Bhubaneswar: People of tribal-dominated Koraput district, which is Odisha’s one of the ‘Best Kept Secrets’, will have air connectivity to Bhubaneswar from October 31. But are you aware of the special vistadome coach that has been rolled out to Jeypore, allowing passengers in Odisha to have a unique travelling experience to various tourist sites not only in the state but also in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
Two Vistadome tourist coaches have been added to Visakhapatnam-Kirandul Express, which covers Araku valley and Borra caves in Andhra Pradesh; Macchkund, Sabar Srikhetra, Maliguda and Jeypore in Odisha, and Tiratgarh and Chitrakoot in Chhattisgarh. People from remote stations like Kotpad, Kusumi, Dhanpur, Chatadiput in Koraput can also have access to this unique travelling experience.
The Vistadome tourist coaches are provided with a larger viewing area including rooftop glasses with 44 seats for passengers with rotation up to 180 degrees to face the direction of train movement. The coaches also have a Wi-Fi-based Passenger information system. What doubles the fun is that this train chugs through hills, tunnels, valleys and deep forests.
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Though Vistadome coaches were introduced on this train in 2017 but then the route was confined from Visakhapatnam to Araku. It has now been extended to Odisha and Chhattisgarh and the locals have welcomed this move. Earlier, the coaches used to be taken out before the train entered Odisha and attached again when the down train for Visakhapatnam entered Andhra border.
The Koraput denizens had taken up the matter with Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishaw when visited Jeypore in August last year and the local MP Saptagiri Ulaka had also written to him, drawing his attention to the demand.
Notably, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) had earlier attached one Vistadome coach to Visakhapatnam- Koraput-Visakhapatnam special train that plies on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays between May 9 and August 8 .
