• Extra trains for Diwali rush
    Times of India | 29 October 2024
  • Kolkata: To cope with the anticipated rush of passengers during Kali Puja and Diwali, ER’s Sealdah division will run more suburban trains late on Thursday and Friday nights that will stop at all stations enroute, officials said. “We will run eight pairs of additional services of EMU specials on Thursday and Friday,” an ER official said.

    The trains will include Sealdah-Dankuni local and Sealdah-Barasat EMU specials, and similar services will be available on the Sealdah-Ranaghat and Sealdah-Baruipur sections. For holidaymakers, 102 special trains with 876 trips will run through ER from various cities. SER will run more than 30 special trains. tnn
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