Northeast Frontier Railway To Run 3 Pairs Of Holi Special Trains, Know The Routes

GUWAHATI: The Northeast Frontier Railway has decided to run two festive special trains and extend one of its train services.

The Holi special train will run between Howrah- New Jalpaiguri- Howrah & Anand Vihar- Jogbani- Anand Vihar. Moreover, the running of the Rani Kamalapati- Agartala- Rani Kamalapati Special train has been extended to clear the extra rush of passengers.

Holi special train no. 02307, Howrah – New Jalpaiguri will depart on Wednesday, March 16 at 23:55 hours from Howrah to reach New Jalpaiguri at 10:10 hours the next day.

In the return direction, train No. 02308 will start its journey on March 17, 2022, Thursday from New Jalpaiguri station at 12:50 hours to reach its destination Howrah at 23:05 hours.

Holi special train no. 04064 will depart from Anand Vihar on March 12 & 19 (Saturday), at 15:30 hours to reach its destination Jogbani at 22:30 hours.

During its return journey, train No. 04063 will depart from Jogbani at 01:20 hours on March 14 & 21 (Monday) to arrive at its destination at 11:10 hours at Anand Vihar.

The composition of these Holi special trains will be 2 nos. of AC- 3 tier coaches, 10 nos. of sleeper coaches and 6 nos. of general coaches along with 2 nos. of luggage cum brake vans.

Simultaneously, it has been decided to extend the services of another festive special train Rani Kamalapati- Agartala- Rani Kamalapati to clear the extra rush of passengers. The journey of train No. 01665 has been extended upto June 30, 2022, and that of train no. 01666 has been extended upto July 3, 2022 for the benefit of travelling commuters.

The details of stoppages and timings of these trains are available on the IRCTC website and are also being notified in various newspapers and social media platforms of NF Railway.

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