NF Railway reduces 55 trains' running time to boost efficiency

Railway journey times of as many as 55 trains have been reduced ranging from 15 minutes to 155 minutes

PTI, GUWAHATI, Sept 29: Indian Railways has released its new all India time table for passenger carrying trains to be effective from 1st October, 2022. The timings of many schedule/special trains at originating, terminating stations and stoppage have been revised. Further some trains have been speeded up to reduce the journey time.

Under the jurisdiction of NF Railway journey times of as many as 55 trains have been reduced ranging from 15 minutes to 155 minutes. Some important trains include 12423 (Dibrugarh Town – New Delhi Rajdhani Express) – 20 minutes, 13281 (Dibrugarh – Rajendranagar Express) – 90 minutes, 15754 (Guwahati – Alipurduar Jn. Express) – 80 minutes, 12424 (New Delhi – Dibrugarh Town Rajdhani Express) – 55 minutes, 13181 (Kolkata – Silghat Town Kaziranga Express) – 75 minutes, 15478 (Gomtinagar – Kamakhya Express) – 60 minutes, 15417 (Alipurduar Jn. – Silghat Town Rajya Rani Express) – 65 minutes, 15629 (Tambaram – Silghat Town Nagaon Express) – 65 minutes, 15647 (Lokmanya Tilak – Guwahati Express) – 70 minutes, 15904 (Chandigarh – Dibrugarh Express) – 155 minutes, 20504 (New Delhi – Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express) – 50 minutes etc.

Arrival/Departure timings at Guwahati have been changed for trains like 12504 (Agartala – SMVT Bengaluru Humsafar Express), 12423 (Dibrugarh Town – New Delhi Rajdhani Express), 12516 (Silchar – Coimbatore Express), 13281 (Dibrugarh – Rajendranagar Express), 12424 (New Delhi – Dibrugarh Town Rajdhani Express), 15933 (New Tinsukia – Amritsar Express), 15645 (Lokmanya Tilak – Dibrugarh Express), 15910 (Lalgarh – Dibrugarh Avadh Assam Express) etc.

Departure timings of 15613 (Guwahati – Murkongselek Lachit Express) & 15754 (Guwahati – Alipurduar Jn. Shifung Express) has been changed at Guwahati. The departure timings from New Jalpaiguri of 13245 (New Jalpaiguri – Rajendranagar Capital Express) & 15703 (New Jalpaiguri – Bongaigaon) has been changed. The departure time from Alipuduar Jn. of 15768 (Alipurduar Jn. – Siliguri Jn. Express) & 15417 (Alipurduar Jn. – Silghat Town Rajya Rani Express) has been changed. The departure time from Katihar of 13034 (Katihar – Howrah Express) has also been changed. The departure timings of various intercity passenger trains have also been changed at Siliguri, Guwahati, Ledo etc.

It is expected that the new timings will help in better train operations over NF Railway. Passengers are requested to verify the details of train running status and schedule on real time basis at National Train Enquiry System (NTES) before undertaking their journey.