MALIGAON, SEPTEMBER 3 (MExN): In view of the forthcoming festive season, Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) will run seven additional pairs of special trains to clear the extra rush of passengers to select destinations.
08047/08048 Shalimar–Rangapara North–Shalimar train will run from September 19 to October 4 for 4 trips in both directions.
03005/03006 Howrah–Lumding–Howrah special will operate from Sept 26 to Nov 29 for 10 trips each way. 05742/05741 New Jalpaiguri–Gomti Nagar–New Jalpaiguri service will run from Sept 28 to Nov 3 for 6 trips. 03129/03130 Kolkata–New Jalpaiguri–Kolkata special will run from September 28 to November 24 for 10 trips. 05738/05737 New Jalpaiguri–Narkatiaganj–New Jalpaiguri train will operate from September 28 to Nov 10 for 7 trips. 05740/05739 New Jalpaiguri–Patna–New Jalpaiguri service will run from September 20 to November 8 for 8 trips, while the 05734/05733 Kishanganj–Amritsar–Kishanganj special will run from Oct 2 to Nov 15 for 7 trips each way.
08047 Shalimar–Rangapara North special will depart Shalimar every Friday at 17:45 hours, reaching Rangapara North at 13:40 hours the following day. The return 08048 will leave Rangapara North every Saturday at 16:30 hours to arrive at Shalimar at 12:30 hours on Sunday. 03005 Howrah–Lumding special will depart Howrah every Friday at 07:15 hours, reaching Lumding at 08:00 hours on Saturday. The return 03006 will leave Lumding every Saturday at 11:00 hours to reach Howrah at 12:30 hours on Sunday. 05742 New Jalpaiguri–Gomti Nagar special will depart New Jalpaiguri every Sunday at 07:00 hours, reaching Gomti Nagar at 07:15 hours on Monday. The return 05741 will leave Gomti Nagar every Monday at 09:40 hours to arrive at New Jalpaiguri at 09:25 hours on Tuesday.
03129 Kolkata–New Jalpaiguri special will depart Kolkata every Sunday at 23:40 hours, reaching New Jalpaiguri at 10:45 hours on Monday. The return 03130 will leave New Jalpaiguri every Monday at 12:45 hours to reach Kolkata at 00:40 hours on Tuesday. 05738 New Jalpaiguri–Narkatiaganj special will leave New Jalpaiguri every Sunday at 14:05 hours, reaching Narkatiaganj at 05:00 hours on Monday.
The return 05737 will depart Narkatiaganj every Monday at 07:00 hours to arrive at New Jalpaiguri at 21:30 hours the same day. 05740 New Jalpaiguri–Patna special will leave New Jalpaiguri every Saturday at 05:00 hours to reach Patna at 17:40 hours the same day. The return 05739 will depart Patna every Saturday at 19:30 hours to reach New Jalpaiguri at 09:30 hours on Sunday. 05734 Kishanganj–Amritsar special will depart Kishanganj every Thursday at 09:10 hours, reaching Amritsar at 00:10 hours on Saturday. The return 05733 will leave Amritsar every Saturday at 04:25 hours to arrive at Kishanganj at 17:30 hours on Sunday.
