NFR weekly special AC train between Kamakhya & Sealdah

Dimapur, April 25 (MExN): The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has decided to run 20 (eighteen) trips of special train between Kamakhya to Sealdah and back to ease rush of passenger during ensuing summer season.   According to a press release from NFR, special train bearing number 02261 will leave from Sealdah every Friday from April 27 to June 29, while the return journey (Train No. 02262) will leave from Kamakhya every Saturday from April 28 to June 30.   It will leave from Sealdah at 11:55 PM to reach Kamakhya at 6:35 PM next day. On return journey, the train will leave Kamakhya at 11: 05 PM to arrive at Sealdah at 5:45 PM next day.   The special train will have one AC 1st class, four AC 2 tier, eleven AC 3 tier coaches apart from two luggage cum parcel van and fare structure will be similar to super fast mail / express trains, the release said.   The train will have stoppage at New Bongaigaon, New Coochbehar, New Jalpaiguri, Kishanganj and Malda Town stations both ways and the total journey time from Kamakhya to Sealdah is about 18 hours, it added.