Tuesday, March 31, 2015

CHANGE IN TERMINAL OF LOKMANYA TILAK TERMINUS - AMRITSAR EXPRESS AND CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI TERMINUS - RAJENDRANAGAR EXPRESS FROM 1.6.2015

Ministry of Railways have decided to shift the terminal of Train No. 11057/11058 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus - Amritsar Express from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus to Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Mumbai and Train No. 12141/12142 Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Mumbai - Rajendranagar Express from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Mumbai to Lokmanya Tilak Terminus with effect from 1.6.2015.

The details are as under - 

1. Train No. 11057 of 1.6.2015 will leave from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Mumbai at 23.30 hrs (instead of Lokmanya Tilak Terminus at 23.45 hrs) 
2. Train No. 11058 leaving Amritsar o­n 30.5.2015 will arrive at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus at 04.05 hrs o­n 1.6.2015 (instead of Lokmanya Tilak Terminus at 03.50 hrs)
3. Train No. 12141 of 1.6.2015 will leave from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus at 23.35 hrs (instead of Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Mumbai at 23.25 hrs)
4. Train No. 12142 leaving Rajendranagar o­n 31.5.2015 will arrive at Lokmanya Tilak Terminus at 15.15 hrs o­n 1.6.2015 (instead of Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Mumbai at 15.30 hrs)  

Further both the trains will pick up regular link from 1.6.2015 o­nwards. There will be no change in the timings of arrival / departure of both the trains at destination i.e. Amritsar and Rajendranagar.  

All concerned to please take note of this.

50% TATKAL TICKETS o­n DYNAMIC PRICING IN ANOTHER 20 TRAINS

Ministry of Railways have decided that 50% of the existing tatkal quota tickets shall be sold under dynamic fare scheme. After booking of the first 50% of tatkal tickets under tatkal quota, the subsequent 50% tatkal tickets will be sold o­n dynamic pricing.  The fare shall increase by 20% after each slab of 10% berths are sold subject to the existing cap (maximum fare chargeable) o­n dynamic fare. 

This scheme is further implemented in 20 more trains o­n Central Railway with immediate effect from 5.4.2015.  

1. 10111 Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Mumbai -Madgaon Kokankanya Express
2. 11017 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus - Karaikal Weekly Express 
3. 11027 Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Mumbai - Chennai Mail
4. 11033 Pune - Darbhanga Weekly Express
5. 11037 Pune - Gorakhpur Weekly Express
6. 11039 Shri Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus-Gondia Maharashtra Express
7. 11041 Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Mumbai - Chennai Express
8. 11055 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus - Gorakhpur Godan Express (4 days in a week) 
9. 11057 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus - Amritsar Express
10. 11059 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus - Chhapra Triweekly Express
11. 12103 Pune - Lucknow Weekly Express
12. 12107 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus - Lucknow Superfast Triweekly Express
13. 12143 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus - Sultanpur Superfast Weekly Express
14. 12151 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus - Howrah Bi-weekly Samarasta Express
15. 12811 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus - Hatia Bi-weekly Express
16. 12850 Pune-Bilaspur Weekly Express
17. 12879 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus - Bhubaneshwar Bi-weekly Express
18. 22511 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus - Kamakhya Karmabhoomi Weekly Express
19. 15645 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus - Guwahati Bi-weekly Express
20. 18504 Sainagar Shirdi - Vishakhapatnam Weekly Express

All concerned to please take note of this and avail the scheme.

26 Superfast Weekly Summer Special Trains between Pune and Kamakhya - Bookings for 02511 open on 1.4.2015

Central Railway has decided to run 26 Superfast weekly summer special trains between Pune to Kamakhya to clear the extra rush of passengers. The details are as under:

Train No. 02512 Summer Special will leave Kamakhya at 2205 hrs o­n every Monday from 6.4.2015 to 29.6.2015 (13 trips) and will arrive Pune at 0245 hrs o­n Thursday.
Train No. 02511 Summer Special will leave Pune at 1030 hrs o­n every Thursday from 9.4.2015 to 2.7.2015 (13 trips) and will arrive Kamakhya at 1525 hrs o­n Saturday.

HALTS: Goalpara Town, New Bongaigaon, New Coochbehar, New Jalpaiguri, Kishanganj, Malda Town, Rampurhat, Andal, Asansol, Joychandipahar Jn, Purulia, Chakradharpur, Rourkela, Jharsuguda, Bilaspur, Raipur, Durg, Gondia, Nagpur, Bhusaval and Panvel.

COMPOSITION: o­ne AC-2 Tier, o­ne  AC-3 Tier, 7 Sleeper Class, 3 General Second Class and 2 General Second Class cum Guard’s Brake Van.

RESERVATION: Bookings for 02511 will open from 1.4.2015