The release of new Railway Time Table every year is an event, eagerly awaited by the travelling Public. Shri G.N.Asthana, General Manager, South Central Railway has released the Southern Zone Time Table today i.e 30th June 2012 at Rail Nilayam conference hall. This Time Table, which was got designed and printed by South Central Railway, provides detailed timings on all the Train services run on South Central, Southern , South Western and Konkan Railways.
The layout of this issue has been designed with care to enable easyreference and access to the required information on various Passenger Services. The data has been presented colorfullyin an eye-pleasingmanner with maps and tables to enhance the readability. This Southern Zone Time tablecan serve as a one-stop guide for all the information needs of Rail Passengers in planning their journey.
This new Time Table, which comes into effect from 01st July, offers much cheer for the Passengers of South Central Railway . 15 of the 75 new Mail/Express Trains announced in the Railway Budget-2012-13 will originate from S.C.Railway and another 10 would pass through this Railway.Thus, 1/3rd of the total Mail/Express trains to be introduced during the FY 2012-13 would be available for the Passengers ofS.C.Railway. Allotment of such high percentage of trains for SCR has never been done in the past. These trains will be introduced in a phased manner in the current Financial Year.
Apart from New Train Services, this Time Table features the extension of 3 Originating Trains and 1 pass through Train and increase in frequency of 8 Originating / Terminating Trains and 4 pass through Trains over SCR.There will be change in the Days of operation for 5 Weekly Trains on SCR.
Changes in the present schedule of timings have been effected in respect of 4of the SCR's trains, viz.,i) Tr. No 17429 Hyderabad- Tirupathi Rayalaseema Express ii) Tr. No 12485 Nanded- Shri Ganga Sagar Express, iii) Tr. No 12732 Secunderabad - Tirupathi Express and iv) Tr. No 17415 Tirupathi - Kolhapur Haripriya Express.
12 Trains have been speeded up by reducing their travel time ranging from 10 minutes to 80 minutes.Arrival / Departure Timings of some of the Trains at individual Stations have been changed in 12 cases
Change of terminal has been effected from the present Secunderabad to Kachegudafor 2 Trainsviz., - i)Tr. No 57426 Guntakal - Secunderabad Passenger andii) Tr. No 57473 Secunderabad - Bodhan Passenger.
Train Numbers of 4 Originating / Terminating Express Trains and 14 Express Trains passing through SCR have also been changed with effect from various dates in August and October.
Train-wise and Station-wise details of the changes to be effected as mentioned above are given below :
Summary of New Train services to be introduced on SCR :
Year
Mail / Express
Passenger
Grand Total
Origtng
Pass Through
Total
Origtng
Pass Through
Total
Origtng
Pass Through
Total
2012-13
15
10
25
1
-
1
16
10
26
Summary of other salient changes in the pattern of Train Serviceson SCR:
Sl.No
Item
Express Train
Passenger
Trains
Grand Total
Originating /
Terminating on SCR
Passing Through SCR
1
Extension of Trains
1
1
2
4
2
Increase in Frequency
8
4
-
12
3
Changes in Days of Operation
2
3
-
5
4
Changes in complete time schedule of Train
4
-
-
4
5
Change of Terminal
-
-
2
2
6
Change in Arrival/ Departure Timings at individual stations
4
-
8
12
7
Change in Train numbers
4
14
-
18
8
Speeding up of Trains
4
4
4
12
I.New Train Services (2012-13) (from a date to be notified later)
a)Originating Express Trains
Secunderabad – Shalimar AC Express (Weekly via Vijayawada)
Kakinada – Secunderabad AC Express (Tri Weekly)
Secunderabad– Bidar Inter City Express (Six days a Week)
Secunderabad – Belampalli Inter City express (Daily via Kazipet)
Kacheguda – Madurai Express (Weekly via Dharmavaram, Pakala, Jolarpettai)
Secunderabad – Darbhanga Express (Bi-weekly via Ballarshah, Jharsuguda, Rourkela, Ranchi, Jhajha)
