South Central Railway has provided additional stoppage for Hyderabad-Ajmer -Hyderabad Bi-weekly Express at Kamareddi on experimental basis for a period of six months with effect from 20th January 2012
Accordingly, Train No. 12720 Hyderabad-Ajmeer Bi-weekly Express will arrive Kamareddi at 22 25 hrs and depart at 22 26 hrs. In the return direction, Train No.12719 Ajmer-Hyderabad Bi- weekly Express will arrive Kamareddi at 22 27 hrs and depart at 22 28 hrs.South Central Railway has provided additional stoppage at Gulbarga for Visakhapatnam- Mumbai Lokamanya Tilak Terminus-Visakhapatnam Bi-weekly Express on an experimental basis for a period of six months with effect from 15th January 2012. Continue reading Additional stoppage for Express trains at Kamareddi,Gulbarga and Nalwar
South Central Railway will provide additional stoppage forRameswarm-Bhubaneswar Rameswaram Express and Puducherry.Bhubaneswar-Puducherry Expressat Nellore on experimental basis for a period of six months with effect from 15th January 2012.
Train No. 18495 Rameswaram-Bhubaneswar Express willarrive Nellore at 01.43 hrs and depart at 01.45 hrs. In the return direction, Train No. 18496
Continue reading Rameswarm-Bhubaneswar Express and Puducherry-Bhubaneswar Express to Stop at Nellore
The following mail/express trains will be permanently augmented as given below with effect from the dates mentioned against each.
| Sl. No |
Train No. & Name |
Augmented with |
With effect from |
| 1. |
16175/16176 Chennai Egmore – Karaikal – Chennai Egmore Expresses |
1 Sleeper Class |
24.1.12 (Chennai)27.1.12 (Karaikal) |
| 2. |
16865/16866 Karaikal – Ernakulam Jn. – Karaikal Expresses |
1 Sleeper Class |
25.1.12 (Karaikal)26.1.12 (Ernakulam Jn.) Continue reading AUGMENTATION OF TRAINS |
पूर्वोत्तर रेलवे जनवरी से मार्च के बीच मेला स्पेशल सहित तकरीबन 57 स्पेशल ट्रेनें नौतनवां, इलाहाबाद, मथुरा, अयोध्या आदि रूटों पर संचालित करने की कवायद में जुट गया है। यह ट्रेनें खिचड़ी मेला, माघ मेला एवं अन्य त्योहार की वजह से चलाये जाने की तैयारियां पूरी कर ली गई हैं। वाणिज्य विभाग ने ट्रेन संचालन की आवश्यकता भी जता दी है।
बता दें कि पूर्वांचल के गोरखनाथ मंदिर में कई दिन तक चलने वाले खिचड़ी मेले में लाखों की भीड़ होती है। इसमें अधिकतर लोग नेपाल एवं आसपास के इलाकों से आते हैं। नेपाल की तरफ से आने वाली संभावित भीड़ की वजह से दो स्पेशल ट्रेनें नौतनवां रूट पर, चार स्पेशल ट्रेनें माघ मेले की वजह से वाराणसी से इलाहाबाद रूट, गोंडा से अयोध्या, कासगंज से मथुरा, बरेली से मथुरा, टनकपुर एवं गोरखपुर से पनियहवां रूट पर संचालित करने का खाका तैयार किया जा रहा है। Continue reading Special Trains by North Eastern Railways for Mela
For the first time, Eastern Railway will run as many as 80 EMU special trains for Ganga Sagar Mela between Sealdah and Namkhana daily from January 12-16 for ferrying pilgrims and extra rush of passengers.
Of them, there will be 4 (four) Down special trains between Sealdah and Namkhana
Continue reading 80 Special Trains to be run by Eastern Railway for Ganga Sagar Mela
For clearance of heavy rush of pilgrims during Holy Gangasagar Mela, the Eastern Railway will run one pair of special trains between Namkhana and Gorakhpur leaving Namkhana on January 15 and Gorakhpur on January 12.From Namkhana the train will leave on Sunday (15 January) at 11.30 p.m. and reach Gorakhpur at 6.45 p.m. on the next day. From Gorakhpur, the train will leave on Thursday (12 January) at 6.25 a.m. and reach Namkhana at 3.30 a.m. on the next day. Continue reading Special trains for Gangasagar Mela
Central Railway will attach additional sleeper class coaches to following Express trains on permanent basis for the benefit of passengers. The details are as under-
AUGMENTED BY ONE SLEEPER CLASS COACH -
a) 12527/12528 Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus – Latur Express w.e.f. 25.1.2012 Ex CST and w.e.f. 26.1.2012 Ex Laur.
b) 11401/11402 Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus – Nagpur Nandigram Express w.e.f. 23.1.2012 Ex Nagpur and w.e.f. 24.1.2012 Ex CST.
Continue reading Augmentation of 11 Express Trains on Permanent Basis
For the convenience of rail passengers and to clear extra rush during Kalchakra Puja, Railways have decided to run two trips of special train no. 03687/03688 New Delhi -Gaya- New Delhi as per the programme:
The 03687 Gaya-New Delhi special train will depart from Gaya at 7.00 p.m. on 11th &12th January, 2012 (2 Trips) to reach New Delhi at 3.20 p.m. the next day. While in the return direction the 03688 New Delhi- Gaya special train will depart from New Delhi at 11.05 p.m. on 12th & 13th January, 2012 (2Trips) to arrive at Gaya at 9.25 p.m. the next day. Continue reading SPECIAL TRAIN ON KALCHAKRA PUJA
In an endeavour to bring about improvement in passenger amenities, Delhi Division of Northern Railway under the flagship & guidance of Shri S.K. Budhalakoti, General Manager and Shri Ashwani Lohani, Divisional Railway Manager, Delhi has started full fledged ‘On Board House Keeping Services (OBHS) on all Shatabdis, also facilitate train users to get detailed information through SMS and to maintain its reputation for being conferred with ‘National Tourism Award’ Delhi Division has set in motion the ‘Clean Delhi Division’ campaign from today i.e. 2nd January, 2012. Continue reading NR IMPLEMENTS MORE STRATEGIES FOR PASSENGER AMENITIES
To create more accommodation on its trains during this festive season Western Railway is attaching additional coaches in 8 trains on temporary basis thereby creating additional carrying capacity The details of augmented trains are as under :
| Sr. No. |
Train No. & Name |
Type of coach |
Date of Temporary Augmentation W.E.F |
| 1. |
12489/90 Dadar-Bikaner Exp |
Two Sleeper Car |
Ex Dadar From 4/01/12 to 18/01/12 Ex Bikaner From 03/01/12 to 17/01/12 |
| 2. |
14707/08 Bandra (T)- Bikaner Express |
One Sleeper |
Ex Bandra(T) From 2/01/12 to 21/01/12 Ex Bikaner From 1/01/12 to 20/01/12 Continue reading WR TO TEMPORARILY AUGMENT 8 TRAINS |
Train no 19011/19012 Mumbai Central-Ahmedabad Gujarat Express and 19109/19110 Valsad-Ahmedabad Gujarat Queen trains have been provided halts at Kanjari-Bvoriyavi station on an experimental basis for a period of six months from 01/01/2012 to 30/06/2012. The timings of the Halts will be as under:-
19109 19011 Station 19110 19012 08.45 08.47 13.19
Continue reading Halts Provided to Two Trains at Kanjari-Boriyavi
For the convenience of passengers and to generate more carrying capacity, Western Railway has augmented 14 trains on permanent basis by adding extra coaches. Details are as under :-
| Sr. No. |
Train No. & Name |
Type of coach |
Date of Permanent Augmentation W.E.F |
| 1. |
12941/42 Ahmedabad-Asansol Express |
One Sleeper |
03/01/2012 |
| 2. |
19105/06 Ahmedabad –Howrah Express |
One Sleeper |
01/01/2012 |
| 3. |
12903/04 Mumbai Central-Amritsar Express |
One Sleeper |
01/01/2012 (Excluding 29/01/2012 &02/02/2012 in Dn direction and 31/12/12 &04/02/12 in Up direction) Continue reading 14 TRAINS ON WESTERN RAILWAY PERMANENTLY AUGMENTED |
In view of the Thirupugazh Thirupadi festival at Tiruttani, Southern railway will run the following EMU specials on the Arakkonam – Tiruttani section on 31.12.2011. Special 1:Dep. Arakkonam22.00 hrs.Arr. Tiruttani22.20 hrs.Dep. Tiruttani22.30 hrs.Arr. Arakkonam22.50 hrs. Special 2:Dep. Arakkonam23.10 hrs.Arr. Tiruttani23.30 hrs.Dep. Tiruttani23.40 hrs.Arr. Arakkonam00.00 hrs
In order to clear extra rush of passengers during winter season, Northern Railway has decided to run Two trips of a superfast special train no. 04014/04013 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Ernakulam as per the following programme:-
04013/04014 HAZRAT NIZAMUDDIN-ERNAKULA-HAZRAT NIZAMUDDIN SUPERFAST SPECIAL TRAIN
The 04014/04013 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Ernakulam Superfast special train will depart on 28.12.11& 4.1.2012 (2 trips only) from Hazrat Nizamuddin at 9.35 p.m. to reach Ernakulam Jn. at 4.30 p.m. the third day. While in the return direction the 04013 Ernakulam-Hazrat Nizamuddin Superfast special train will depart from Ernakulam on 31.12.2011 & 7.1.2012 (2 trips only) at 11.00 p.m. to reach Hazrat Nizamuddin at 7.30 p.m. the third day. Continue reading SPECIAL TRAIN BETWEEN HAZRAT NIZAMUDDIN-ERNAKULAM
