I knew Farakka only due to two reasons. First because of the name Malda Town when I was a child. Somehow it sounded to me like a foreign place at that time.
Second due to my 'never book tickets in Farakka even if I've to travel by UPSRTC' rule. It was due to my bad experience with Toofan. But today when I type F, my keyboard shows Farakka as the first suggestion :P
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I don't understand the obsession with NFR now, it seems like more than seats or connection, they want the name MLDT on train board. Teenage dreams, I suppose. But this slow down is mainly in NCR/NR/ECR, that too because I think they're planning some new train like Vande Bharat or their own zone train.