag off a superfast double decker train from Howrah to Dhanbad at Howrah station Saturday, an official statement said Thursday.
The 12383 Up/12384 Dn fully air-conditioned Howrah-Dhanbad Express will run five days a week, an Eastern Railway statement said.
The train comprising nine coaches including seven air-conditioned double decker chair cars, will have 128 seats in each coach and two generator cars.
It will have maximum permissible speed of 110 kmph and run via the Howrah-Burdwan chord line.
Booking for the train, that was announced in the railway budget, will start Friday in all computerised reservation counters.
The train, will start from Dhanbad at 5.00 a.m. every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday and arrive at Howrah at 9.15 a.m.
From Howrah, it will start at 3.20 p.m. on every Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and reach Dhanbad at 7.40 p.m. The train will stop at Barddhaman, Durgapur, Asansol, Barakar and Kumardhubi on both directions.
