Sampark Kranti Express gets an art overhaul

The Bihar Sampark Kranti Express would arrive in Delhi on August 23 with nine coaches painted with Mithila art.

The coaches would be attached at the Samastipur Division of the East Central Railway.

The superfast train runs between Darbhanga, Bihar to the national capital. The train with the painted coaches will depart Darbhanga on 23 August at 08.25 hrs.

Mithila art or Madhubani is popular all over the world. The coaches painted with Mithila art or Madhubani would beautify the trains. Recently, the famous Madhubani paintings also adorned the walls of its namesake railway station.

Darbhanga is the heartland of the Maithili language and art. According to an India Today report, 50 women artists painted the nine caoaches of the train.