Maligaon, Sept 19: The N.F. Railway has decided to augment the capacity of many long distance as well as passenger trainsto provide more berths to railway passengers of NFR Region during the rush hour of Puja and Diwali holidays.
One AC-3 tier coach will be attached with train No. 12424/12423- New Delhi-Dibrugarh Town Rajdhani Express w.e.f. 1st October to 31st October, 2019 from New Delhi and from 3rd October to 2nd November, 2019 from Dibrugarh Town.
One AC-3 tier coach has already been attached with train No. 19601/19602 – Udaipur City-New Jalpaiguri-Udaipur City Express w.e.f. 7th September to 28th September, 2019 from Udaipur City and from 9th September to 30th September, 2019 from New Jalpaiguri railway station.
One AC-2 tier cum AC-3 tier coach has already been attached with train No. 19709/19710- Udaipur City- Kamakhya-Udaipur City Kavi Guru Express w.e.f. 2nd September to 30th September, 2019 from Udaipur City and from 5th September to 3rd October, 2019 from Kamakhya railway station.
One AC-3 tier and one sleeper class coach will be attached with train No. 13159/13160- Kolkata- Jogbani-Kolkata Express w.e.f. 25th October to 1st November, 2019 from Kolkata and from 26th October to 2nd November, 2019 from Jogbani railway station.
One AC-3 tier coach will be attached with the train No.13149/13150- Sealdah-Alipurduar Jn- Sealdah- Kanchan Kanya Express w.e.f. 1st October to 30th November, 2019 from Sealdah and from 2nd October to 1st December, 2019 from Alipurduar Jn.
One AC-3 tier and one sleeper class coach will be attached with train No. 13181/13182- Kolkata-Silghat Town-Kolkata Weekly Express w.e.f. 30th September to 25th November, 2019 from Kolkata and from 1st October to 26th November, 2019 from Silghat Town Railway station.Moreover, NFR has decided to run some special trains during the Puja seasons.
Special Train No. 02514 between Guwahati to Secunderabad has been running from Guwahati on every Saturday w.e.f. 31st August to 2nd November, 2019 and Train No. 02513 from Secunderabad on every Thursday w.e.f. 29th August to 31st October, 2019. The train comprise of one AC-2 tier, four AC-3 tier and eleven Sleeper class coaches.
Special Train No. 08048/08047 will run between New Jalpaiguri and Santragachi w.e.f. 6th October, 2019 up to 29th December, 2019 and the train will have of sixteen AC-3 tier coaches.
Special Passenger Train No. 07525/07526- will run daily between Siliguri Jn and New Bongaigaon leaving Siliguri Jn w.e.f. 1st October, 2019 to 31st March, 2020 and from New Bongaigaon w.e.f. 2nd October, 2019 to 1st April, 2020.
Special Train No. 03161/03162 Sealdah-Guwahati-Sealdah Weekly AC special will run on 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th October and 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th November, 2019 on Saturday from Guwahati Railway station. In the reverse direction it will run from Sealdah on 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th October and 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th November, 2019 on Friday. The train will have of sixteen AC-3 tier coaches.
Special Train No. 82302/82301- Howrah- New Jalpaiguri-Howrah Suvidha Special will run from New Jalpaiguri on 4th October, 2019 and from Howrah on 3rd October, 2019. The train will have five AC-3 tier, ten AC Chair car and AC Disabled friendly compartment.These arrangements have been done by Railways to facilitate passengers so that they can travel to their dear ones during this festive season with ease.