Railways have decided to run 18 festival special trains between Pune – Gorakhpur to clear the extra rush of passengers during festival season. The details of services as under –
05024 special will leave Pune at 10.45 hours on every Saturday from 6.10.2012 to 1.12.2012 (9 trips) which will arrive Gorakhpur at 20.20 hours next day.
05023 special will leave Gorakhpur at 17.25 hours on every Thursday from 4.10.2012 to 29.11.2012 (9 trips) which will arrive Pune at 02.45 hours on third day.
Composition: one AC-2 Tier, one AC-3 Tier, 8 sleeper class, 6 general second class and 2 general second class cum guard’s brake vans
Halt: Daund, Ahmednagar, Belapur, Kopargaon, Manmad, Bhusawal, Khandwa, Itarsi, Bhopal, Bina, Lalitpur, Jhansi, Orai, Pokhrayan, Kanpur Central, Lucknow Jn., Barabanki, Gonda, Mankapur, Basti and Khalilabad
Reservation: Booking for 05024 open from 2.10.2012.