Wednesday, September 1, 2010

SPECIAL TRAINS TO TIRUPATI AND BANGALORE FROM ORISSA

In view of the demands and to avoid rush in regular trains, East Coast Railway has decided to run Puja Special trains towards Bangalore and Tirupati from Puri & Bhubaneswar respectively.

PURI–BANGALORE SPECIAL TRAIN
          
0869/0870 Puri-Bangalore-Puri Weekly Puja Special Air Conditioned train will run from Puri on every Friday towards Bangalore and will run from Bangalore on every Saturday towards Puri w.e.f. 3rd September 2010 to 1st January 2011. This train will leave Puri at 02.30 p.m and will arrive Bangalore at 10.00p.m on the Saturdays. In the return direction this AC Puja Special train will leave Bangalore at 11.00p.m and will arrive Puri at 05.50 a.m on Monday.

This train has 15 AC-3 tier and 02 Guard-Cum-Generator Vans in its composition having stoppages at Khurda Road, Balugaon, Brahmapur, Palasa, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, Duvvada, Vijaywada, Guntur, Donakonda, Markapur, Nandayal, Dhone, Dharmavaram, Satya Sai Prasanti Nilayam between Puri and Bangalore.

BHUBANESWAR-TIRUPATI WEEKLY SPECIAL TRAIN

0871/0872 Bhubaneswar–Tirupat-Bhubaneswari Weekly Puja Special train will run from Bhubaneswar on every Satuday towards Tirupati and will run from Tirupati on every Sunday towards Bhubaneswar w.e.f. 2nd October 2010 to 26th December 2010. This train will leave Bhubaneswar at 11.45 a.m and will arrive Tirupati 09.45 a.m on the next day.  In the return direction, this train will leave Tirupati at 02.00 p.m and will arrive Bhubaneswar at 02.00 p.m. on the next day.

This train has 01 AC-2 tier, 02 AC-3 tier, 07 Sleeper Class, 04 General Second Class and 02 Guard-cum-Luggage Vans in its composition having stoppages at Khurda Road, Balugaon, Brahmapur, Palasa, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam , Duvvada, Samalkote, Rajmundry, Tadepalligudem, Vijawada, Guntur, Tennali, Ongole, Nellore, Gudur, Renigunta between Bhubaneswar and Tirupati.