Guwahati, April 5 (MExN): The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has decided to run a bi-weekly superfast summer special train between Guwahati and Kolkata starting April 9.
The summer special train, aimed at clearing the extra rush of passengers, will run from April 9 till May 29, informed a press release by NFR’ Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO), Sabyasachi De.
The train will have a total of 15 coaches including 5 AC 3-Tier coaches; 6 sleeper class coaches, 1 AC First Class cum AC 2-Tier sleeper coach, and 1 general second class coach apart from 2 SLR coaches, it said.
From Guwahati, Train No 02518 will depart from Guwahati railway station at 9PM every Wednesday and Saturday from April 9 till May 28, undertaking a total of 15 trips during the period. It will run via Goalpara, New Bongaigaon, New Jalpaiguri, Malda Town and Nabadwip Dham railway stations to reach Kolkata at around 3PM the next day.
From Kolkata, Train No 02517 (will start its journey from Kolkata railway station at 9:40PM every Thursday and Sunday from April 10 till May 29, to reach Guwahati railway station next day at 3:55 PM. It will also undertake 15 trips covering the same route in reverse directions.
The details of stoppages and timing of this train is available on IRCTC website and through NTES, the release added.
