This unique train in India has been working for more than seven decades and passed passengers without ticket costs.
Ticket is mandatory for travel by train in almost every station in India. It serves as an authorization to board the train and travel between entry point to destination. Without a valid ticket, passengers are confronted with fines or problems with boarding and reaching their destination. Indian railways offer different trains, more than 13000 every day; And ticket types for seamless trips, but there is one train that does not charge ticket costs and has served free passengers for the past 75 years. Passengers can travel comfortably on this train without a ticket and will not be fined either. It is the Bhakra-Nangal train.
Bhakra Nangal train is a unique train in India that has been active for passengers without any costs for seven decades. It is the only train in the country that offers free travel. It was initially built to help employees in the first place to transport material during the Bhakra Nangal Dam Construction, which brought electricity to millions of houses in five states. Now it has been operational for a 13 -kilometer route that connects Nangal in Punjab and Bhakra in Himachal Pradesh.
The Bhakra-Nangal train offers a picturesque views while passengers commute from Nangal who leave at 7.05 am and 3.05 pm, with 27.3 km in 30 minutes through picturesque Shivaliks. It runs twice a day and goes through two horse shoe-shaped tunnels and crosses a 158.5-meter high rail cum-road bridge with stops at Labor Hut, Barmala, Nahla and Olinda before he reaches Bhakra Dam. Almost 100-120 passengers, including local villagers and school children, travel daily with this train. The last of the party, all non-BBMB employees get out while the train reaches his last stop, the Bhakra Dam.
This unique train consists of wooden coaches with jet -shaped benches. Originally designed in Karachi, it is formed using recycled colonial furniture. The diesel engine made by the US feeds the train, with 400 hp. The train operator sees three engines alternative duty, able to attract 9-10 coaches. For 75 years the train has been a favorite daily home -working traffic for the locals and school children.
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