NF Railway converts 288 coaches into isolation wards By IANS | Published on Thu, May 13 2021 15:48 IST | 9 Views NF railway made 288 Covid isolation coaches, setting 6 oxygen plants.. Image Source: IANS News Guwahati, May 13 : The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has converted 288 of its passenger coaches into Covid care isolation wards and is also equipping the existing six railway hospitals with oxygen plants, NFR General Manager Anshul Gupta said on Thursday. Gupta said that to meet the Covid needs of different states, after modifying the 288 passenger coaches as Covid care isolation coaches with 4,608 beds, those were handed over to the northeastern state governments. The NFR, one among the 17 railway zones in India, operates fully and partially in six of the eight northeastern states, excluding Meghalaya and Sikkim, and in seven districts of West Bengal and five districts of north Bihar.