0 Trains from (APDJ)ALIPUR DUAR JN to (DRD)DAHANU ROAD

FEW WR TRAINS AFFECTED DUE TO BLOCK IN DAHANU ROAD - GHOLVAD SECTION

In order to carry out the work for Strengthening of Bridge approaches by Geo cells for Bridge No. 192 in Dahanu Road - Gholvad section a block will be taken. The block will be from 13.50 hrs to 18.20 hrs o­n Tuesday, 6^th June 2023. and will further be taken from 08.45 to 13.15 hrs o­n Wednesday 7^th June 2023 for Bridge No. 192. Due to this block few Western Railway trains will be cancelled, regulated & Short Terminated.

According to a press release issued by Shri Sumit Thakur, Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway, the details of these trains are as under:

Cancellation of Trains:

1.Train No. 09159 Bandra Terminus – Vapi Express of 6^th&7^th June, 2023 will remain cancelled.

2.Train No. 09144 Vapi – Virar Shuttle of 6^th&7^th June, 2023 will remain cancelled.

Regulation of Trains o­n 6^th June 2023:

1.Train No. 22195 Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi – Bandra Terminus Superfast Express of 5^th June 2023 will be regulated by 4 hrs.

2.Train No. 19202 Porbandar – Secunderabad Express of 6^th June 2023 will be regulated by 3 hrs.

3.Train No. 19016 Porbandar – Dadar Saurashtra Express of 5^th June 2023 will be regulated by 2 hrs.

Regulation of Trains o­n 7^th June 2023:

1.Train No. 19015 Dadar – Porbandar Saurashtra Express will be regulated by 01.35 hr.

2.Train No. 12925 Mumbai Central– Amritsar Paschim Express will be regulated by 25mins.

3.Train No. 09075 Mumbai Central - Kathgodam Superfast Special will be regulated by 40 mins.

4.Train No. 09143 Virar – Valsad Special will be regulated by 35 mins.

Short Termination of Trains o­n 7^th June 2023:

1.Train No. 09085 Borivali – Valsad will be short terminated at Dahanu Road.

Passengers are requested to kindly take note of the same.

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Maligaon, 17^th May, 2023:

Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has been continuously striving to provide a safer, faster and more comfortable travelling experience to the people of the North Eastern region. For that the conventional ICF model rake of train no. 02502/02501 (Agartala – Kolkata - Agartala) special has been converted to a fully Air Conditioned LHB (Linke Hofmann Busch)rake. The train with LHB coaches was flagged off o­n 17^th May, 2023 from Agartala Railway Station at 07:30 hrs by Kumari Pratima Bhoumik, Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment. Shri Prem Ranjan Kumar, Divisional Railway Manager, Lumding along with other senior officials of division were also present at Agartala Railway Station during the flagging off ceremony.

The train no. 02502 (Agartala - Kolkata) special will depart from Agartala o­n every Wednesday for eight trips from 17^th May to 05^thJuly, 2023 at 07:30 hours to reach Kolkata at 15:00 hours o­n the next day. In return direction, train no. 02501 (Kolkata – Agartala) special will depart from Kolkata o­n every Sunday for eight trips from 21^st May to 09^thJuly, 2023 at 21:40 hours to reach Agartala at 05:15 hours o­n Tuesday.

During it’s both ways journey, the special train will run via New Karimganj Jn., New Haflong, Guwahati, Goalpara Town, New Alipurduar, New Jalpaiguri Jn, Kishanganj, Malda Town, Azimganj Jn and Bandel Jn. The train will run with a revised composition consisting of 13 LHB coaches. It will have eleven state of the art AC-3 Economy Class coaches for the convenience of the passengers with two Luggage cum Generator coaches.

The newly converted coaches will be of LHB rake with AC-3 Economy coaches which is safer and more comfortable as compared to the earlier ICF coaches. These coaches have improved and modular design of seats and berth. The AC-3 Economy has 2 side berths, making it a total of 8 berths per compartment, thereby leading to increased number of seats. Moreover, the fare structure for AC-3 Economy is roughly 8% lesser than 3 AC coaches. So, passengers can travel in much cheaper than 3 AC coaches.

Further, the services of train no. 02518/02517 (Guwahati – Kolkata – Guwahati) has been extended for another eight trips. The train no. 02518 (Guwahati - Kolkata) special will depart from Guwahati o­n every Saturday for eight trips from 20^th May to 08^th July, 2023 at 21:00 hours to reach Kolkata at 15:00 hours o­n the next day. In return direction, train no. 02517 (Kolkata – Guwahati) special will depart from Kolkata o­n every Thursday for eight trips from 18^th May to 06^th July, 2023 at 21:40 hours to reach Guwahati at 16:15 hours o­n the next day.

The details of stoppages and timings of these trains are available at IRCTC website and through NTES and are also being notified in various newspapers and social media platforms of N.F. Railway. Passengers are requested to verify the details before undertaking their journey.