The summer time always calls for travelling due to summer vacations. The Indian Railways has started a number of special summer trains for this season. The Eastern Railways is going to run 32 pairs of exclusive trains across their routes. There will be 12 pairs, which will be going through the New Jalpaiguri to Howrah route and 13 pairs will be going through the Kamakhya to Sealdah route. The rest 7 pairs will be running through the Kolkata to Alipurduar route.

Here are some details regarding all these special trains: –

1. The Howrah to New Jalpaiguri weekly superfast special train will be leaving the Howrah station at 11:55 pm on every Wednesday on April 6^th and June 22; all these trains will be running until June 22^nd. The train from New Jalpaiguri will begin at 12:35pm on Thursdays on April 7^th and June 23^rd.

2. The Sealdah to Kamakhya weekly super special train will be leaving the former station at the same time as the Howrah train and it is already in action since 1^st April. It will run on Fridays and will be in action till June 24^th. The Kamakhya train will start at 8:10 pm on every Saturday on April 2^nd and June 25^th. These schedules are already fixed and there will be no changes at all. You can go through the updated IRCTC train schedule to see which train you want to catch!

3. The rest of the trains which are weekly specials from Kolkata to Alipurduar route will be leaving the Kolkata station at 10:45 pm on Sundays on May 1^st and June 12^th. While the train will return from Alipurduar at 4:30 Pm on Mondays on May 2^nd and June 13^th.

Not just the eastern railway, but the East Coast Railway too will be running nine pairs of special weekly trains to avoid the rush during the summertime. The special trains will be going through these routes: –

• The Bhubaneswar to Krishnarajpuram bi-weekly train will be leaving the former station at 11:50 pm on Wednesdays and Saturdays. This train will reach the latter station the next day. These trains will run from April 6^th to June 25^th and the return trains will run every Money and Friday which is the April 8^th and June 27^th.

• The Sambalpur to Yesvantpur weekly special will be leaving Sambalpur at 11:00 am on Wednesdays and will reach the last stop the next day. This train will run from April 6^th to June 22^nd. The return direction train will be from Yesvantpur till Bhubaneswar, which will run on April 8^th and June 24^th.

• The Puri to Santragachhi weekly train will run from April 6^th to June 29^th and the return train will run from April 7^th to June 30^th.

• The Kochuveli to Guwahati weekly special train will be running every Sunday from April 3^rd to June 26^th and the return will run from April 6^th to June 29^th.

• A weekly special train will be running from Shalimar to Puri, and this train will only be in action for April 22^nd. This train will return from Puri station on April 23^rd.So go ahead and make your train bookings right away!