Eastern Railway has announced a set of temporary changes to Kolkata local train services under its Sealdah Division, including a new stop for Sealdah-Krishnanagar AC EMU locals, special trains between Shantipur and Krishnanagar, and a late-night service between Sealdah and Budge Budge.
The Sealdah-Krishnanagar-Sealdah AC EMU local services will make an additional temporary stop at Badkulla station on an experimental basis from October 12 to December 31, 2026. The stoppage will apply to four services numbered 31845, 31846, 31847 and 31848.
Eastern Railway said the Badkulla stop is intended to improve access to the air-conditioned local services for passengers travelling to and from the station. The announcement makes the change time-bound, with the experimental arrangement scheduled to continue until the end of December.
The railway will also operate one pair of EMU special trains between Shantipur and Krishnanagar via Dignagar from October 13 to December 31. The additional services are being introduced during the same period as the Badkulla stoppage and are intended to provide a direct local-train connection between the two stations.
Alongside the special service, Eastern Railway has announced temporary changes to the timings of two existing EMU local trains. The supplied announcement identifies the revised-timing measure but does not provide the detailed departure and arrival timings in the available material.
A separate pair of night-hour special trains will operate between Sealdah and Budge Budge until December 31, 2026. The service is intended to improve late-night last-mile connectivity for passengers travelling along the route.
The changes cover different passenger needs within the Sealdah Division: improved access to AC local services at Badkulla, an additional connection between Shantipur and Krishnanagar, revised timings for two existing EMU locals and a late-night option between Sealdah and Budge Budge. All the measures described by Eastern Railway are temporary or experimental and are currently scheduled to run only until December 31.
The available announcement does not include the detailed timings for the Badkulla stoppages, the Shantipur-Krishnanagar special trains, the two services operating on revised timings or the Sealdah-Budge Budge night specials. Passengers will need to check the railway’s detailed timetable and station-level notices before planning journeys under the revised arrangements.
