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Bengal: Sealdah Division to run late-night EMU specials for Kali Puja, Diwali

Kolkata, Nov 2 (UNI) The Sealdah Division of Eastern Railway has announced late-night Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) special services for Kali Puja and Diwali, following the arrangements made during Durga Puja.
Six pairs of special trains will operate over three nights to cater to the expected rush of pandal-hoppers.
According to railway sources, the additional services will run on the intervening nights of November 8–9, 9–10 and 10–11. The trains are intended to improve late-night connectivity across suburban sections, including Sealdah, Dankuni, Barasat, Bangaon, Hasnabad, Ranaghat and Barrackpore.
The special services include train no. 03165, departing Barasat at 1.50 am and reaching Bangaon at 3 am; train no. 03167, leaving Barasat at 1.10 am for Hasnabad, where it will arrive at 2.36 am; and train no. 03169, departing Sealdah at 12.40 am and reaching Ranaghat at 2.30 am.
Other services include train no. 03171, departing Barrackpore at 1.25 am and reaching Sealdah at 2.10 am; train no. 03163, leaving Sealdah at 12.50 am for Barasat, where it will arrive at 1.35 am; and train no. 03161, departing Sealdah at 11 pm and reaching Dankuni at 11.42 pm.
Similar late-night services have been announced in the down direction. All special EMUs will stop at every station along their routes to facilitate passenger boarding and alighting, a railway official said.
The division has also announced that all suburban services, including AC EMU locals, will run according to the weekday timetable on November 8. The Sealdah–Krishnanagar City–Sealdah AC EMU locals (train nos. 31845/31846), which usually operate from Monday to Saturday, will also run on Sunday.
The Sealdah Division recorded passenger footfall of more than 2.6 crore during the peak days of Durga Puja, an increase of around 33 per cent from the previous year. A significant rise in passenger numbers was recorded at stations including Sealdah, Dum Dum, Bidhannagar Road, Sonarpur, Ballygunge, Ranaghat, Naihati and Kalyani.
Anticipating a similar rush during Kali Puja, the division has made special arrangements at Naihati station. To prevent congestion, no trains will operate from platform no. 1 between 2 pm and midnight from November 8 to 13. During this period, the trains concerned will instead be handled on platforms 5 and 6, an official said.
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