Publish Date: | Sun, 20 Feb 2022 01:43 AM (IST)
Jagdalpur. To make rail travel convenient and attractive for tourists, the Vistadome coach designed by the Railways has passed the trial run between Araku and Jagdalpur. Waltair Railway Divisional Manager had come to Jagdalpur on 31 January 2022 in LG Special on his stay. The trial operation was carried out by adding Vistadome coach to the LG Special. After the successful trial, a week ago, Waltair Railway Divisional Administration sent a proposal to connect Vistadome coach in Kirandul-Visakhapatnam Special Express train to East Coast Rail Zone Bhubaneswar.
A proposal has also been sent from the zone to the Railway Board. In a phone conversation with Naiduniya, Railway Divisional Manager Anoop Satpathy said that it has been proposed to run Vistadome coach from Kirandul to Visakhapatnam on behalf of the division. Satpathy said that Bastar is rich in terms of tourist destinations. Many tourists come here. Railways is also helping in promoting tourism. Vistadome Coach has been specially designed to make rail travel convenient and exciting for the tourists.
tourism will be boosted
It may be noted that since April 2017 Kirandul-Kottavalasa rail line is being run between Visakhapatnam-Araku (Andhra Pradesh) by connecting it to Kirandul Express. If the proposal to extend it to Kirandul is approved, then tourism will be boosted in Bastar in the coming time. On February 1, Naiduniya had informed about the trial operation by publishing a news titled Vistadome coach can be found to woo tourists.
transparent ceiling comfortable chairs
The special feature of Vistadome Coach (LHB model) is that it has large transparent glass windows. Comfortable chairs that rotate up to 360 degrees and some part of the roof has also been kept transparent. In railways, this coach has been given the nickname of Queen of the Hills. It is to be known that the construction of 443 km long Kirandul-Kottavalasa was completed in 1966. The railway line passes through 56 tunnels. On the way, the spiral shape of the railway line in the valley of Ananthagiri and the dense forest area, which extends to Andhra Pradesh and Orissa, attracts tourists in the rail journey. It may be noted that Vistadome is being operated in only four railway lines in the country.
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