CR TO RUN 28 FESTIVAL SPECIAL TRAINS

Railways have decided to run 28 Festival special trains i.e. 12 Superfast special trains between Lokmanya Tilak Terminus and Howrah via Mughalsarai and 16 Superfast AC special trains between Lokmanya Tilak Terminus and Santragachi (Howrah) via Nagpur to clear the extra rush of Passengers. The details are as under –

1) 12 SUPERFAST SPECIAL TRAINS BETWEEN LOKMANYA TILAK TERMINUS AND HOWRAH:

03062 Special will leave Lokmanya Tilak Terminus at 11.20 hrs on every Thursday from 10.10.2013 to 14.11.2013 (6 trips) and will arrive Howrah at 22.50 hrs next day. 03061 Special will leave Howrah at 08.15 hrs on every Tuesday from 8.10.2013 to 12.11.2013 (6 trips) and will arrive Lokmanya Tilak Terminus at 00.25 hrs on third day.

Halts: Kalyan, Igatpuri, Manmad, Jalgaon, Bhusawal, Khandwa, Itarsi, Pipariya, Narsingpur, Jabalpur, Katni, Maihar, Satna, Manikpur, Chheoki,  Mugalsarai, Sasaram, Dehri-on-sone, Gaya, Koderma, Dhanbad, Asansol, Durgapur and Bardhman.

Composition: one AC 2-tier, Two AC 3-tier, 10 Sleeper class, 3 General Second class and 2 General second class cum guard’s brake vans.

2) 16 SUPERFAST AC SPECIAL TRAINS BETWEEN LOKMANYA TILAK TERMINUS AND SANTRAGACHI (HOWRAH)

08059 AC Special Train will leave Lokmanya Tilak Terminus on every Friday at 00.45 hrs from 11.10.2013 to 29.11.2013 and will arrive Santragachi at 08.00 hrs next day. 08060 AC Special train will leave Santragachi on every Wednesday at 06.05 hrs from 9.10.2013 to 27.11.2013 and will arrive Lokmanya Tilak Terminus at 13.35 hrs next day.

Halts: Kalyan, Igatpuri, Nasik Road, Manmad, Bhusval, Akola, Badnera, Wardha, Nagpur, Gondia, Durg, Raipur, Bilaspur, Jharsuguda, Rourkela, Chakradharpur, Tatanagar, Kharagpur.

Composition: one First AC, Four AC-2 Tier, Seven AC-3 Tier, one Pantry Car and 2 Generator cum Guard’s Brake vans.

RESERVATION: Bookings for Train No. 03062 & 08059 open from 23.9.2013.