The Northeast Frontier Railway has decided to operate a special train between Agartala – Kolkata – Agartala via Deoghar for one trip on both directions to clear the extra rush of passengers. In addition, to clear the extra rush of passengers, running of the special train between Dibrugarh – SMVT Bengaluru – Dibrugarh will continue for another13 trips each on both directions from 02nd August to 28th October, 2022.
Special Train No. 05628 (Agartala – Kolkata), will depart from Agartala at 15:00 hours on 06th August, 2022 Saturday reaching Kolkata at 08:50 hours on 08th August, 2022 Monday. Special Train No. 05627 (Kolkata – Agartala), will depart from Kolkata railway station at 06:00 hours on 09th August, 2022 Tuesday reaching its destination of Agartala railway station at 03:00 hours on 11th August, 2022 Thursday. The special train will consist of 16 coaches. There will be one AC 3-tier coach, six sleeper class coaches, seven general second class coaches and two luggage cum guard van.
To facilitate the movement of people of upper Assam towards southern part of India Special Train no. 02986/02987 (Dibrugarh – SMVT Bengaluru – Dibrugarh) will run as per its existing timings, stoppages and composition.
Moreover, train no. 05801/05802 New Bongaigaon – Guwahati – New Bongaigaon passenger special train which was earlier extended to run up to Jagiroad till 02nd August, 2022 has been further extended till 30th September, 2022.
The details of stoppages and timings of these trains are available at IRCTC website and are also being notified in various newspapers and social media platforms of N.F. Railway. Passengers are requested to see these details before undertaking their journey.