Eastern Railway to run 230 special trains to clear summer rush

The weekly Summer specials will be run between Howrah and Muzaffarpur leaving the former on every Sunday between April 8 and July 1 and from Muzaffarpur on every Saturday between April 7 and June 30. 05227 Howrah–Muzaffarpur Summer specials will leave Howrah at 6 am and reach Muzaffarpur at 4 pm the same day. 05228 Muzaffarpur - Howrah Summer specials will leave Muzaffarpur at 2.40 pm and reach Howrah at 3 am the next day. It may be mentioned that besides these, Eastern Railway will run 204 Summer special trains during the ensuing season on various routes viz. Kolkata-New Jalpaiguri, Kolkata–Lucknow, Kolkata- Chhapra- Asansol, Howrah- Raxaul-Asansol, Asansol-Patna, Malda-Haridwar, Sealdah–Anand Vihar and Bhagalpur–Muzaffarpur.