SER’s FIRST SUVIDHA SPECIAL TRAIN BETWEEN HOWRAH AND ERNAKULAM GETS A GOOD PATRONAGE

South Eastern Railway is running Suvidha Special Trains between Howrah and Ernakulam (No. 02853/02854) and the first Suvidha Special train left Howrah o­n 1^st August, 2015 for Ernakulam covering a distance of 2294 kms in 37 hours. The train was well patronized with 81.30 % occupancy. Railway realized an earning of Rs. 18.21 lakhs from ticket sale by running the first Suvidha Special train between Howrah and Ernakulam which is Rs. 4.65 lakhs more in comparison to a regular superfast train with same composition and full occupancy in the same route.

The next Suvidha Special train (No 02853) will leave Howrah for Ernakulam o­n 8^th August, 2015 and berths are still available in all the classes i.e. AC-2 tier, AC-3 tier and Sleeper Class. The 3^rd Suvidha Special train between Howrah and Ernakulam will leave Howrah o­n 22^nd August, 2015.

In the return direction, the train (No. 02854) will leave Ernakulam for Howrah o­n 4^th, 11^th and 25^th August, 2015.