Northeast Frontier Railway announces summer special trains to clear extra passenger rush

Published on Jun 3, 2025

DIMAPUR — To cope with the anticipated extra rush of passengers, it has been decided to operate three pairs of summer special trains at Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR).
This includes the extension of periodicity for two existing pairs of special trains and the introduction of a new pair, the NFR stated in an update.
Periodicity extension of trains
Train No. 09623/09624 (Udaipur City – Forbesganj – Udaipur City) summer special will now continue operations beyond its earlier schedule. The periodicity of this pair has been extended from June 3- 5 to June 24- 26, respectively. Train No. 09623 will depart from Udaipur city every Tuesday and arrive at Forbesganj, while Train No. 09624 will depart from Forbesganj every Thursday to reach Udaipur city. These services will run for four additional trips, and their timings and stoppages will remain the same as earlier notified.

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Similarly, Train No. 09189/09190 (Mumbai Central – Katihar – Mumbai Central) will also see an extension of periodicity. The services of this train pair will now run from June 7-10 up to September 27- 30. Train No. 09189 will depart from Mumbai Central every Saturday to reach Katihar, while Train No. 09190 will depart from Katihar every Tuesday to return to Mumbai Central. A total of 17 trips will be operated in each direction with no change in the schedule.
New summer special train
In addition to the above, a new pair of summer special trains has been introduced between Howrah and New Jalpaiguri. Train No. 03027 will depart from Howrah at 23:55 hours every Wednesday from June 4-25, and arrive at New Jalpaiguri at 10:45 hours the following day. In the return direction, Train No. 03028 will depart from New Jalpaiguri at 12:45 hours every Thursday from June 5-26, and reach Howrah at 00:10 hours the next day. This pair will also operate 04 trips in each direction.
The details of routes, stoppages and timings of these trains are available at IRCTC website and social media platforms of NFR. Passengers have been requested to verify the details before undertaking their train journeys.