Maligaon, May 04: To cope up with the sudden surge in passengers demand during summer, it has been decided to operate three pairs of summer special trains from Guwahati.
One special train will operate between Guwahati and Jammu Tawi in Jammu and Kashmir for nine trips each and the other will operate between Guwahati and Hadapsar in Pune, Maharashtra for eight trips each in both directions.
Both the trains will have AC 2-tier, AC 3-tier and sleeper class coaches for the convenience of the passengers. Another, special train will run as one way from Guwahati towards Agartala for a single trip.
Accordingly, summer special train no. 05656 (Guwahati – Jammu Tawi) will depart from Guwahati at 20:30 hours on every Monday from 06th of May till 01st of July, 2024 to reach Jammu Tawi at 17:35 hours on Wednesday.
In return direction, summer special train no. 05655 (Jammu Tawi– Guwahati) will depart from Jammu Tawiat 10:00 hours on every Thursday from 09th of May till 04th of July, 2024 to reach Guwahati at 13:20 hours on Saturday.
During its both ways journey the special train will run via Rangiya, New Bongaigaon, New Jalpaiguri, Katihar,Begusarai, Hajipur, Chhapra,Gorakhpur, Lucknow, Bareilly, Saharanpur, Ludhiana, Kathua.
Another summer special train no. 05610 (Guwahati – Hadapsar) will depart from Guwahati at 20:40 hours on every Monday from 06th of May till 24th of June, 2024 to reach Hadapsar at 18:20 hours on Wednesday.
In return direction, summer special train no. 05609 (Hadapsar – Guwahati) will depart from Hadapsar at 10:00 hours on every Thursday from 09th of May till 27th of June, 2024 to reach Guwahati at 08:15 hours on Saturday.
During its both ways journey the special train will run viaRangiya, New Bongaigaon, New Cooch Behar, Katihar, Barauni, Danapur,Buxar, Mirzapur, Satna,Itarsi, Kopargaon.
Wait listed passengers of other trains travelling in these routes can avail the opportunity to travel with comfort during this summer in these special trains.
The details of stoppages and timings of these train are available at IRCTC website and are also being notified in various newspapers and social media platforms of N. F. Railway. Passengers are requested to verify the details before undertaking their journey.
One-way special train no. 05663 (Guwahati – Agartala) will depart from Guwahati at 23:30 hours Tuesday i.e. 07th May, 2024 to reach Agartala at 16:00 hours on the next day.
Consisting of AC 2-tier, AC 3-tier, sleeper and general coaches the one-way special train will run via Jagiroad, Chaparmukh, Hojai, Lumding, New Haflong, Badarpur, New Karimganj, Dharmanagar, Kumarghat and Ambassa.