May 20 2021 (15:28) During 2012, the all the reserved coaches were removed citing maintainance issues, while some believe it is to boost the reservations in Coalfield Express
After demands from people of Suri for a train to Kolkata,the 55/56 Howrah Sainthia Mayurakshi Express was inaugurated by ABA Ghani Khan Choudhary - Pranab Mukherjee duo on 26.01.1984. The train was converted to a Passenger train after few months. The train was extended to Rampurhat in 1988. click here
Additional info: This was a very fast train via-Dankuni having stoppage at Burdwan, Durgapur, Andal & then limited halts till Sainthia, used to have Chair Cars, AC coach and First class. After people being unhappy with high fares, within months the train... more...
was converted to a Passenger train in 1984, but stoppages remained like Express, hence it became extremely cheap, fast & popular, even considered better than the Coalfield Express which had a comparably high fare. During 2012, all the reserved coaches were removed citing maintainance issues, while some believe (?) it is to boost the reservations in Coalfield Express.
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