Guwahati: The festival of Diwali is over and now a few days are left for Chhath Puja. In some states of Eastern India like Assam, Bihar, West Bengal, etc Chhath festival is celebrated with great pomp.
With the arrival of Chhath festival, now people have started coming and in such a situation there is a lot of crowd in trains.
In view of the congestion in trains, the Northeast Frontier Railway (NRF) announced special train service for the convenience of the passengers during the occasion of Chhath Puja.
While one train each will run on five routes – Guwahati-Secunderabad, Guwahati Pune, New TinsukiaRanchi, Guwahati Howrah and Agartala Howrah two trains will ply from Agartala to Prayagraj, the NFR said in a statement
The statement did not mention whether there will be any corresponding return trains.
The 05901 Guwahati-Secunderabad train will leave Guwahati at 11.45 am on November 15 to reach Secundera bad at 1.45 pm on November 17. It will have stoppages at New Bongaigaon, New Coochbehar and New Jalpaiguri.
Malda Town, Rampurhat, Asansol Cuttack and Vijayawada on November 15 and 16, Special Train Nos 05902 and 05903 will leave Agartala at 2 pm and reach Prayagraj at 4.30 am on November 17 and 18 respectively, the statement said.
These two trains will run via Badarpur. Lumding, Goalpara, New Bongaigaon, New Coochbehar, New Jalpaiguri, Katihar, Barauni and Patliputra.
Special Train No. 05904 will leave Guwahati at 8 pm on November 16 to reach Pune at 3.45 PM on November 19. It will stop at Goalpara, New Bongaigaon, New Coochbehar, New Jalpaiguri, Katihar, Muzaffarpur, Itarsi, Bhusawal and Manmad.
On November 17, the 05906 New Tinsukia-Ranchi special trains will start from New Tinsukia at 12 noon and reach Ranchi on November 19. It will run via Mariani, Lumding. Goalpara, New Bongaigaon, New Jalpaiguri, Malda Town, Durgapur and Asansol
Special Train No. 05907 will leave from Guwahati at 7.45 am on November 17 to reach Howrah at 6 am the next day
The train will have stoppages at Kamakhya, Barpeta Road, New Bongaigaon, New Alipurduar. New Coochbehar, New Jalpaiguri, Barsol Malda Town and Nabadwip Dham.
The 05908 Agartala-Howrah train will leave the Tripura capital at 6 am on November 18 to reach Howrah at 8.30 pm on November 19.
It will stop at Badarpur, Lurriding Guwahati, Kamakhya, Rangiya New Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar New Alipurduar, New Coochbehar, New Jalpaiguri Kishanganj, Barsoi, Malda Town and Nabadwip Dham
More details of routes stoppages and fare are available in the IRCTC web- site, the statement said.
