Railways have decided to run 98 Additional Summer special trains between Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus-Jabalpur, Lokmanya Tilak Terminus/Pune – Gorakhpur, Sainagar Shirdi-Hazrat Nizamuddin to clear the extra rush of passengers during summer season. CR has already announced 532 summer specials. The details of 98 specials are as under –
CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI TERMINUS-JABALPUR SPECIALS (28)
01701 Special will leave Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus at 1.30 pm on every Sunday from 31.3.2013 to 30.6.2013 (14 trips) and will arrive Jabalpur at 6.00 am next day.01702 Special will leave Jabalpur at 07.30 pm on every Saturday from 30.3.2013 to 29.6.2013 (14 trips) and will arrive Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus at 12.15 pm next day.
Halts: Dadar, Kalyan, Igatpuri, Nasik Road, Manmad, Jalgaon, Bhusaval, Khandwa, Harda, Itarsi, Pipariya and Narsinghpur.
Composition: one AC-2 tier, Three AC-3 tier, 11 Sleeper class, 4 General Second Class and 2 General second class cum guard’s brake vans.
LOKMANYA TILAK TERMINUS-GORAKHPUR SPECIALS (26)
05032 special train will leave Lokmanya Tilak Terminus at 00.50 hrs on every Monday (in the midnight of Sunday/Monday) from 8.4.2013 to 1.7.2013 (13 trips) and will reach Gorakhpur at 11.00 hrs next day.
05031 special train will leave Gorakhpur at 11.00 hrs on every Saturday from 6.4.2013 to 29.6.2013 (13 trips) and will arrive Lokmanya Tilak Terminus at 17.50 hrs next day.
Halts: Thane, Kalyan, Igatpuri, Nasik Road, Manmad, Jalgaon, Bhusawal, Khandwa, Itarsi, Bhopal, Bina, Lalitpur, Jhansi, Orai, Pokhrayan, Kanpur Central, Lucknow, Jarwal Road, Gonda, Babhnan, Basti and Khalilabad. Composition: one AC-2 Tier, one AC-3 Tier, 9 Sleeper class, 8 General second class and 2 General second class cum guard’s brake vans.
PUNE-GORAKHPUR SPECIALS (26)
05024 special will leave Pune at 10.45 hours on every Saturday from 6.4.2013 to 29.6.2013 (13 trips) which will arrive Gorakhpur at 19.55 hours next day.
05023 special will leave Gorakhpur at 15.00 hours on every Thursday from 4.4.2013 to 27.6.2013 (13 trips) which will arrive Pune at 02.45 hours on third day.
Composition: one AC-2 Tier, one AC-3 Tier, 6 sleeper class, 8 general second class and 2 general second class cum guard’s brake vans
Halt: Daund, Kopargaon, Manmad, Jalgaon, Bhusawal, Khandwa, Itarsi, Bhopal, Bina, Lalitpur, Jhansi, Orai, Pokhrayan, Kanpur Central, Lucknow, Barabanki, Gonda, Mankapur, Basti and Khalilabad
SAINAGAR SHIRDI-HAZRAT NIZAMUDDIN SPECIALS (18)
04011 special will leave Sainagar Shirdi at 08.25 hrs on EVERY Saturday from 6.4.2013 to 1.6.2013 (9 trips) and arrive Hazrat Nizamuddin at 12.50 hrs next day.
04012 special will leave Hazrat Nizamuddin at 23.30 hrs on every Thursday from 4.4.2013 to 30.5.2013 (9 trips) and arrive Sainagar Shirdi at 22.30 hrs next day.
HALTS – Puntamba, Kopargaon, Manmad, Bhusawal, Khandwa, Itarsi, Bhopal, Jhansi, Gwalior, Agra Cantt. and Mathura.
COMPOSITION – one AC First class, one AC 2-tier, Two AC 3-tier, 8 Sleeper class, 4 General second class and 2 General second class cum Guard’s Brake vans.
RESERVATION: Bookings for 01701, 05032, 05024 & 04011 open from 27.3.2013.