Friday, February 24, 2012

SANTRAGACHHI-MANGALURU NEW TRAIN INTRODUCED


As announced in last Railway Budget for running of a weekly Superfast express train between Santragachhi & Mangaluru and to provide better facilities to the commuters, Railways have introduced a new Super Fast train between the two cities.
 The regular service of 22851/22852 Santragachhi-Mangaluru-SantragachhiWeekly Superfast Express will commence from Mangaluru w.e.f. 25thFeb’12 & from Santragachhi w.e.f. 1st March’2012.
 22851/22852 Santragachhi-Mangaluru-SantragachhiWeekly Superfast Express will leave Santragachhiat 16.05hrs o­n every Thursday w.e.f. 1st March’2012 and will arrive at Mangaluru at 09.45hrs o­n Saturdays. In the return direction, this train will leave Mangaluru at 22.45hrs o­n every Saturday w.e.f. 25thFeb’2012and will arrive at Santragachhi at 17.50hrs o­n Mondays.
 This train has o­ne AC-2 tier, Two AC-3 tier, Seven Sleeper Class Coaches, Six General Second Class Coaches and Two Guard cum Luggage Vans in its composition having stoppages at Kharagpur, Jajpur-Keonjhar Road, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Khurda Road, Brahmapur, Sompeta, Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada and Katpadi  between Santragachhi & Mangaluru.