The South Eastern Railway (SER) also announced night Puja Special local EMUs for the upcoming festive period.

The zonal railway is to operate six special trains to cater to the Puja rush from 27 September to 2 October. The special services would be run from Howrah to various routes, including Panskura, Mecheda and Amta with stoppages at all the stations en route. According to the SER, the Panskura Local would depart at 12.50 a.m. and the Mecheda local would depart at 1.15 a.m. Similarly, the Howrah-Amta local would depart at 1.30 a.m. from Howrah.

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Apart from the special night trains, the SER has also decided to provide stoppages of all galloping EMU/MEMU trains at all stations en route and at all passenger halts during the five days of the festival.

As learnt from the SER

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