This Puja, enjoy the Dooars from comfort of vistadome coaches

Jalpaiguri: The lush green Dooars which attracts thousands of tourists every year for its serenity and rich wildlife is set to get another feather in its tourism cap.
To boost tourism in the region, the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) will introduce vistadome coaches in trains before Durga Puja.
Passengers on board will get to experience the nature and wildlife as the train from Siliguri Junction to Alipurduar Junction passes through the dense forests of the Dooars.
Apart from enjoying the raw nature, the passengers, if lucky, can also have a glimpse of wild elephants from the train as it crosses Mahananda and Chapramari wildlife sanctuaries — two key elephant habitats in the region. The transparent plexi-glass roofs and large windows will allow the passengers to get a better and clear view of the surroundings.
Apart from this, the trains on this 168-km track also cross Jaldapara National Park and Buxa and other forest tracts like Kalimpong division’s Mongpong and forests in Jalpaiguri division.
In eastern India, such coaches have already been introduced in toy trains of the heritage Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR). The Kalka-Shimla Railway, the Jan Shatabdi Express between Mumbai and Goa and the link train from Visakhapatnam to Araku also have vistadome coaches.
“This will be a special treat for the region. These coaches will be attached to trains that pass between Siliguri Junction and Alipurduar Junction railway stations traversing a distance of 168 kilometres,” NFR CPRO, Subhanan Chanda told TOI. Each coach has a seating capacity of 44. Seats are rotatable 180 degree, wide and the large windows offer a clear view to the passengers.
There are nearly a dozen trains that pass through this route during the day. The vistadome coaches will not be attached to trains crossing the forests after dark.