SPECIAL TRAIN FROM CHENNAI CENTRAL TO SHALIMAR

The following Special Train will be run to clear the extra rush of passengers.

Chennai Central – Shalimar Special: T.No.02826 Chennai Central – ShalimarSpecial will leave Chennai Central at 14.35 hrs. on 26.06.2012, Tuesday and arrive Shalimar at 20.00 hrs. on 27.06.2012, Wednesday.The composition of the train will be 1 AC 2-tier, 2 AC 3-tier, 9 Sleeper Class, 4 General Second Class and 2 luggage-cum-brake van coaches. The train will stop at Sullurupetta, Nayudupeta, Gudur, Nellore, Ongole, Vijayawada, Eluru, Rajamundry, Samalkot, Visakapattinam, Vizianagaram, Palasa, Brahmapur, Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jajpur Keonjhar Road, Bhadrak, Balasore, Jaleswar, Kharagpur and Santragachi.

Advance reservation for the above train is open.

SCR Runs Six Special Trains Between Nanded and Phandharpur

In order to clear extra rush of passengers during Ashadi Ekadashi celebrations at Pandharpur, South Central Railway will run six special trains between Nanded and Phandharpur as per the following schedule:-
Train No.07503 Nanded-Phandharpur Special train will depart Nanded at 21 05 hrs o­n 27th , 29th June and 1st July, 2012 and will arrive Pandharpur at 08 45 hrs o­n the next day.
In the return direction, Train No.07504 Pandharpur-Nanded Special train will depart Pandharpur at 21 10 hrs o­n 28th, 30th June, and 2nd July, 2012 and will arrive Nanded at 08 15 hrs o­n the next day.
Having eight General Second class and two Second Class Luggage Cum Brake Van Coaches, these trains will stop enroute at Purna, Gangakher, Parli Vajnath, Latur Road, Latur, Usmanabad, Barsi Town and Kurduwadi.

Introduction Of Shalimar-Chennai-Shalimar Superfast Weekly Express

The Budget announced Shalimar-Chennai-Shalimar Superfast Weekly Express will be introduced from Shalimar o­n 23rd June, 2012 and from Chennai o­n 25thJune, 2012. The inaugural run of these trains will be to open fast timings.

The regular run of these trains will commence from 3rd July, 2012. Accordingly, Train. No 22825 Shalimar-Chennai weekly Super fast Express will depart Shalimar at 12 20 hrs o­n Tuesdays and arrive Chennai at 17 00 hrs o­n the next day. In the return direction, Train No 22826 Chennai-Shalimar weekly Super fast Express will depart Chennai at 16 15 hrs o­n Thursdays and reach Shalimar at 21 30 hrs next day.

These trains will stop at Santragachi, Kharagpur, Jeleswar, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur Keonjhar Road, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Kurda Road, Brahmapur, Palasa, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, Samalkot, Rajahmundry, Eluru, Vijayawada, o­ngole, Nellore, Gudur, Sullurpeta and Naidupeta stations.

These trains will have SLR-two Second class Luggage Cum Brake Van, four General Second Class, nine Sleeper class, two AC III Tier, o­neAC II Tier, Coaches totaling to 18 Coaches.

STOPPAGE OF TRAINS AT CUDDALORE PORT JN

Due to persistent demands from elected representatives of the public and rail-users, the following trains will stop at Cuddalore Port Jn. temporarily for a period of six months w.e.f. 22.6.2012 to 31.12.2012 as per the details given below.

Sl. No.	Train No. and Name	Arr/Dep. Cuddalore Port Jn.	Period
1.	16175 Chennai Egmore – Karaikal Express	03.00/03.01	Train leaving Chennai Egmore from 21.6.2012 to 30.12.2012
2.	16176 Karaikal -Chennai Egmore Express	00.41/00.42	Train leaving Karaikal from 21.6.2012 to 30.12.2012
3.	16780 Madurai – Tirupati (Bi-weekly) Express	01.26/01.27	Train leaving Madurai from 21.6.2012 to 30.12.2012
4.	16779 Tirupati – Madurai (Bi-weekly) Express	20.52/20.53	Train leaving Tirupati from 21.6.2012 to 30.12.2012

SPECIAL TRAINS FOR RATH YATRA FESTIVAL-2012

For the convenience of pilgrims and passengers and to cater to extra rush of passengers during Rath Yatra Festival at Puri, East Coast Railway has decided to run 60 special trains from different parts of Orissa and AndhraPradesh excluding the existing trains coming to Puri. Special trains will also run to and from Puri to clear extra rush on the occasion of Sandhya Darshan, Bahuda Yatra and Sunabesa. Apart from this, eight trains will be rescheduled.

Special Trains from Andhra Pradesh (VISAKHAPATNAM &PALASA):

           One special train will leave Visakhapatnam  at 18.00hrs  on 20th  June 2012 and will arrive Puri at 07.45 hrs on  21st June 2012 i.e. on Rath Yatra Day. In the return direction, this Passenger Special will leave Puri at 00.15hrs on 22nd June 2012 and will arrive Visakhapatnam at 10.00hrs on the following day.

           Similarly, two passenger trains will leave Palasa on 21st June 2012 i.e. on Rath Yatra Day towards Puri. The Palasa-Puri Special trains will leave Palasa at 04.25hrs, and 04.45hrs towards Puri and will arrive Puri at 10.30 hrs & 14.00hrs respectively. In the return direction one special train towards Palasa will leave Puri at 18.15 hrs on Rath Yatra Day and will arrive Palasa at 00.20hrs (Mid Night). The another special train from Puri will leave at 19.15hrs on RathYatra Day and will arrive Palasa at 01.05hrs in the night.

Trains from Sambalpur:
           One passenger special train will leave Sambalpur at 19.00hrs on 20th  June 2012 and will arrive Puri at 03.30 hrs on 21st  June 2012 i.e. on RathYatra Day. In the return direction this passenger special train will leave Puri at 23.05hrs on 21st June 2012 i.e. on Rath Yatra Day and will arrive at Sambalpur at 07.30hrs on the following day.

Trains from Bhadrak:
           One passenger special train will leave Bhadrak at 06.15 hrs on 21st June 2012 i.e. on Rath Yatra day and will arrive Puri at 12.15 hrs. In the return direction, this passenger special train will leave Puri at 16.00 hrs on 21st June 2012 i.e. on Rath Yatra day and will arrive Bhadrak at 21.05 hrs on the same day.

Trains from Kendujhargarh:
         One passenger special train will leave Kendujhargarh at 05.30 hrs and will arrive Puri at 13.45 hrs on 21st June i.e. on Rath Yatra Day. In the return direction this passenger special train will leave Puri at 20.20hrs on 21st June 2012 i.e. on Rath Yatra Day and will arrive at Kendujhargarh at 03.00hrs on the following day.

Trains from Gunupur:
           One passenger special train will leave from Gunupur at 20.45hrs. on 20th June 2012 and will arrive Puri at 10.05 hrs i.e. on Rath Yatra Day.

Trains from Paradeep:
           One passenger special train will leave Paradeep at 04.00 hrs on 21st June 2012 i.e. on the Rath Yatra day and will arrive Puri at 09.45 hrs on the same day. In the return direction, this passenger special train will leave Puriat 18.45hrs on on 21st June 2012 i.e. on the Rath Yatra day and will arrive Paradeep at 00.30hrs.

Trains from Brahmapur:
           One passenger special train will leave Brahmapur at 07.20hrs. on 21st June 2012 i.e. on Rath Yatra day and will arrive Puri at 11.20 hrs.

Trains from Bangiriposi:
           One passenger special train will leave Bangiriposi at 05.00hrs. on 21st June 2012 i.e. on Rath Yatra day and will arrive Puri at 13.10 hrs.  In the return direction this passenger special train will leave Puri at 15.00 hrs on 21st June 2012 i.e. on Rath Yatra Day and will arrive at Bangiriposi at 23.30hrs.
 
Specials Trains from Cuttack:
           One passenger special train will leave Cuttack at 06.15 hrs on 21st June 2012 i.e. on the Rath Yatra day and will arrive Puri at 09.15hrs. In the return direction this passenger special train will leave Puri at 21.20hrs (Mid Night) on 21st June 2012 i.e. on Rath Yatra Day and will arrive Cuttack at 01.45hrs.

Specials Trains from Khurda Road:
One passenger train will leave Puri at 15.15hrs and arrive at Khurda Road at 16.40hrs on 21st June 2012 i.e. on Rath Yatra Day.  Similarly another passenger train will leave Puri at 4.00hrs on 22nd June 2012 and arrive at Khurda Road at 05.30hrs.

Specials Trains from Bhubaneswar:
            One passenger special train will also leave Puri at 23.45hrs on 21st June 2012 i.e. on Rath Yatra Day and will arrive Bhubaneswar at 01.45hrs in the night.

     In view of the above arrangements some short distance passenger trains will be rescheduled and cancelled during the Rath Yatra period.

Additional coaches by SR

To clear extra rush of passengers, the following trains are augmented as detailed below.

Train Number 16612 / 16611 Coimbatore – Tuticorin – Coimbatore link express will be permanently augmented with one Sleeper Class Coach.

The first service from Coimbatore will commence from June 11 and from Tuticorin the service will begin on the next day.

Train Number 12661 / 12662 Chennai Egmore – Shencottai – Chennai Egmore Podhigai Expresses will be temporarily augmented with one Second Class Chair Car Coach for a period of one month from June 15 to July 14 from Chennai Egmore and from June 16 to July 15 from Shencottai.

Running of Adra-Shalimar Special on 10.06.2011

Augmentation of 2AC coach to Jaipur-Jabalpur Exp

12181/82 Jaipur-Jabalpur Exp to be temporarily augmented with a 2A coach on 9th from Jabalpur and on 10th from Jaipur ( One day only) 

Ensured Reservation for Tatkal Waitlisted Passengers in CR Trains

Central Railway will attach additional coach in following pairs of trains for Tatkal waitlisted passengers.  The trains are:



1. 12051/12052 Mumbai-Madgaon-Mumbai Janshatabdi Express from 10.6.2012 to 30.6.2012 (one second class seating)

2. 12071 Mumbai-Aurangabad Janshatabdi Express from 10.6.2012 to 30.6.2012 (one second class seating)

3. 12072 Aurangabad-Mumbai Janshatabdi Express from 11.6.2012 to 1.7.2012 (one second class seating)

4. 11007/11008 Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai Deccan Express from 10.6.2012 to 30.6.2012 (one second class seating)

5. 12113 Pune-Nagpur Garibrath Express from 12.6.2012 to 29.6.2012 (one AC-3 Tier)

6. 12114 Nagpur-Pune Garibrath Express from 13.6.2012 to 30.6.2012 (one AC-3 Tier)

7. 12135 Pune-Nagpur Express from 11.6.2012 to 30.6.2012 (one Sleeper class)

8. 12136 Nagpur-Pune Express from 12.6.2012 to 1.7.2012 (one sleeper class)



The attachment of coaches in the nominated trains can be ascertained from the Commercial Control numbers given below:



Mumbai Division      : 022-22659563/22755646

Solapur Division      : 0217-2312752

Pune Division      : 020-26105121

Nagpur Division      : 0712-2544386

Bhusaval Division      : 02582-223004



Tatkal waitlisted passengers will be given confirmed reservation in the respective additional coach.  After clearing the Tatkal waitlisted passengers if any seats/berths are available, normal waitlisted passengers will be automatically given confirmation in the additional coach.



RESERVATION:        Bookings open for trains at Sr.No.1, 2 & 4 from 9.6.2012

                                 for trains at Sr.No.7 & 8 from 10.6.2012

                  For other trains - 24 hrs before the departure of the train.



This provision is being made o­n experimental basis and Railways have the right to withdraw this facility from any of the above mentioned train.

Revised Timeing of Trains at Mavli-Badi Sadri and Mavli-Marwar Sec.

For Detail in Hindi please click the below link


Revised Timeing of Trains at Mavli-Badi Sadri and Mavli-Marwar Sec.

SPECIAL TRAINS

South Western Railway will run the following Special Trains to clear the extra rush of passengers.

1)Bangalore – Patna – Bangalore weekly specials (via. Chennai Central): T.No.06513 Bangalore – PatnaSpecial will leave Bangalore at 10.10 hrs. on Tuesdays from 12.06.2012 to 26.06.2012 and arrive Patna at 09.50 hrs. on Thursdays.T.No.06514 Patna – Bangalore Special will leave Patna at 20.20 hrs. on Thursdays from 14.06.2012 to 28.06.2012 and arrive Bangalore at 21.00 hrs. on Saturdays.The composition of the trains will be 1 AC 3-tier, 1 AC 2 tier-cum-3 tier, 10 Sleeper Class, 6 General Second Class and 2 luggage-cum-brake van coaches. The trains will stop at Bangalore Cantonment, Jolarpettai, Katpadi, Arakkonam, Chennai Central, Gudur, Vijayawada, Balharsha, Nagpur, Itarsi, Jabalpur, Katni, Satna, Mughalsarai, Buxar, Ara and Danapur.

2)Bangalore – Tirunelveli – Bangalore weekly specials: T.No.06515 Bangalore – Tirunelveli Special will leave Bangalore at 06.45 hrs. on Sundays from 10.06.2012 to 24.06.2012 and arrive Tirunelveli at 19.30 hrs. on the same day. T.No.06516 Tirunelveli – Bangalore Special will leave Tirunelveli at 22.55 hrs. on Sundays from 10.06.2012 to 24.06.2012 and arrive Bangalore at 12.50 hrs. the next day. The composition of the trains will be 1 AC 3-tier, 1 AC 2 tier-cum-3 tier, 10 Sleeper Class, 6 General Second Class and 2 luggage-cum-brake van coaches. The trains will stop at Bangalore Cantonment, Hosur, Dharmapuri, Salem, Erode, Karur, Dindigul, Madurai, Virudunagar, Sattur, Kovilpatti and Vanchi Maniyachchi.

Advance reservation for the above trains will commence from 07.06.2012.

RE-NUMBERING OF BHOPAL- PRATAPGARH WEEKLY EXPRESS TRAIN

To increase the passenger carrying capacity for the convenience of rail passengers, Northern Railway has decided to increase the frequency of the train no. 12183/12184 Bhopal- Pratapgarh- Bhopal Bi-Weekly Express from two days a week to run three days a week as 12183/12184 Bhopal- Pratapgarh- Bhopal Tri-Weekly Express train.
The 12183 Bhopal- Pratapgarh Tri-Weekly Express train will run on every Sunday, Tuesday and Friday from 07.10.2012 when departing from Bhopal; while in thereturn direction, the 12184 Pratapgarh- Bhopal Tri-Weekly Express train will run on every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday from 08.10.2012 when departing from Pratapgarh.

The train no. 12193/12194 Bhopal- Pratapgarh- Bhopal Weekly Express train will be re- numbered as 12183/12184 Bhopal- Pratapgarh- Bhopal Weekly Express train from 07.10.2012 (Sunday) when departing from Bhopal and from 08.10.2012( Monday) when departing from Pratapgarh.

CLEAN TRAINS STATION SCHEME EXTENDED TO 42 MORE TRAIN BY SER

As many as 42 additional long distance mail/express trains of South Eastern Railway have been included in the list of trains which are to be cleaned enroute at designated “Clean Train Stations”.The inclusion of these trains in the past one month under CTS (Clean Train Station) facilities has been arranged after identifying trains which were not attended at any “Clean Train Station” in their entire journey in the past.

Among the Western India bound trains, 10 trains have been included in the CTS facilities at Nagpur and 5 trains included in CTS facilities at Bilaspur. As far as Southern India trains of S.E.Railway are concerned, 10 trains have been included in the CTS facilities at Vijayawada and 1 train included at Bhubaneswar. Apart from these, 11 trains have been included in the existing CTS scheme at Kharagpur, 10 trains at Rourkelaand 1 train at Bhusawal.

“Clean Train Station Scheme” is one of the major initiatives of Indian Railways under which long distance trains are cleaned by reputed and professional agencies by mechanized process at stations during its scheduled halt.In this scheme, a gang of 25-35 persons attend to the interiors of the trains; specially the toilets are cleaned by using high pressure jet machines and environment friendly bio-degradable cleaning agents.The toilets & coaches are sprayed with mosquito repellent and the area between the toilets, doorways, vestibules and aisle are also cleaned.In this scheme the dustbins of the coaches are emptied and the window glasses of AC coaches are also cleaned from outside.

  The inclusion of more number of trains in CTS scheme at various enroute stations has been made possible due to the effort of Shri A.K.Verma, General Manager, South Eastern Railway who has relentlessly pursued this issue with the Railway Board.This has resulted in improved hygiene in the toilets and in the coaches on one hand and has resulted in reduction of passenger complaints regarding cleanliness on the other hand.

The additional trains of SER included in the CTS Scheme over the past one month are Howrah-Chennai Coromandal Express(Up&Dn); Howrah-Chennai Mail (Up & Dn); Howrah-Mumbai Mail(Up&Dn); Howrah-Ahmedabad Express (Up&Dn); Howrah-Barbil Jan Shatabdi Express(Up&Dn); Shalimar-LTT Express (Up&Dn); Howrah-HyderabadEast Coast Express(Up & Dn);Howrah-Mumbai CST Weekly Express(Up & Dn); Howrah-Sai Nagar Shirdi Express(Up &Dn); Howrah-Puducherry Express(Up & Dn); LTT-Kamakhya Karmabhoomi Express(Up & Dn) ; Puri-Darbhanga Express ( Up & Dn) ;Howrah-Yeswantpur Express ; Howrah-Vasco Amravathi Express; Sri Satya Sai Prashanti Nilayam- Howrah Express, Tirupati-Santragachi Express ; Santragachi-Porbander Kaviguru Express ;Hazur Sahib Nanded-Santragachi Express ;Hatia-Pune Express ; LTT-Hatia Express ; Yeswantpur-Bhagalpur Anga Express; Yeswantpur – Dibrugarh Express and Hyderabad-Darbhanga Express.

Bangalore-Nagore passenger from July 1

Train service from Nagore to Bangalore would be re-introduced from July 1.

The Railways has proposed to extend the Bangalore–Salem daytime passenger train to Nagore and it will be operated via the newly-laid Tiruvarur-Mayiladuthurai BG section.

The Nagore–Bangalore passenger will be the first passenger train to be operated on the Tiruvarur–Mayildathurai track, ever since the BG conversion works were completed in this section in March last.

The Bangalore City–Salem passenger (56514) will be extended to Nagore with effect from July 1 and the Salem–Bangalore City junction passenger (56513) will run from Nagore on July 2, according to a press release of the Southern Railway here on Wednesday.

At present, the Bangalore–Nagore passenger will leave Bangalore at 7.15 a.m. and arrives at Salem at 12.55 p.m. It will leave Salem at 1 p.m. and will arrive at Nagore station at 10 p.m.

In the return direction, the Nagore–Bangalore passenger will leave Nagore at 4 a.m. and will reach Salem junction at 1.25 p.m. It will depart from Salem at 1.30 p.m. and will reach Bangalore city junction at 7 p.m.

Renumbering of Valsad – Puri Express

The train no of 12583 Valsad – Puri Superfast Express has been renumbered as 22909 and 12584 Puri – Valsad Superfast Express as 22910 w.e.f. 27th September,2012 .