South Eastern Railway has decided to increase the frequency of two trains, the Howrah-Mumbai Special (02810/02809) and the Howrah-Ahmedabad Special (02834/02833) in an attempt to clear the rush of passengers during the festive season.

Both trains will now run daily, instead of its current tri-weekly run. Their stops at Tatanagar railway station have also bed restored, which means steel city residents can also use them to travel to Calcutta.

Though both these trains used to stop at Tatanagar when services resumed after the lockdown in June, their stoppages were withdrawn to prevent the spread of Covid-19.

Also, the Howrah-Barbil Jan Shatabdi Express stopped operations from September 12 due to poor occupancy.

According to a circular issued by Garden Reach, headquarters of SER, the Howrah-Mumbai Special will run daily from October 6 from Howrah and from Mumbai from October 8 as per the existing timings.

Similarly, the Howrah-Ahmedabad Special will run daily from October 7 from Howrah and October 10 from Ahmedabad as per existing timings.

In addition, two more superfast special trains, the Puri-Anand Vihar-Superfast Special (via Adra) and Puri-Anand Vihar-Prui Superfast Special (via Tatanagar), will also be introduced.

The Puri-Anand Vihar Superfast Special (via Adra) will be introduced from Puri from October 7, while Anand Vihar-Puri Superfast Special will be introduced from Anand Vihar from October 10. Both will leave from Puri and Anand Vihar on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays and stop at Balasore, Jaleswar, Hijli, Midnapore, Bankura and Adra.

The Puri-Anand Vihar Superfast Special (via Tatanagar) and the Anand Vihar-Puri Superfast Special will introduced from October 9. The special trains will leave from Puri and Anand Vihar on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays, and will stop at Soro, Balasore, Jaleswar, Hijli, Ghatshila, Tatanagar, Muri and Bokaro Steel City.