In a bid to cope up with the escalating rush of passengers during the Holi season, NF Railway announced to operate four more pairs of Holi special trains.
Two special trains will be operated from Katihar towards Chandigarh and Udaipur City in both directions, one from Agartala to Gorakhpur in both directions and another special train will operate one way from New Jalpaiguri to Howrah, NF Railway said on March 23.
Train no 04538 (Chandigarh – Katihar) departed from Chandigarh on March 23 at 07:15 pm and will reach its destination Katihar at 11:45 pm on the next day. Similarly, train no 04537 (Katihar – Chandigarh) will depart from Katihar on March 25 at 4 am and will reach its destination Chandigarh at 9:40 am on the next day.
Train no 09623 (Udaipur City – Katihar) will depart from Udaipur City on March 26 at 4:05 pm and will reach its destination Katihar at 2:45 am on March 28. In return direction, train no 09624 (Katihar – Udaipur City) will depart from Katihar on March 28 at 3 pm and will reach its destination Udaipur City at 4:15 am on March 30.
Train no 05698 (Agartala – Gorakhpur) will depart from Agartala on March 24 at 6:20 am and will reach its destination Gorakhpur at 5:30 pm on the next day. In return direction, train no 05697 (Gorakhpur – Agartala) will depart from Gorakhpur on March 25 at 11:55 pm and will reach its destination Agartala at 6:40 pm on March 27.
Train no 02042 (New Jalpaiguri – Howrah) will depart from New Jalpaiguri on March 24 at 5:30 am and will reach its destination Howrah on 1:45 pm on the same day.
Further, in a step towards providing convenience to rail travellers, additional stoppage for two minutes has been provided on train no 12345/12346 (Howrah – Guwahati – Howrah) Saraighat Express at Sainthia station. Also, additional stoppage for three minutes has been provided on train no 15903/15904 (Dibrugarh – Chandigarh – Dibrugarh) Express at Basti station.
The details of stoppages and timings of these trains are available at IRCTC website.
