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Eastern Railways to have 32 pairs of summer exclusive trains!

The summer time always calls for travelling due to summer vacations. The Indian Railways has started a number of special summer trains for this season. The Eastern Railways is going to run 32 pairs of exclusive trains across their routes. There will be 12 pairs, which will be going through the New Jalpaiguri to Howrah route and 13 pairs will be going through the Kamakhya to Sealdah route. The rest 7 pairs will be running through the Kolkata to Alipurduar route.

Here are some details regarding all these special trains: –

1. The Howrah to New Jalpaiguri weekly superfast special train will be leaving the Howrah station at 11:55 pm on every Wednesday on April 6th and June 22; all these trains will be running until June 22nd. The train from New Jalpaiguri will begin at 12:35pm on Thursdays on April 7th and June 23rd.

  1. The Sealdah to Kamakhya weekly super special train will be leaving the former station at the same time as the Howrah train and it is already in action since 1st April. It will run on Fridays and will be in action till June 24th. The Kamakhya train will start at 8:10 pm on every Saturday on April 2nd and June 25th. These schedules are already fixed and there will be no changes at all. You can go through the updated IRCTC train schedule to see which train you want to catch!

  2. The rest of the trains which are weekly specials from Kolkata to Alipurduar route will be leaving the Kolkata station at 10:45 pm on Sundays on May 1st and June 12th. While the train will return from Alipurduar at 4:30 Pm on Mondays on May 2nd and June 13th.

Not just the eastern railway, but the East Coast Railway too will be running nine pairs of special weekly trains to avoid the rush during the summertime. The special trains will be going through these routes: –