JANGIPUR ROAD

ER TO RUN SPECIAL TRAIN BETWEEN MALDA TOWN & HOWRAH AND BETWEEN MALDA TOWN & NABADWIP DHAM

Kolkata, December 23, 2020

To clear the extra rush of the passengers, Eastern Railway will run fully reserved special trains between Malda Town & Howrah and Malda Town & Nabadwip Dham.

03466 Malda Town- Howrah special will leave Malda Town Station daily at 06.05 hrs w.e.f. 28.12.2020 to reach Howrah Station at 12.50 hrs o­n the same day and 03465 Howrah -Malda Town special will leave Howrah station daily at 15:15hrs w.e.f. 28.12.2020 to reach Malda Town station at 22:30hrs o­n the same day. The train will stop at Khaltipur, New Farakka Jn, Dhulian Ganga, Nimtita, Jangipur Road, Azimganj Jn, Khagraghat Road, Bazarsau, Salar, Katwa, Nabadwip Dham, Ambika Kalna and Bandel Stations in both directions enroute .

03422 Malda Town –Nabadwip Dham special will leave Malda Town station daily at 15:50 hrs w.e.f 28.12.2020 to reach Nabadwip Dham at 20:55 hrs o­n the same day and 03421 Nabadwip Dham- Malda Town special will leave Nabadwip Dham station daily at 04:45 hrs w.e.f. 29.12.2020 to reach Malda Town station at 09:30 hrs o­n the same day. The train will stop at New Farakka Jn, Dhulian Ganga, Nimtita, Jangipur Road, Azimganj Jn, Khagraghat Road, Bazarsau, Salar and KatwaStations in both directions enroute.

The date of booking of seats for the above special Trains will be notified shortly.

Passengers are requested to follow COVID-19 protocols.

DRM/MALDA HIGHLIGHTED THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF MALDA DIVISION
• WEB PRESS CONFERENCE HELD o­n 24/8/2020

Kolkata, August 24, 2020:

Shri Yatendra Kumar, Divisional Railway Manager, Malda attended a Web Press Conference today (24.8.2020) at DRM’s Office, Malda. Speaking o­n the occasion, Shri Kumar highlighted the achievements of Malda Division in various spheres including new trains run in Malda Division the overall punctuality of the Division i.e. 94.78% during April – July 2020 in comparison to 81.68% during the corresponding period of last year. He also informed that Mail/Express punctuality has been increased to 95.16% during April – July 2020 as compared to 82.80 during the corresponding period of last year. He also informed of the increase in sectional speed between Bhagalpur – Dumka section and increase of average speed of goods trains.

Shri Kumar spoke of recently completed Railway electrification work between Poradanga – Manigram, Tinpahar-Sahibganj, Bhagalpur-Jamalpur, Jamalpur-Kiul, Sahibganj-shibnarayanpur and Shibnarayanpur-Bhagalpur sections. Shri Kumar informed that there was an increase of berths & seats in 5 Mail/Express trains o­n permanent basis and in 8 Mail/Express trains o­n temporary basis. Shri Kumar informed of 2 Nos. of escalators has been provided at Malda Town station, Monumental National Flag and Airport standard lighting at Malda Town station. Shri Kumar informed of the improvement of circulating area at Malda Town, Jangipur, Khaltipur, Nimtita and Sujnipara, provision of additional water coolers at Malda Town, New Farakka and Jangipur stations.

Shri Kumar informed of o­n-board housekeeping system in 6 trains, bio-toilets (230 Nos.), mechanized laundry and green initiatives over Malda Division. Shri Kumar also discussed about the Shramik special trains, PPE Kits and other major activities of public importance. Isolation coach, PPE training programme and thermal screening facility provided at 4 important stations of the Division were also discussed. To maintain the supply chain during COVID-19, 1488 Nos. of outward rakes and 1336 Nos. of inward rakes were dealt from April – July 2020.

Shri Kumar informed that Malda Divisional Business Development unit has been set up during July 2020 to interact with prospective customers to resolve the issues promptly and attract new goods/parcel traffic.