Sunday, September 7, 2008

Special NF Rly trains for Puja rush

Maligaon, Sep 7 : The Northeast Frontier Railway will run a total of 29 pairs of Puja specials from September 28 to November 2. Five pairs each will run between Guwahati and Calcutta and between New Cooch Behar and Sealdah. Ten pairs of trains will run between New Jalpaiguri and Sealdah and also between New Jalpaiguri and Howrah.

Four pairs of trains will be run between New Jalpaiguri and Howrah. All these trains will be run as superfast Puja specials, according to a North East Frontier Railway press release.
The 0218 Guwahati-Calcutta Superfast Puja trains will leave Guwahati at 9pm every Sunday and Thursday from September 28 to October 12. The trains will reach Calcutta the next day at 3pm. The 0217 Up Calcutta-Guwahati Superfast Puja special will leave Calcutta at 9.40pm every Monday and Friday from September 29 to October 13. It will reach Guwahati at 3.40pm the next day.

The 0204 Down New Jalpaiguri-Sealdah superfast Puja special will start from New Jalpaiguri at 10am every Thursday from October 2 to 30 and reach Sealdah at 7.40pm the same day. The 0203 Up Sealdah-New Jalpaiguri special will start from Sealdah at 9.05am every Sunday from October 5 to November 2 and reach New Jalpaiguri at 6.50pm the same day.

The 0244 Down New Jalpaiguri-Sealdah weekly superfast special will start from New Jalpaiguri at 6.50 pm every Wednesday from October 1 to October 29 and reach Sealdah at 5.15am. On return journey, the 0243 up Sealdah-New Jalpaiguri weekly superfast special will start from Sealdah at 11.40pm every Thu-rsday from September 30 to October 28 and reach New Jalpaiguri at 10am the next day.

The 0204A Down New Cooch Behar-Sealdah superfast special will start from New Cooch Behar at 7.20am every Saturday from October 4. The 0203A Up Sealdah-New Coochbehar superfast special will start from Sealdah at 9.05am every Friday from October 3.

The 0258 Down New Jalpaiguri-Howrah weekly superfast special will start from New Jalpaiguri at 6.50pm every Sunday from October 5 to October 26 and arrive at Ho-wrah at 4.50am the next morning. The 0257 Up Howrah-New Jalpaiguri weekly superfast special will start from Howrah at 11.55pm from October 4.

AC special: The 0358A Down New Jalpaiguri-Howrah weekly air-conditioned superfast, running with Rajdhani Express rake, will start from New Jalpaiguri at 6.50pm every Friday from October 3.

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