Assam: IRCTC postponed Bharat Gaurav Special Tourist Train from New Jalpaiguri rly station to June 24, 2024

GUWAHATI: The proposed operation of the Bharat Gaurav Special Tourist Train from New Jalpaiguri (NJP) railway station under the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) by the IRCTC has been deferred. Previously, the train was scheduled to depart from New Jalpaiguri station on May 18, 2024. The operation of the said Bharat Gaurav Train has been postponed to June 24, 2024, a press release said.

Earlier in November last year, the Ministry of Railways, in a collaborative initiative with IRCTC Ltd., is about to operate a ‘North East Discovery’ tour to promote the relatively untraversed North Eastern states of India.

The specially curated tour on the Bharat Gaurav Deluxe AC Tourist Train will commence its journey from Delhi Safdarjung Railway Station on.

The tour will cover Guwahati, Sivasagar, Jorhat, and Kaziranga in Assam; Unakoti, Agartala, and Udaipur in Tripura; Dimapur and Kohima in Nagaland; and Shillong and Cherrapunji in Meghalaya over the 15-day tour.

Spanning over 14 nights and 15 days, the first stop of this train is Guwahati, where tourists will visit Kamakhya Temple, followed by Umananda Temple and a sunset cruise on the Brahmaputra River.

This train will further depart on an overnight journey for Naharlagun Railway Station, which is 30 km from the next destination, Itanagar, the capital of Arunachal Pradesh. The next city to follow is Sivasagar, the old capital of the Ahom Kingdom in the eastern part of Assam.

The famous Shiva temple Sivadol is part of the itinerary, along with other heritage sites like Talatal Ghar and Rang Ghar (the Colosseum of the East). Further, the tea gardens at Jorhat and an overnight stay at Kaziranga, along with an early morning jungle safari at Kaziranga National Park, will be experienced by the tourists.

Later, the train departs for the state of Tripura, where the guests cover the sightseeing of the famous heritage site of Unakoti in the densely covered Jampui Hills. Later, they proceed to the capital city of Agartala, the tour of which includes the famous Ujjayanta Palace, the Neermahal, and the Tripura Sundari Mandir at Udaipur.

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