Maligaon, February 25 (MExN): The Northeast Frontier Railway has decided to run few more pairs of Holi Special trainsto clear the extra rush of passengers. The Holi Special trains between Dibrugarh – Gorakhpur – Dibrugarh and New Jalpaiguri – Gorakhpur – New Jalpaiguri will run for two trips. The Holi Special trains between Naharlagun – Okha–Naharlagun and New Jalpaiguri – Sealdah – New Jalpaiguri to run for one trip.
Holi Special Train No. 05978 (Dibrugarh–Gorakhpur) will depart on March 2 and 9 at 19:25 hours from Dibrugarhto reach Gorakhpur on March 4 and 11 respectively at 07:30 hours. In return direction, Holi Special Train No. 05977 (Gorakhpur-Dibrugarh) will depart on March 7 and 14 at 07:50 hours from Gorakhpur to reach Dibrugarh on 21:15 hours on the next day.
Holi Special Train No. 05777 (Gorakhpur-New Jalpaiguri) will depart on March 4 and 11 at 17:00 hours from Gorakhpur to reach New Jalpaiguri on 11:00 hours on the next day. In return direction, Holi Special Train No. 05778 (New Jalpaiguri-Gorakhpur) will depart on March 6 and 13 at 15:00 hours from New Jalpaiguri to reach Gorakhpur at 06:30 hours on the next day. These special trains will consist of 22 coaches. There will be AC 3-tier, Sleeper Class and General seating coaches.
Holi Special Train No. 09525 (Okha-Naharlagun) will depart on March 7 at 22:00 hours from Okha to reach Naharlagun on March 10 at 16:00 hours. In return direction, Holi Special Train No. 09526 (Naharlagun-Okha) will depart on March 11 at 10:00 hours from Naharlagun to reach Okha on March 14 at 03:35 hours. The special train will consist of 24 coaches. There will be AC 3-tier, AC 2-tier, Sleeper Class and General seating coaches.
Holi Special Train No. 03103 (Sealdah-New Jalpaiguri) will depart on March 3 at 23:40 hours from Sealdah to reach New Jalpaiguri at 10:45 hours on the next day. In return direction, Holi Special Train No. 03104 (New Jalpaiguri-Sealdah) will depart on March 4 at 12:15 hours from New Jalpaiguri to reach Sealdah on 23:50 hours on the same day. The special train will consist of 16 AC 3-tiercoaches.
Holi Special Train No. 03105 (Sealdah-New Jalpaiguri) will depart on March 4 at 23:40 hours from Sealdah to reach New Jalpaiguri at 10:45 hours on the next day. In return direction, Holi Special Train No. 03106 (New Jalpaiguri-Sealdah) will depart on March 5 at 12:15 hours from New Jalpaiguri to reach Sealdah on 23:50 hours on the same day.
This was stated in a press release issued by Sabyasachi De, Chief Public Relations Officer, NFR.
