In view to clear additional rush during Puja season, East Coast Railway has decided to run more pairs of weekly Puja special trains between Bhubaneswar & Tirupati, Puri & Bangalore, Howrah & Mysore, Shalimar & Tirupati, Hyderabad & Santragachi and Hyderabad & Visakahapatnam from & through ECoR jurisdiction.
PURI-BANGALORE-PURI SPECIAL TRAIN:
08469/08470 Puri-Bangalore-Puri weekly Garib Rath special train will leave Puri at 14.30hrs on every Friday between 9th September to 30th December 2011 and will arrive Bangalore at 22.45hrs on every Saturday. In the return direction, this train will leave Bangalore at 23.55hrs on every Saturday between 10th September to 31st December 2011 and will arrive Puri at 05.50hrs on every Monday. This train will run with 15 AC-3tier Garib Rath Coach and two Guard-Generator cum disabled coaches in its composition having stoppages at Khurda Road, Balugaon, Brahmapur, Palasa, Srikakulam Road, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam & Duvvada in ECoR jurisdiction between Puri and Bangalore.
BHUBANESWAR- TIRUPATI- BHUBANESWAR SPECIAL TRAIN:
08471 Bhubaneswar- Tirupati weekly special train will leaving Bhubaneswar on every Saturday at 11.45hrs between 10th September to 31st December 2011 towards Tirupati. In the return direction, 08472 Tirupati -Bhubaneswar weekly special train will leave Tirupati on every Sunday at 14.00hrs between 11th September 2011 to 1st January 2012 towards Bhubaneswar. This train will run with One AC-2 tier, 02 AC-3tier, 08 Sleeper Class, 03 General Second Class and 02 Guard cum Luggage Vans in its composition having stoppages at Khurda Road, Balugaon, Brahmapur, Palasa, Srikakulam Road, Chipurupalli, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam & Duvvada in ECoR jurisdiction between Bhubaneswar and Tirupati.
HOWRAH-MYSORE-HOWRAH SPECIAL TRAIN:
08003/08004 Howrah-Mysore-Howrah weekly special train via Bhubaneswar will leave Howrah at 16.10hrs on every Friday between 16th September to 18th November 2011 and will arrive at Mysore at 05.00hrs on every Sunday. In the return direction, this train will leave Mysore at 00.30hrs on every Monday (Midnight of Sunday) between 19th September to 21st November 2011 and will arrive at Howrah at 14.50hrs on every Tuesday. This train will leave Bhadrak at 20.20hrs, Cuttack at 21.47hrs, Bhubaneswar at 22.40hrs, Khurda Road at 23.30hrs on Friday and will leave Visakhapatnam at 06.15hrs on Saturdays towards Mysore. In the return direction, this train will leave Visakhapatnam at 00.30 hrs on Tuesday (mid night of Monday), leave Bhubaneswar on Tuesday at 07.45hrs and Cuttack at 08.15hrs towards Howrah. This train has One AC-2 tier, Three AC-3tier, 10 Sleeper Classes, 02 General Second Classes, One Pantry Car and Two Guard cum Luggage Vans in its composition. This train will stop at Bhadrak, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Khurda Road, Brahmapur, Palasa, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam in East Coast Railway jurisdiction between Howrah and Mysore.
SHALIMAR-TIRUPATI-SHALIMAR SPECIAL TRAIN:
08055/08056 Shalimar-Tirupati-Shalimar weekly special train will leave Shalimar at 15.50hrs on every Thursday between 22nd September to 17th November 2011 and will arrive at Tirupatiat 18.00hrs on every Friday. In the return direction, this train will leave Tirupati at 19.45hrs on every Friday between 23rd September to 18th November 2011 and will arrive at Shalimar at 23.00hrs on every Saturday. This train will run with One AC-2 tier, Three AC-3 tier, 12 Sleeper Class and Two Guard cum luggage Vans in its composition having stoppages at Bhadrak, Jajpur Keonjhar Road, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Khurda Road, Balugaon, Brahmapur, Palasa, Srikakulam Road, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam in East Coast Railway jurisdiction between Shaliumar & Tirupati.
HYDERABAD-SANTRAGACHI- HYDERABAD SPECIAL TRAIN:
07128 Hyderabad-Santragachi Special Train will leave Hyderabad at 21.50 hrs. on every Monday between 3rd October to 10th October 2011 and will arrive Santragachi at 02.50 hrs. on every Wednesday.In the return direction, 07127 SANTRAGACHI-HYDERABAD Special will leave Santragachi at 16.20 hrs on every Wednesday between 5th October to 12th October 2011 and will arrive Hyderabad at 21.45 hrs on every Thursday. This train will run with One AC-2 tier, One AC-3 tier, 10 Sleeper Class and Two Guard cum luggage Vans in its composition having stoppages at Bhadrak, Jajpur Keonjhar Road, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Khurda Road, Brahmapur, Palasa, Srikakulam Road, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam in East Coast Railway jurisdiction between Santragachi & Hyderabad.
HYDERABAD- VISAKHAPATNAM - HYDERABAD SPECIAL TRAIN:
07148 Hyderabad-Visakhapatnam Special Train will leave Hyderabad at 19.30 hrs. on every Saturday between 1st October to 8th October 2011 and will arrive at Visakhapatnam at 08.30 hrs. on every Sunday.In the return direction, 07147 Visakhapatnam-Hyderabad Special will leave Visakhapatnam at 19.05 hrs on every Sunday between 2nd October to 9th October 2011 and will arrive Hyderabad at 08.50 hrs on every Monday. This train will run with One AC-2 tier, One AC-3 tier, 10 Sleeper Class and Two Guard cum luggage Vans in its composition having stoppages at Duvvada, Ankapalli, Tuni, Annavaram, Samalkot, Rajahmundry, Tadapalligudem, Eluru, Vijayawada, Madhira, Khammam, Warangal, Kazipet and Secunderabad between Visakhapatnam & Hyderabad.
Apart from this, ECoR is already running the special trains to Manmad and Shirdi from Bhubaneswar & Visakhapatnam respectively during this period.
BHUBANESWAR-MANMAD-BHUBANESWAR SPECIAL TRAIN:
08465/08466 Bhubaneswar-Manmad-Bhubaneswar weekly special train via Visakhapatnam, Secunderabad & Nizamabad is leaving Bhubaneswar at 22.15hrs on every Friday till 28th October 2011 and arriving at Manmad at 08.450hrs on every Sunday. In the return direction, this train is leaving Manmad at 21.40hrs on every Sunday till 30th October 2011 and arriving at Bhubaneswar at 05.45hrs on every Tuesday.
VISAKHAPATNAM-SHIRDI-VISAKHAPATNAM SPECIAL TRAIN:
Similarly, 08567/08568 Visakhapatnam-Shirdi-Visakhapatnam weekly special train is leaving Visakhapatnam at 05.30hrs on every Thursday till 29th December 2011 and arriving at Shirdi at 11.00hrs on every Friday. In the return direction, this train is leaving Shirdi at 18.20hrs on every Friday till 30th December 2011 and arriving at Visakhapatnam at 22.45hrs on every Saturday.