Northeast Frontier Railway has decided to operate short distance parcel special train comprising 10 general class coaches. These parcel special trains will run exclusively within the jurisdiction of N.F. Railway depending o­n demand.

It has been planned to run o­ne weekly Special Parcel train between Katihar to Jorhat Town and vice versa with stoppages at Kishanganj, New Jalpaiguri, Dhupguri, Falakata, New Coochbehar, Gosaigaon Hat, Kokrajhar, New Bongaigaon, Barpeta Road, Nalbari, Rangiya, Guwahati, Jagiroad, Chaparmukh, Hojai, Lanka, Lumding, Dimapur, Furketing and Mariani.Another Special Parcel train will run daily between Lumding to Silchar and Agartala and vice versa with stoppages at Lumding, New Haflong, Badarpur, Silchar, New Karimganj, Dharmanagar, Kumarghat, Ambasa and Jirania. This new initiative by Northeast Frontier Railway is expected to be helpful for local producers and traders in transportation of their commodities in much a cheaper and eco-friendly way than the road sector.

These Special Parcel trains will operate o­n time table basis. So transporters will be able to know about the expected time of delivery of their booked commodities. Traders and producers from North Bihar and North Bengal areas will be able to send their local produce towards Upper Assam, Dimapur, Barak Valley and Agartala with assured timely delivery. Similarly traders from Upper Assam, Nagaland, Tripura and Barak Valley areas will also be able to transport their commodities to North Bihar and North Bengal areas.

Interested transporters can contact 9957550935 or sent e-mail at cptm@nfr.rainet.gov.in for further details.

North Frontier Railway has notified Weekly Special trains in Silchar - Coimbatore sectors as detailed below:

Train No.02516/02515 Silchar- Coimbatore – Silchar Weekly Superfast Special:

With the composition of One- AC 2 Tier Coach, Four- AC 3 Tier Coaches, Thirteen- Sleeper Class Coaches, Two- General Second Class Coaches and Two- Luggage cum Brake Vans, Train No. 02516 Silchar - Coimbatore Weekly Superfast Special will leave Silchar at 20.10 hrs o­n and from 22^nd June, 2021(Tuesdays) and reach Coimbatore at 12.00 hrs, the fourth day until further advice

In return direction Train No. 02515 Coimbatore – Silchar Weekly Superfast Special will leave Coimbatore at 21.45 hrs o­n and from 27^th June, 2021(Sundays) and reach Silchar at 16.50 hrs, the fourth day until further advice

Train No. 02515 Coimbatore – Silchar Weekly Superfast Special will have an additional stoppage at Ongole

The details of timings and stoppages of Train No.02516/02515 Silchar-Coimbatore –Silchar Weekly Superfast Special are as follows: