NFR (Northeast Frontier Railway) to restore services of four more trains this month

GUWAHATI: The NFR (Northeast Frontier Railway) has decided to restore the services of four more pair special trains from June. At present, 49 pairs of Specials Mail/Express trains and five pairs of Local Passenger trains are running per day for persons who are in urgent need of travel. Moreover, the NFR will extend the services of four pair special trains from July until further advice. These trains will run as per existing path, timings, stoppages and composition notified earlier.

Among these special trains, the services of the following trains have been restored:

• Train No. 02343/02344 Sealdah – New Jalpaiguri – Sealdah daily special will run from Sealdah w.e.f. 18-06-2021 and from New Jalpaiguri w.e.f. 19-06-2021.

• Train No. 03161/03162 Kolkata – Balurghat – Kolkata special will run six days a week leaving from Kolkata (except Saturday) w.e.f. 20-06-2021 and leaving from Balurghat (except Sunday) w.e.f. 21-06-2021.

• Train No. 02261/02262 Kolkata – Haldibari – Kolkata special will run three days a week leaving from Kolkata on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday w.e.f. 19-06-2021 and leaving from Haldibari on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday w.e.f. 20-06-2021.

• Train No. 03033/03034 Howrah - Katihar - Howrah daily special will run from Howrah w.e.f. 18-06-2021 and from Katihar w.e.f. 19-06-2021.

Services of following trains have been extended to run from July until further advice:

• Services of Train No. 02549/02550 Kamakhya – Anand Vihar – Kamakhya daily express special have been extended to run leaving Kamakhya from 01-07-2021 and Anand Vihar from 03-07-2021.

• Services of Train No. 02514/02513 Guwahati – Secunderabad – Guwahati weekly express special have been extended to run leaving Guwahati on Thursday and Secunderabad on Saturday from 01-07-2021.

• Services of Train No. 05612/05611 Silchar – Guwahati – Silchar tri-weekly express special has been extended to run leaving Silchar on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday and leaving Guwahati on Monday, Thursday and Saturday from 01-07-2021.

• Services of Train No. 05713/05714 Katihar – Patna – Katihar daily special have been extended to run leaving Katihar and Patna from 01-07-2021. The details of stoppages and timings of these trains are available on Railway's website and are also being notified in various newspapers and social media platforms of N.F. Railway. Passengers are requested to see these details before undertaking their journey, stated a release.

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