INTRODUCTION OF AIR-CONDITIONED BI-WEEKLY SUPERFAST EXPRESS TRAINS BETWEEN CHENNAI CENTRAL – SANTRAGACHI / PERMANENT AUGMENTATION OF TRAINS

A fully air-conditioned bi-weekly superfast express train service will be introduced ex.Santragachi on 21.01.2014 and ex.Chennai Central on 23.01.2014.

Train No.22807 Santragachi - Chennai Central AC bi-weekly superfast express will leave Santragachi at 19.00 hrs. on Tuesdays and Fridays and arrive Chennai Central at 22.45 hrs. on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Train No.22808 Chennai Central – Santragachi AC bi-weekly superfast express will leave Chennai Central at 07.55 hrs. on Thursdays and Sundays and arrive Santragachi at 10.25 hrs. on Fridays and Mondays.

The composition of the trains will be 1 AC First Class, 4 AC 2-tier and 10 AC 3-tier coaches. The trains will stop at Kharagpur, Balasore, Bhadrak, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Khurda Road, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, Samalkot Jn. Rajamundry, Tadepalligudem, Vijayawada, Ongole, Nellore, Gudur and Sullurupeta.

Advance reservations for the above trains will commence on 18.01.2014.

PERMANENT AUGMENTATION OF TRAINS

Train No.12851/12852 Bilaspur – Chennai Central – Bilaspur weekly express trains will be permanently augmented by 1 AC 3-tier coach from 02.02.2014 ex. Bilaspur and from 03.02.2014 ex. Chenai Central.