{"id":4207,"date":"2025-08-12T05:33:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T05:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/railtravels.org\/?page_id=4207"},"modified":"2025-08-12T05:33:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T05:33:55","slug":"kolkata-local-train-resume-service","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/kolkata-local-train-resume-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Kolkata Local Train Resume Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kolkata Local Train Resume Service from 11-11-2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kolkata local train news today | Local Train Services Resume Date Kolkata<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ER TO RUN FOUR MORE EMU LOCALS IN LAKSHMIKANTAPUR \u2013 KAKDWIP \u2013 NAMKHANA SECTION from\u00a0 01-01-2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For the convenience of the passengers, Eastern Railway will introduce four new EMU locals in Lakshmikantapur \u2013 Kakdwip \u2013 Namkhana Section w.e.f. 01.01.2025.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Train No. 34936 DN Lakshmikantapur \u2013 Namkhana Local will leave Lakshmikantapur at 23.47 hrs to reach Namkhana at 00:45 hrs (midnight) on the next day and will stop at Udairampur (23:53 hrs), Kulpi (23:57 hrs), Karanjali (00:03 hrs), Nischindapur Market (00:09 hrs) , Nischindapur (00:13 hrs) , Kashinagar (00:21 hrs), Kakdwip (00:26 hrs) &amp; Ukiler Hat ( 00:34 hrs) stations.<\/li>\n<li>Train No. 34935 UP Namkhana \u2013 Lakshmikantapur Local will leave Namkhana at 03:05 hrs to reach Lakshmikantapur 04:06 hrs and will stop at Ukiler Hat (03:11 hrs), Kakdwip (03:19 hrs), Kashinagar ( 03:23 hrs), Nischindapur (03:36 hrs), Nischindapur Market(03:39 hrs), Karanjali (03:45 hrs), Kulpi (03:51 hrs) &amp; Udairampur (03:55 hrs) stations.<\/li>\n<li>Train No. 34938 DN Kakdwip \u2013 Namkhana Local will leave Kakdwip at 22:57 hrs to reach Namkhana at 23:11 hrs and will stop at Ukiler Hat (23:05 hrs) station.<\/li>\n<li>Train No. 34937 UP Namkhana \u2013 Kakdwip Local will leave Namkhana at 04:37 hrs to reach Kakdwip at 04:51 hrs and will stop at Ukiler Hat (04:43 hrs) station.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Moreover, timings of 34981 UP Kakdwip \u2013 Lakshmikantapur Local will be revisedw.e.f. 01.01.2025 and will leave Kakdwip at 04:56 hrs to reach Lakshmikantapur at 05:42 hrs .The train will stop at Kashinagar (05:00 hrs), Nischindapur (05:10-11 hrs), Nischindapur Market (05:14 hrs), Karanjali (05:20 hrs), Kulpi (05:26 hrs) &amp; Udairampur (05:30 hrs) stations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eastern Railway to restore the EMU local train services from 11-11-2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RESTORATION OF EMU TRAIN SERVICES IN ER FROM 11.11.2025<\/p>\n<p>Consequent upon the request from Govt. of West Bengal, Eastern Railway will restore suburban train services w.e.f. 11.11.2025 to facilitate communication link of passengers. Resumption of train services will take place in a phased manner. At the outset, it has been planned to restore 413 suburban trains over Sealdah Division and 202 over Howrah Division. Out of 413 trains in the Sealdah Division, 270 will ply on the Sealdah Main\/North (including Circular Railway) and 143 in the Sealdah South section.<\/p>\n<p>Out of 270 EMU services in the Sealdah Main\/North sections including Circular Railway, 22 trains will run in Sealdah \u2013 Krishnanagar section, 24 in Sealdah \u2013 Naihati section, 10 in Sealdah \u2013 Ranaghat \u2013 Lalgola section, 26 in Sealdah \u2013 Hasnabad section, 8 in Sealdah \u2013 Barasat \u2013 Duttapukur section, 14 in Sealdah \u2013 Shantipur section, 14 in Sealdah \u2013 Kalyani Simanta section, 18 in Sealdah \u2013 Barrackpore section, 32 in Sealdah \u2013 Dankuni \u2013 Baruipara section, 24 in Sealdah \u2013 Ranaghat \u2013 Gede section, 13 in Sealdah \u2013 Ranaghat section, 17 in Ranaghat \u2013 Bangaon section, 39 in Sealdah \u2013 Bangaon section, 7 in Bangaon\/Naihati \u2013 Dum Dum Jn. \u2013 Majerhat section and 2 trains in Sealdah \u2013 B B D Bag section.<\/p>\n<p>Out of 143 trains across Sealdah South section, 27 trains will ply in Sealdah \u2013 Komagata Maru Budge Budge section, 21 trains in Sealdah \u2013 Lakshmikantapur \u2013 Namkhana section, 24 in Sealdah \u2013 Diamond Harbour section, 31 in Sealdah \u2013 Canning section, 19 in Sealdah \u2013 Sonarpur section and 21 trains in Sealdah \u2013 Sonarpur \u2013 Baruipur section.<\/p>\n<p>In the Howrah Division, out of 202 suburban trains, 38 trains will run in Howrah \u2013 Bandel section, 10 in Howrah \u2013 Tarakeswar \u2013 Arambag \u2013 Goghat section, 12 in Howrah \u2013 Katwa section, 8 in Bandel \u2013 Katwa section, 19 in Howrah \u2013 Tarakeswar section, 20 in Howrah \u2013 Barddhaman Main line section, 22 in Howrah \u2013 Barddhaman Chord line section, 18 in Bandel \u2013 Naihati section, 2 in Howrah \u2013 Baruipara section, 4 in Howrah \u2013 Masagram section, 2 in Howrah \u2013 Haripal section, 6 in Howrah \u2013 Srirampur section, 2 in Howrah \u2013 Pundooah section, 1 in Bandel \u2013 Pundooah section, 8 in Barddhaman \u2013 Balgona \u2013 Katwa section, 4 in Howrah \u2013 Chandanpur section, 2 in Howrah \u2013 Gurap section, 14 in Howrah \u2013 Seoraphuli section, 4 in Howrah \u2013 Belur Math section, 4 in Howrah \u2013 Singur section and 2 trains in Bandel \u2013 Bally section.<\/p>\n<p>Time table of suburban train services resuming w.e.f. 11.11.2025 are available at any Railway station and Eastern Railway website.<\/p>\n<p>Validity of suburban season tickets which have expired due to lockdown will be extended to the extent of days lost, at the booking counters of the concerned stations from 08:00 hrs. of 9.11.2025. Normal journey tickets will be available from booking counters from the day of commencement of EMU train services over ER w.e.f. 11.11.2025.<\/p>\n<p>All the passengers are urged upon to maintain Covid-19 health &amp; hygiene protocol including mandatory use of mask\/face cover, sanitizer with keeping of physical distancing as a means of combating the spread of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eastern Railway (ER) to restore the EMU local train services from 11-11-2025 time table, route and frequency in PDF File \u2013\u00a0 <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2021\/12\/Eastern-Railway-ER-to-restore-the-EMU-local-train-services-from-11-11-2020-time-table-route-and-frequenc-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click Here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>South Eastern Railway (SER) to restore the EMU local train services from 11-11-2025 time table, route and frequency\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>South Eastern Railway (SER) to restore the EMU local train services from 11-11-2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As per the request of Govt. of West Bengal, it has been bedded by South Eastern Railway to restore its Suburban Train Services in different routes viz., Howrah-Kharagpur-Midnapur, Howrah-Amta. Howrah-Haldia etc. from 11th November 2025 (Wednesday) observing COVID-19 Health &amp; Hygiene Protocols.<\/p>\n<p>The details of Local Train services which are to be restored along with timings at originating and destination stations are given as under:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-27708 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/img_61a85ac3a3ce0.\" alt=\"\" width=\"526\" height=\"788\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"3292244255\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Initial services which are to be restored w.e.f. 11th November, 2025 (Wednesday) will be of 81 trains (40 in Up direction and 41 in Down direction) having timings and stoppages as per the existing Public Suburban Time Table of 2025-20.<\/p>\n<p>Out of 40 trains in Up direction, 13 trains will run between Howrah-Midnapur, 8 between Howrah-Panskura, 1 between Santragachi-Panskura, 4 between Howrah-Amta, 2 between Howrah-Haldia, 4 between Howrah-Kharagpur, 2 between Howrah-Mecheda, 1 between Shalimar-Mecheda, 2 between Santragachi-Mecheda, 1 between Panskura-Digha, 1 between Mecheda-Digha and 1 between Shalimar-Santragachi.<\/p>\n<p>Out of 41 trains in Down direction, 12 trains will run between Midnapur-Howrah, 8 between Panskura-Howrah, 3 between Mecheda-Howrah, 1 between Howrah-Bagnan, 4 between Amta-Howrah, 5 between Kharagpur-Howrah, 2 between Haldia-Howrah, 1 between Digha-Panskura, 1 between Panskura-Santragachi, 2 between Santragachi-Shalimar, 1 between Digha-Mecheda and 1 between Mecheda-Santragachi.<\/p>\n<p>The daily tickets and season tickets will be available at the booking counters at different stations for the commuters. It has been decided to extend the validity of the season tickets to the extent of days lost during lockdown.<\/p>\n<p>Entry inside the stations and in trains will strictly be maintained as per COVID-19 health protocols. Close liaison with State Authorities and various Railway Departments is being programmed for ensuring social distancing, queue management and prevention of spread of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Use of face mask is mandatory and Railway and State Government will ensure multiple rounds of checking for maintaining of social distancing. Passengers are requested to avail alternate seats observing indication on seats to maintain physical distancing during journey. All coaches will be sanitized regularly.<\/p>\n<p>South Eastern Railway urges all its valued commuters to strictly follow all COVID-19 health and hygiene protocols.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eastern Railway to restore the EMU local train services from 11-11-2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RESTORATION OF EMU TRAIN SERVICES IN ER FROM 11.11.2025<\/p>\n<p>Consequent upon the request from Govt. of West Bengal, Eastern Railway will restore suburban train services w.e.f. 11.11.2025 to facilitate communication link of passengers. Resumption of train services will take place in a phased manner. At the outset, it has been planned to restore 413 suburban trains over Sealdah Division and 202 over Howrah Division. Out of 413 trains in the Sealdah Division, 270 will ply on the Sealdah Main\/North (including Circular Railway) and 143 in the Sealdah South section.<\/p>\n<p>Out of 270 EMU services in the Sealdah Main\/North sections including Circular Railway, 22 trains will run in Sealdah \u2013 Krishnanagar section, 24 in Sealdah \u2013 Naihati section, 10 in Sealdah \u2013 Ranaghat \u2013 Lalgola section, 26 in Sealdah \u2013 Hasnabad section, 8 in Sealdah \u2013 Barasat \u2013 Duttapukur section, 14 in Sealdah \u2013 Shantipur section, 14 in Sealdah \u2013 Kalyani Simanta section, 18 in Sealdah \u2013 Barrackpore section, 32 in Sealdah \u2013 Dankuni \u2013 Baruipara section, 24 in Sealdah \u2013 Ranaghat \u2013 Gede section, 13 in Sealdah \u2013 Ranaghat section, 17 in Ranaghat \u2013 Bangaon section, 39 in Sealdah \u2013 Bangaon section, 7 in Bangaon\/Naihati \u2013 Dum Dum Jn. \u2013 Majerhat section and 2 trains in Sealdah \u2013 B B D Bag section.<\/p>\n<p>Out of 143 trains across Sealdah South section, 27 trains will ply in Sealdah \u2013 Komagata Maru Budge Budge section, 21 trains in Sealdah \u2013 Lakshmikantapur \u2013 Namkhana section, 24 in Sealdah \u2013 Diamond Harbour section, 31 in Sealdah \u2013 Canning section, 19 in Sealdah \u2013 Sonarpur section and 21 trains in Sealdah \u2013 Sonarpur \u2013 Baruipur section.<\/p>\n<p>In the Howrah Division, out of 202 suburban trains, 38 trains will run in Howrah \u2013 Bandel section, 10 in Howrah \u2013 Tarakeswar \u2013 Arambag \u2013 Goghat section, 12 in Howrah \u2013 Katwa section, 8 in Bandel \u2013 Katwa section, 19 in Howrah \u2013 Tarakeswar section, 20 in Howrah \u2013 Barddhaman Main line section, 22 in Howrah \u2013 Barddhaman Chord line section, 18 in Bandel \u2013 Naihati section, 2 in Howrah \u2013 Baruipara section, 4 in Howrah \u2013 Masagram section, 2 in Howrah \u2013 Haripal section, 6 in Howrah \u2013 Srirampur section, 2 in Howrah \u2013 Pundooah section, 1 in Bandel \u2013 Pundooah section, 8 in Barddhaman \u2013 Balgona \u2013 Katwa section, 4 in Howrah \u2013 Chandanpur section, 2 in Howrah \u2013 Gurap section, 14 in Howrah \u2013 Seoraphuli section, 4 in Howrah \u2013 Belur Math section, 4 in Howrah \u2013 Singur section and 2 trains in Bandel \u2013 Bally section.<\/p>\n<p>Time table of suburban train services resuming w.e.f. 11.11.2025 are available at any Railway station and Eastern Railway website.<\/p>\n<p>Validity of suburban season tickets which have expired due to lockdown will be extended to the extent of days lost, at the booking counters of the concerned stations from 08:00 hrs. of 9.11.2025. Normal journey tickets will be available from booking counters from the day of commencement of EMU train services over ER w.e.f. 11.11.2025.<\/p>\n<p>All the passengers are urged upon to maintain Covid-19 health &amp; hygiene protocol including mandatory use of mask\/face cover, sanitizer with keeping of physical distancing as a means of combating the spread of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a comprehensive overview of the <strong>resumption of Kolkata local train services<\/strong>, focusing on the timing, capacity adjustments, and related updates:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Resumption of Kolkata Local Train Services<\/h2>\n<h3>Initial Resumption Post COVID-19<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Date of Resumption<\/strong>: Local train services in West Bengal\u2014including the Kolkata suburban (local) trains\u2014resumed on <strong>11 November 2020<\/strong>, after being suspended in March following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Capacity Restrictions<\/strong>: Services restarted with <strong>50% seating capacity<\/strong>, and proposals were made to gradually increase this to <strong>25% of full capacity<\/strong>, adhering to COVID-19 protocols<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Post-Resumption Developments<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Short-Term Disruptions<\/strong>: In June 2025, there was a brief three-day disruption (June 7\u20139) in services at <strong>Sealdah<\/strong> due to platform extension work and the commissioning of electronic interlocking systems. Services were restored to normal from <strong>June 11, 2025<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Modernization Offerings<\/strong>: In 2025, Eastern Railway introduced Kolkata\u2019s <strong>first AC local EMU rakes<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>First AC rake<\/strong> operated on the <strong>Sealdah\u2013Ranaghat<\/strong> route.<\/li>\n<li>A <strong>second AC rake<\/strong> has also arrived and will be deployed on a yet-to-be-decided suburban section.<\/li>\n<li>New EMU services were expanded on routes such as <strong>Sealdah\u2013Diamond Harbour<\/strong>, <strong>Barasat\u2013Basirhat<\/strong>, and <strong>Dumdum\u2013Bongaon<\/strong> to ease congestion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Summary Table<\/h2>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th><strong>Aspect<\/strong><\/th>\n<th><strong>Details<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Initial Resume Date<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>11 November 2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Capacity at Restart<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>50% of seating capacity, gradual expansion planned<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Temporary Block<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>June 7\u20139, 2025 at Sealdah due to infrastructure upgrades<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Modern Updates (2025)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Introduction of AC EMU rakes and additional EMU services on suburban routes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>TL;DR<\/h2>\n<p>Local train services in Kolkata were reinstated on <strong>11 November 2025<\/strong> after a lockdown-related hiatus, starting with <strong>half-capacity operations<\/strong> under strict safety protocols. Since then, enhancements like infrastructure upgrades and <strong>AC EMU trains<\/strong> in 2025 have elevated commuter experience.<\/p>\n<p>Let me know if you&#8217;d like real-time train schedules, station info, or local fare updates too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kolkata Local Train Resume Service from 11-11-2025 Kolkata local train news today | Local Train Services Resume Date Kolkata ER TO RUN FOUR MORE EMU LOCALS IN LAKSHMIKANTAPUR \u2013 KAKDWIP \u2013 NAMKHANA SECTION from\u00a0 01-01-2025 For the convenience of the passengers, Eastern Railway will introduce four new EMU locals in Lakshmikantapur \u2013 Kakdwip \u2013 Namkhana [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4207","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4207\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}