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Posted: Oct 18 2018 (12:21)
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Last Response: Oct 19 2018 (00:22)
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Last Response: Oct 19 2018 (00:22)
Although being a crawler, this train is easily the most important train from West Bengal to the north-east. The train is quite prioritized on its route. Kamrup Express being late is a rare phenomenon, although seen sometimes in the winter season. The train is ISO rated, but none of those standards are seen in the non-AC classes. The AC coaches are also not the best maintained coaches, but get the job done. The bedsheets, pillows and blanket provided are pretty clean. Charging sockets are seen in all AC coaches, but none of the non-AC coaches in which I have travelled had Charging sockets. The train has many stoppages en-route, hence many general and daily travellers get into the Sleeper class coaches in this train, hence long distance travellers should opt the AC classes. This is the only daily train from Howrah to beyond Guwahati and towards Dibrugarh, hence remains full throughout...
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Are you sure it is ISO certified? The way you have described, it appears that the ISO certification may have been withdrawn. If my knowledge is right there are two ISO certifications 2000 and 2008 which apply to IR. I think those which were certified under ISO 2000 may not have been certified under ISO 2008. There has been a previous discussion on ISO in IRI: /faq/post/407. I accessed this website in google which mentions just 13 trains are ISO 2008 certified: click here . I dont know how reliable this website is.
Actually the website mentions about the ISO certification, hence I have said the same. The condition of the train definitely does not show any upgrade over conventional Mail/Express trains, so it is possible that the certification may have been withdrawn. It would be great if anyone can give an appropriate information for the same.