MALIGAON, Nov 28: Northeast Frontier Railway has decided to continue the service of Kamakhya – Sealdah – Kamakhya and New Jalpaiguri – Santragachi – New Jalpaiguri special trains for another five trips. The special trains will continue its service from 2nd to 31st December, 2022 with existing timings, stoppages and composition.
This additional service will help clearing extra rush of passengers.
Services of train No 03173 (Sealdah – Kamakhya) AC special will be extended to run on all Fridays from 2nd till 30th of December, 2022. The train leaves Sealdah at 23:50 hours to reach Kamakhya at 17:45 hours the next day. In return, services of train No 03174 (Kamakhya – Sealdah) AC special will be extended to run on all Saturdays from 3rd till 31st of December, 2022. The train leaves Kamakhya at 23:15 hours to reach Sealdah at 22:40 hours the next day.
Moreover, services of train No 08047 (Santragachi – New Jalpaiguri) special will be extended to run on all Fridays from 2nd till 30th of December, 2022. The train leaves Santragachi at 18:00 hours to reach New Jalpaiguri at 05:15 hours the next day. In return, services of train No 08048 (New Jalpaiguri – Santragachi) will be extended to run on all Saturdays from 3rd till 31st of December, 2022. The train leaves New Jalpaiguri at 12:15 hours to reach Santragachi at 23:45 hours on the same day.
The services will fulfill the demand of waitlisted passengers of other Kolkata bound trains as they will be able to undertake their journey comfortably with confirmed tickets.
The details of stoppages and timings of these trains are available at IRCTC website and are also being notified in various newspapers and social media platforms of NF Railway. Passengers are requested to verify the details before undertaking their journey.
Meanwhile, in order to carry out Non-Interlocking work at Andal station of Asansol division in Eastern Railway, services of Train No 15662 Kamakhya – Ranchi Express, scheduled to leave Kamakhya on 29th November, 2022 and train No 15661 Ranchi – Kamakhya Express, scheduled to leave Ranchi on 30th November, 2022 will remain cancelled.