19 August 2013

SCR Provides 10,000 Additional Berths by attaching Additional Coaches to Several Express Trains to Clear Extra Rush / Waitlisted Passengers

South Central Railway will temporarily augment the following express trains with additional Coaches  to clear the extra rush / waitlisted passengers as per the details  below:-



1.Tr.No. 17210 Kakinada Town - Bangalore Seshadri Express will be augmented with one additional AC III tier from 16th August, 2013 to 31st August, 2013
2.Tr.No. 17209 Bangalore - Kakinada Town Seshadri Express will be augmented with one additional AC III tier from 17th August, 2013 to 31st August, 2013
3.Tr.No. 17405 Tirupati - Adilabad Krishna Express will be augmented with one additional Sleeper Class Coach from 16th August, 2013 to 31st August, 2013
4.Tr.No. 17406 Adilabad - Tirupati Krishna Express will be augmented with one additional Sleeper Class Coach from 17th August, 2013 to 31st August, 2013
5.Tr.No. 12797 Kacheguda - Chittoor Venkatadri Express will be augmented with one additional AC II tier Coach from 16th August, 2013 to 31st August, 2013
6.Tr.No. 12798 Chittoor - Kacheguda Venkatadri Express will be augmented with one additional AC II tier Coach from 16th August, 2013 to 31st August, 2013
7.Tr.No . 17401 Tirupati - Machilipatnam Express will be augmented with one additional Sleeper Class Coach from 16th August, 2013 to 31st August, 2013
8.Tr.No. 17402 Machilipatnam - Tirupati Express will be augmented with one additional Sleeper Class Coach from 17th August, 2013 to 31st August, 2013
9.   Tr.No. 17018 Secunderabad - Rajkot Express will be augmented with one additional AC III tier Coach from 19thAugust, 2013 to 31st August, 2013
10.Tr.No. 17017 Rajkot - Secunderabad  Express will be augmented with one additional AC III tier Coach from 21th August, 2013 to 2nd September, 2013
11.Tr.No. 17002 Secunderabad - Sai Nagar Shirdi Express will be augmented with one additional AC III tier Coach o­n 16th, 23rd& 30th August, 2013 (Fridays)
12.Tr.No. 17001 Sai Nagar Shirdi - Secunderabad  Express will be augmented with one additional AC III tier Coach o­n 17th, 24th & 31stAugust, 2013 (Saturdays)

            These  additional 32 AC II Tier coaches  will make available 1472 additional AC II Tier berths, 63 additional AC III Tier coaches will make available 4032 additional AC III Tier berths and 62 additional Sleeper Class Coaches will make available 4464 additional Sleeper Class Berths.

 In all, 10,000 additional berths will be made available by these 157 additional coaches to cater to the extra rush of passengers.