Monday, December 16, 2013

SPECIAL TRAINS FROM ECoR

With a view to providing comfortable journey to the passengers during X’Mas holidays and also to clear waitlisted passengers during the peak season, Railways have planned to run more pairs of Special Trains from Visakhapatnam to Gandhidham & Bhagat Ki Kothi (Jodhpur).

East Coast Railway would like passengers to avail the services of these special trains during the forthcoming X’Mas to avoid rush in regular Mail/Express long distance trains.Passengers are also requested to avail these special trains for use of the available berths by purchasing tickets through internet or at the PRS Counters.

VISAKHAPATNAM-GANDHIDHAM SPECIAL:
08501 Visakhapatnam-Gandhidham Special train will leave Visakhapatnam at 1735 hrs on every Thursday between 19th to 26th December 2013 and will arrive at Gndhidham at 0950 hrs on every Saturday. In the return direction, 08502 Gandhidham-Visakhapatnam Special train will leave Gandhidham at 2245 hrs on every Sunday between 22nd to 29th December 2013 and will arrive at Visakhapatnam at 1435 hrs on every Tuesday.

This train has one AC-2 tier, Two AC-3 tiers, 11 Sleeper Class Coaches, Six General  Second Class Coaches and Two Guard cum Luggage Vans in its composition having stoppages at Duvvada, Samalkot, Rajahmundry, Elluru, Vijayawada, Khammam, Warrangal, Ramagundam, Ballahrsha, Wardha, Badnera, Akola, Malkapur, Bhusaval, Jalgaon, Nandurbar, Surat, Ankleswar, Vadodara, Anand, Ahmedabad, Viramgam, Dharangdhara, Samakhiali and Bhachau between Visakhapatnam & Gandhidham.

VISAKHAPATNAM-BHAGAT KI KOTHI (JODHPUR) SPECIAL: 
08573 Visakhapatnam-Bhagat Ki Kothi (Jodhpur) Special train will leave Visakhapatnam at 0535hrs o­n every Thursday between 19th to 26th December 2013 and will arrive at Bhagat Ki Kothi at 2245hrs o­n every Friday. In the return direction, 08574 Bhagat Ki Kothi-Visakhapatnam Special train will leave Bhagat Ki Kothi at 1415 hrs on every Saturday between 21st to 28th December 2013 and will arrive at Visakhapatnam at 0820 hrs on every Monday.

This train has one AC-2 tier, Two AC-3 tiers, 11 Sleeper Class Coaches, Six General  Second Class Coaches and Two Guard cum Luggage Vans in its composition having stoppages at Vizianagaram, Bobbli, Parvatipuram, Rayagada, Muniguda, Kesinga, Titilagarh, Kantabanji, Khariar Road, Mahasamund, Raipur, Bhatapara, Uslapur, Pendra Road, Anuppor, Shahdol, Katni Murwara, Damoh, Sagour, Malkhedi, Guna, Chhabra Gogur, Baran, Kota, Sawai Madhapur, Banasthaliniwai, Jaipur, Phulera, Makrana, Degana, Merta Road & Jodhpur between Visakhapatnam & Bhagat Ki Kothi.

Puri-Ahmedabad Special train
08401 Puri-Ahmedabad Special train will leave Puri at 0855 hrs on every Tuesday between 24th December 2013 to 28th January 2014 and will arrive at Ahmedabad at 0330 hrs on the next Thursday. In the return direction, 08402 Ahmedabad-Puri Special train will leave Ahmedabad at 1800 hrs on every Thursday between 26th December 2013 to 30th January 2014 and will arrive at Puri at 1045 hrs on Saturday.
This train has 15 General Second Class Coaches and Two Guard cum Luggage Vans in its composition having stoppages at Khurda Road, Balugaon, Chhatrapur, Brahmapur, Sompeta, Palasa, Srikakulam Road, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam and Duvvada in East Coast Railway jurisdiction and will run via Samalkot, Vijayawada, Warangal, Ballarshah, Wardha, Bhusawal & Surat between Puri and Ahmedabad Station.