Good News For General Class Train Passengers: 50 New Amrit Bharat Express Coming Soon

Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has told Parliament that after successfully testing the Amrit Bharat trains for 10 months in passenger operations, the public transporter has decided to get 50 more such trains. "A new train has been developed named Amrit Bharat Train. Amrit Bharat train is completely non-AC. Of the 22 coaches, 20 are for passengers and two are for parcels. Of these 20, 10 are sleeper coaches and 10 are general coaches. It has the same technology that is there in the Vande Bharat including automatic couplers, better quality trains, seats, charging points, new toilet designs and noise-free," he said.

Amrit Bharat services, which have modern State-of the Art technology are equipped with advanced features like Semi-Permanent couplers for jerk free travel, horizontal sliding windows, foldable snack table and bottle holders, mobile holders etc, were introduced by Indian Railways (IR) earlier this year.

The Amrit Bharat train is an LHB push-pull train with non-air-conditioned coaches. This train has locos at both ends for better acceleration. It's running mechanism is similar to that of Vande Bharat Express.

The Amrit Bharat Express provides improved facilities for rail passengers like beautiful and attractive seats, better luggage racks, mobile charging points with suitable mobile holders, LED lights, CCTV, public information system, among others. 

There are four Amrit Bharat trains in service at present. These are 15557/58 Darbhanga–Anand Vihar (T) Express and 13433/13434 Malda Town - Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminus (Bengaluru) Express.

General class passengers get two to three coaches per express train that has been running on long-distance routes like Delhi To Darbhanga. However, with the Amrit Bharat trains, there are 10 general class coaches and 10 sleeper coaches per train.