Assam was connected by electric rail services as an electric-run passenger train reached Kamakhya station in Guwahati for the first time on Friday.
The Delhi-Kamakhya Brahmaputra Mail electric train was run after electrification work from New Coochbehar in West Bengal up to Kamakhya station was completed recently and authorisation was granted by the Commissioner of Railway Safety.
The electrification work has been carried out by Central Organisation for Railway Electrification and Rail Vikas Nigam Limited.
“Up till now, the trains with electric locomotives were coming from Katihar in Bihar and Malda in Bengal up to New Coochbehar, where the electric loco was being detached from the train and diesel locomotive was attached for its onward journey towards Assam.
