Maligaon, April 14: Fulfilling the long-standing demand of the people of DakshinDinajpur district of West Bengal, Northeast Frontier Railway has decided to extend the services of train no. 13413/13414, Malda Town- Bathinda-Malda Town and train no. 13483/13484 (Malda Town – Bathinda – Malda Town) Farakka Express from Malda Town to Balurghat. The extension of these trains will be effective from 15th of April, 2024.
Train no. 13413 (Balurghat – Bathinda) Farakka Express will depart from Balurghat at 17:00 hoursw.e.f 15th April, 2024 on every Monday, Thursday and Saturday. Similarly, train no. 13414 Bathinda – Balurghat Farakka Express departing from Bathinda on every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday w.e.f 15th April, 2024 will arrive Balurghat at 09:15 hours on every Wednesday, Friday, Monday respectively.
Train no. 13483 (Balurghat – Bathinda) Farakka Express will depart from Balurghat at 17:00 hoursw.e.f 16th April, 2024 on every Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
Similarly, train no. 13484 (Bathinda – Balurghat) Farakka Express departing from Bathinda on every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday w.e.f 16th April, 2024 will arrive Balurghat at 09:15 hours on every Thursday, Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday respectively.
For the convenience of the passengers, both these trains will operate with seven AC 3-tier, two AC 2-tier, one AC 3-tier Economy, six sleeper class and three general seating coaches.
During its operation between Malda Town and Balurghat and vice versa, these trains will have stoppages at Buniadpur and Eklakhi. Common people from vast areas of DakshinDinajpur and Malda districts will get immensely benefitted with the commencement of journey of these trains from Balurghat.
The details of stoppages and timings of these trains are available at IRCTC website, NTES and are also being notified in social media handles of N.F. Railway. Passengers are requested to verify the details before undertaking their journey.
