While eight pairs of Holi special trains were previously announced by NF Railway, five more pairs will be introduced to manage rush of travellers during Holi
GUWAHATI, March 9: NF Railway (NFR) will operate 13 pairs of Holi special trains to meet the increased passenger demand during the festive season of Holi. Eight pairs of special trains were previously announced to run on routes such as Narangi-Gorakhpur Jn.-Narangi, Katihar-Amritsar-Katihar, Kamakhya-Anand Vihar Terminal-Kamakhya, Dibrugarh-New Jalpaiguri-Dibrugarh, New Jalpaiguri-Howrah-New Jalpaiguri and Anand Vihar Terminal-Jogbani-Anand Vihar Terminal.
Additionally, 5 more pairs of special trains will be introduced on the Mumbai Central-Katihar-Mumbai Central, Sealdah-New Jalpaiguri-Sealdah, Cherlapalli-Naharlagun-Cherlapalli, Udaipur City-Forbesganj-Udaipur City and Tata-Katihar-Tata routes.
Special train No. 09189 (Mumbai Central-Katihar) will depart on every Saturday from March 8 to March 29. Similarly, special train No. 09190 (Katihar-Mumbai Central) will depart every Tuesday from March 11 to April 1.
Special train No. 03105 (Sealdah-New Jalpaiguri) will depart on Sunday and Tuesday i.e. March 16 and March 18. Similarly, special train No. 03106 (New Jalpaiguri-Sealdah) will depart every Monday and Wednesday i.e. on March 17 and March 19.
Special train No. 07046 (Cherlapalli-Naharlagun) has already departed yesterday (March 8).
Similarly, special train No. 07047 (Naharlagun-Cherlapalli) will depart on Tuesday (March 11).
Special train No. 09623 (Udaipur City-Forbesganj) will depart on Tuesday (March 11) and on March 18.
Similarly, special train No. 09624 (Forbesganj-Udaipur City) will depart on Thursday (March 13) and March 20.
Special train No. 08181 (Tata-Katihar) will depart on Wednesday (March 12). Similarly, special train No. 08182 (Katihar-Tata) will depart on Thursday (March 13).
Passengers are advised to check the details before traveling, a release issued by NF Railway CPRO Kapinjal Kishore Sharma stated.
