Kolkata, Jan 20 (PTI) The newly introduced Malda Town-SMVT Bengaluru Amrit Bharat Express is receiving an overwhelming passenger response with a large number of waitlisted tickets for all onward journeys till April 7, an Eastern Railway official said on Saturday.

The weekly express train, which runs on a pull-push mode with locomotives at both ends, has sleeper and general class coaches.

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From January 21 to April 7, all seats between Dankuni, the nearest station from Kolkata, and SMVT Bengaluru are sold out with a large number of waitlisted tickets for every onward journey, the ER official said in a statement.

This is one of the two Amrit Bharat Express trains which were flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 30 last year. --

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