NFR will fully capitalise on this new route (100% owned by NFR/KIR divn).
NFR has repeatedly denied new trains via KIR BOE KNE section, citing the fact that KIR-Mukuria is single, highly congested section and the BOE-AluaBari road is also extremely congested.
I believe that this fully new bottleneck free section from Thakurganj (where the new line begins, not from Galgalia) to Araria...
more... to Katihar will provide extra new services.
Yes Gangtok/Rangpo Rajdhani is on the cards in future, confirmed by NFR officials.