Podanur–Kharagpur special

Indian Railways has added a summer special linking Podanur in Tamil Nadu with Kharagpur in West Bengal as vacation-season demand rises. (deccanchronicle.com) The new service is Train No. 06065, a Podanur–Kharagpur Junction Summer Special that leaves Podanur at 11 p.m. on Thursday and reaches Kharagpur at 1 p.m. on Saturday. The paired return service is Train No. 06066, leaving Kharagpur at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday and arriving at Chennai Beach at 9:30 p.m. on Sunday. (deccanchronicle.com) South Central Railway listed a fresh batch of summer services in a press release dated April 16, 2026 under “Summer Weekly Special Trains between various Destinations.” The zone’s press-release archive also shows multiple summer-special announcements and extensions issued through April. (scr.indianrailways.gov.in) Indian Railways uses “summer special” trains as temporary extra services when schools close and long-distance bookings tighten across April, May, and June. The 2026 rush schedule has included added trains on corridors from Coimbatore, Bengaluru, Secunderabad, Danapur, Jaipur, Santragachi, and Naharlagun. (scr.indianrailways.gov.in) The Podanur–Kharagpur run adds capacity on an east-coast axis that connects Tamil Nadu with Odisha and West Bengal through one of India’s busiest long-distance rail belts. Kharagpur is also a major junction in South Eastern Railway territory, making it a useful handoff point for onward travel in eastern India. (deccanchronicle.com) (scr.indianrailways.gov.in) The same April 16 announcement also added another seasonal service from SMVT Bengaluru to Balurghat in West Bengal. That train, No. 06551, is scheduled to leave Bengaluru at 8:50 a.m. on April 17 and April 24 and reach Balurghat at 6 a.m. on Sunday, with the return No. 06552 leaving on April 20 and April 27. (deccanchronicle.com) For passengers, the immediate effect is simple: one more bookable long-distance option during the peak holiday crush, with Podanur departures now feeding directly toward Kharagpur on a weekly summer timetable. (deccanchronicle.com)