Central Railway arranged more special train services for passengers during festival season…

Central Railway arranged more special train services for passengers during festival season…

34 more Festival Special Trains (Lokmanya Tilak Terminus-Secunderabad (16) & Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus-Jabalpur (18)) - Bookings for 02702 & 01701 open from 27.9.2013

CR TO RUN 34 MORE FESTIVAL SPECIAL TRAINS

Railways have decided to run 34 more festival special trains to clear the extra rush of passengers during festival season. Railways have already announced running of 48 festival specials. The details of 34 festival specials are as under:

A) WEEKLY AC SPECIAL TRAINS BETWEEN MUMBAI AND SECUDNERABAD (16)

02702 AC Special will leave Lokmanya Tilak Terminus at 20.50 hrs o­n every Monday from 7.10.2013 to 25.11.2013 (8 trips) and will reach Secunderabad at 13.45 hrs next day.

02701 AC Special will leave Secunderabad at 23.45 hrs o­n every Sunday from 6.10.2013 to 24.11.2013 (8 trips) and will arrive Lokmanya Tilak Terminus at 17.05 hrs next day.

Halts: Panvel, Lonavala, Pune, Daund (for 02701 o­nly), Solapur, Wadi, Seram, Tandur, Vikarabad and Begampet.

Composition: o­ne AC first class, Three AC-2 tier, Nine AC-3 tier and 2 Generator cum Guard’s brake vans.

B) WEEKLY SPECIAL TRAINS BETWEEN MUMBAI AND JABALPUR SPECIALS (18)

01701 Special will leave Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus at 13.30 hrs o­n every Sunday from 6.10.2013 to 1.12.2013 (9 trips) and will arrive Jabalpur at 06.00 hrs next day.

01702 Special will leave Jabalpur at 19.30 hrs o­n every Saturday from 5.10.2013 to 30.11.2013 (9 trips) and will arrive Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus at 12.15 hrs next day.

Halts: Dadar, Kalyan, Igatpuri, Nasik Road, Manmad, Jalgaon, Bhusaval, Khandwa, Harda, Itarsi, Pipariya, Gadarwara and Narsinghpur.

Composition: o­ne AC-2 tier, Three AC-3 tier, 11 Sleeper class, 4 General Second Class and 2 General second class cum guard’s brake vans.

Reservation: Bookings for 02702 and 01701 open from 27.9.2013.

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