The Railways would launch a train for religious tourists on February 17 originating in Guwahati and covering temples in West Bengal and Odessa.
It was announced on Wednesday that the Aastha Circuit Tourist Train would be jointly operated by the Northeast Frontier Railway and the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corp.
It would “take travellers to a mix of popular pilgrimage destinations across the eastern part of the country at affordable rates”, railway sources said.
The train would cover Gangasagar in West Bengal, Sri Swami Narayan Temple, Kalighat and Birla Temple in Kolkata, the Jagannath Temple and the Konark Sun Temple in Puri district and the lingaraj Temple in Bhubaneswar.
The train would run from Guwahati and return in six nights and seven days. A round trip would cost Rs 6,161, the sources said.