NF Railway to cancel Jan Shatabdi Express from Saturday

Northeast Frontier (NF) Railway has decided to cancel the Jan Shatabdi Express from Saturday. The decision was taken due to poor occupancy of the train.

The 12067/2068 Guwahati-Jorhat Town Jan Shatabdi Express is a Superfast express train of the Jan Shatabdi Express series belonging to Indian Railways, Northeast Frontier Railway zone that runs between Guwahati and Jorhat Town.

It operates as train number 12067 from Guwahati to Jorhat Town and as train number 12068 in the reverse direction serving the states of Assam and Nagaland.

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It is part of the Jan Shatabdi Express series launched by the former railway minister Nitish Kumar in the 2002/03 Rail Budget.

The 12067/68 Guwahati Jorhat Town Jan Shatabdi Express has 3 AC Chair Car, 16 Second Class seating & 2 Second Jan Chair cum Guard Car Coaches. It does not carry a Pantry car coach.

The 12067 Guwahati-Jorhat Town Jan Shatabdi Express covers the distance of 376 km (234 mi) in 6 hours 50 mins (59.37 km/hr) excluding halts & in 7 hours 00 mins as 12068 Jorhat Town Guwahati Jan Shatabdi Express (57.85 km/hr) excluding halts.

As the average speed of the train is above 55 km/h (34 mph), as per Indian Railway rules, its fare includes a Superfast surcharge.

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