Kolkata, South Eastern Railway has given approval to run four Holi special trains from Jharkhand and West Bengal via Tatanagar, Kharagpur. This includes four pairs of Holi special trains from Tata to Chhapra, Shalimar to Darbhanga, Gorakhpur and Maltipatpur. With this, the problem of getting seats for the passengers in the trains will go away to a great extent and the passengers will get relief.
- Tata-Chhapra-Tata (08181/08182) special train will depart from Tata on 17th March and from Chhapra on 20th March. Tatanagar – Chhapra Special (08181) will leave Tatanagar at 12.15 pm and reach Chhapra at 2.05 pm, the next day. In return direction Chhapra – Tatanagar Special (08182) train will leave at 12.50 PM. Will reach Tatanagar at 4 in the morning.
- Shalimar – Darbhanga – Shalimar Special (02827/02828) train will depart from Shalimar on 16 March and from Darbhanga on 17 March. This train will leave Shalimar at 3.40 pm and will reach Darbhanga at 10 am the next day. Whereas in return it will leave from Darbhanga at 9.05 pm and will reach Shalimar at 3.15 pm on the second day.
- Shalimar – Maltipatpur (Near Puri) – Shalimar Special train (02837/02838) will run from Shalimar on 17th March and Maltipatpur on 18th March. Shalimar-Maltipatpur Special train will leave Shalimar at 6.30 PM and will reach Maltipatpur at 2.55 PM. In the opposite direction, 02838 Maltipatpur – Shalimar Special train will leave Maltipatpur at 2.55 hrs and reach Shalimar at 11.40 hrs.
- Shalimar-Gorakhpur-Shalimar special train will leave from Shalimar on March 16 and from Gorakhpur on March 20. Shalimar – Gorakhpur Special (02883) will leave Shalimar at 8.20 pm. It will reach Gorakhpur on the second day at 5.20 pm. In return direction, Gorakhpur – Shalimar Special (02884) will leave Gorakhpur at 1.40 pm and will reach Shalimar at 9.30 am on the second day.