The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has decided to run one weekly express special between Dibrugarh – Silchar, one Shatabdi Special between New Jalpaiguri – Howrah and another special train between Katihar – Amritsar on a tri-weekly basis.
The Dibrugarh – Silchar weekly express special will run every Saturday from May 1 leaving from Dibrugarh at 9:55 pm to reach Silchar at 11 am.
The Silchar – Dibrugarh weekly express special will run every Sunday from May 2 leaving Silchar at 2 pm to reach Dibrugarh at 4:05 am the next day.
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The Katihar – Amritsar express special will run three days a week, on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from April 30 leaving from Katihar at 10:45 pm to reach Amritsar at 12:20 pm on the third day.
The Amritsar – Katihar express special will also run three days a week, on Thursday, Saturday, and Monday from May 3 leaving from Amritsar at 8:25 am to reach Katihar at 10:10 am on the next day.
The Shatabdi Special Jalpaiguri – Howrah Shatabdi Special will leave from New Jalpaiguri at 5:30 am to reach Howrah at 1:35 pm.
The Howrah – New Jalpaiguri Shatabdi Special will leave from Howrah at 2:15 pm to reach New Jalpaiguri at 10:35 pm.
The train will run three days a week – on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from April 28 from both directions.
The details of stoppages and timings of these trains are available on NFR’s website.