Guwahati, December 22 (MExN): To ‘relish’ the festive season, the Northeast Frontier Railway has decided to operate four special Joy Rides under the toy train service of Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) during Christmas, New Year season.
The Joy Rides will run between Darjeeling and Ghum in both directions on daily basis commencing from December 22 till January 5, informed an official release.
All Joy Rides special will run with a composition of 3 First Class Chair Car, each comprising of 30 seats, it added.
The details of the services are as under:
• Train No. 02551 (Darjeeling – Ghum - Darjeeling) Joy Ride special, will depart from Darjeeling at 09:20 AM to reach Ghum at 10:05 AM. On its return journey the train will depart from Ghum at 10:25 AM to reach Darjeeling at 10:55 AM.
• Train No. 02552 (Darjeeling – Ghum - Darjeeling) Joy Ride special, will depart from Darjeeling at 11:25 AM to reach Ghum at 12:10 PM On its return journey the train will depart from Ghum at 12:30 PM to reach Darjeeling at 1PM.
• Train No. 02553 (Darjeeling – Ghum - Darjeeling) Joy Ride special, will depart from Darjeeling at 1:25PM to reach Ghum at 2:10PM. On its return journey the train will depart from Ghum at 2:35 PM to reach Darjeeling at 3:05 PM.
• Train No. 02554 (Darjeeling – Ghum - Darjeeling) Joy Ride special, will depart from Darjeeling at 3:30 PM to reach Ghum at 4:15PM. On its return journey the train will depart from Ghum at 4:35PM to reach Darjeeling at 5:05PM.
Meanwhile, to facilitate the tourist in the evening time, a festival special diesel ride train no. 02555 will run between New Jalpaiguri and Sukna in both directions from December 23 to January 2.
Diesel Special train No. 02555 (New Jalpaiguri – Sukna - New Jalpaiguri) will run in both directions on Friday, Saturday, Sunday & Monday for 8 trips.
It will depart from New Jalpaiguri at 5PM to reach Sukna at 6:10 PM.
On its return direction, the train will depart from Sukna at 6:30PM to reach New Jalpaiguri at 7:35OM. The special train will run with a composition of 2 First Class Chair Car.
Tickets are available on IRCTC website and detailed information are being notified in various newspapers and social media platforms of N.F. Railway, the release added.
