Maligaon, April 18 (MExN): Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) will operate two pairs of summer special trains between New Jalpaiguri-Howrah-New Jalpaiguri and New Jalpaiguri-Sealdah-New Jalpaiguri to clear the extra rush of passengers during the summer season. One summer special train will run for eleven trips and another summer special will run for ten trips in both directions, stated an update from Sabyasachi De, Chief Public Relations Officer, NFR.
Summer Special train no. 03027 (Howrah-New Jalpaiguri) will run for 11 trips leaving from Howrah at 23:40 hours on every Wednesday from April 19 till June 28 to reach New Jalpaiguri at 10:45 hours on the next day. In return direction, Summer Special train no. 03028 (New Jalpaiguri-Howrah) will run for eleven trips leaving from New Jalpaiguri at 12:15 hours on every Thursday from April 20 till June 29 to reach Howrah at 23:30 hours on the same day. The summer special trains will consist of 21 coaches. There will be AC First Class, AC 2-tier, AC 3-tier, Sleeper Class and General Second Class for accommodation of passengers.
Summer Special train no. 03103 (Sealdah-New Jalpaiguri) will run for ten trips leaving from Sealdah at 23:40 hours on every Saturday from April 22 till June 24 to reach New Jalpaiguri at 10:45 hours on the next day. In return direction, Summer Special train no. 03104 (New Jalpaiguri-Sealdah) will run for ten trips leaving from New Jalpaiguri at 12:15 hours on every Sunday from April 23 till June 25 to reach Sealdah at 23:50 hours on the same day. The summer special trains will consist of 19 coaches. There will be AC First Class, AC 2-tier and AC 3-tier for accommodation of passengers.
Cancellation of train:
In view of celebration of Eid festival in Bangladesh the services of train no. 13132/13131 (New Jalpaiguri-Dhaka-New Jalpaiguri) Mitali Express will remain cancelled.
Train no. 13132 (New Jalpaiguri-Dhaka) Mitali Express will remain cancelled on April 19, 23 and 26. Train no. 13131 (Dhaka-New Jalpaiguri) Mitali Express will remain cancelled on April 20, 24 and 27.