GUWAHATI, Dec 17 - In a historic development, the NF Railway has taken over the charge for operation and maintenance of two of the three pairs of Dibrugarh Town-New Delhi Rajdhani Express trains.
The 12435/12436 Dibrugarh Town-New Delhi (bi-weekly) Rajdhani Express and the 12236/12235 Dibrugarh Town-New Delhi (weekly) Rajdhani Express will henceforth be operated by NF Railway.
However, the 12423/12424 Dibrugarh Town-New Delhi (Daily) Rajdhani Express will continue to be under the Delhi-based Northern Railway zone.
�With the shifting of primary maintenance of the two pairs of Rajdhani Express trains there will be additional requirement of coaches, maintenance staff and commercial staff,� said an official, adding that the change of guard took place on Friday.
Till now, responsibility for primary maintenance of all the three pairs of Dibrugarh Town-New Delhi Rajdhani trains used to be with the Northern Railway zone.