4 March 2016

ER TO RUN 3 PAIRS OF SPECIAL TRAINS DURING HOLI

To cope with the expected rush of the passengers during Holi, Eastern Railway will run 3 pairs of special trains between Kolkata-Gorakhpur-Asansol, Howrah-Patna Jansadharan Holi special and Howrah-Raxaul Jansadharan Holi special.

03131 Kolkata-Gorakhpur Holi special will leave Kolkata station o­n March 21, 2016 (Monday) at 20.05 hrs and reach Gorakhpur at 14.00 hrs the next day. The train will leave Gorakhpur (03132) at 15.30 hrs o­n Tuesday (22.3.2016) and will terminate at Asansol at 5.00 hrs the next day.  The train will have general second class, sleeper and air-conditioned coaches.

The booking of reservation for the above train will commence shortly.

03073 Howrah-Patna Jansadharan Holi special will leave Howrah o­n 20.3.2016 (Sunday) at 20.15 hrs and reach Patna at 6.00 hrs the next day. The down train (03074) will leave Patna Jn. o­n 21.3.20165 (Monday) at 8.55 hrs and reach Howrah at 18.55 hrs the same day.The train will have o­nly general second class coaches.

03041 Howrah-Raxaul Jansadharan Holi special will leave Howrah o­n 22.3.2016 (Tuesday) at 22.50 hrs and reach Raxaul at 15.45 hrs the next day. The down train (03042) will leave Raxaul o­n 25.3.2016 (Friday) at 20.15 hrs and reach Howrah at 12.15 hrs the next day.The train will have o­nly general second class coaches.