In view to clear wait listed passengers, East Coast Railway has decided to run two weekly special trains to Shirdi from Bhubaneswar & Visakhapatnam.
08465/08466 Bhubaneswar-Shirdi-Bhubaneswar weekly special train via Visakhapatnam, Secunderabad & Nizamabad will leave Bhubaneswar at 22.15hrs on every Friday between 5th August to 23rd December 2011 and will arrive at Shirdi at 11.00hrs on every Sunday. In the return direction, this train will leave Shirdi at 18.20hrs on every Sunday between 7th August to 25th December 2011 and will arrive at Bhubaneswar at 05.45hrs on every Tuesday.
This train has One AC-2 tier, One AC-3tier, 06 Sleeper Classes, 06 General Second Classes and Two Guard cum Luggage Vans in its composition having stoppages at Khurda Road, Balugaon, Brahmapur, Srikakulam Road, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, Duvvada, Anakapalli, Tuni, Samalkot, Rajmundry, Tadepalligudem, Elluru, Vijaywada, Khammam, Warangal, Kazipet, Secunderabad, Bolarum, Kamareddi, Nizamabad, Basar, Nanded, Purna, Parvani, Jalna, Aurangabad, Nagarsol, Manmad, Kopergaon and Puntamba between Bhubaneswar & Shirdi.
08567/08568 Visakhapatnam-Shirdi-Visakhapatnam weekly special train will leave Visakhapatnam at 05.30hrs on every Thursday between 4th August to 29th December 2011 and will arrive at Shirdi at 11.00hrs on every Friday. In the return direction, this train will leave Shirdi at 18.20hrs on every Friday between 5th August to 30th December 2011 and will arrive at Visakhapatnam at 22.45hrs on every Saturday.
This train has One AC-2 tier, One AC-3tier, 09 Sleeper Classes, 04 General Second Classes and Two Guard cum Luggage Vans in its composition having stoppages at Duvvada, Anakapalli, Tuni, Samalkot, Rajmundry, Tadepalligudem, Elluru, Vijaywada, Khammam, Warangal, Kazipet, Secunderabad, Bolarum, Kamareddi, Nizamabad, Basar, Nanded, Purna, Parvani, Jalna, Aurangabad, Nagarsol, Manmad, Kopergaon and Puntamba between Visakhapatnam & Shirdi.