27 September 2014

SER TO RUN 348 PUJA SPECIALS, TO AUGMENT 30 MAIL/ EXPRESS TRAINS & TO RUN 7 SUBURBAN EMU SPECIALS DURING FESTIVE SEASON—ALMOST 1.45 LAKH ADDITIONAL RESERVED BERTHS GENERATED

SER TO RUN 348 PUJA SPECIALS, TO AUGMENT 30 MAIL/ EXPRESS TRAINS & TO RUN 7 SUBURBAN EMU SPECIALS DURING FESTIVE SEASON—ALMOST 1.45 LAKH ADDITIONAL RESERVED BERTHS GENERATED


Kolkata, 25th Sept. 2014:

With a view to clear extra rush of passengers during the ensuing festive season, South Eastern Railway has made elaborate arrangements to run 348 long distance special trains including premium special trains from Howrah, Santragachi, Kharagpur, Ranchi and Hatia to different destinations viz. Yesvantpur (Bangalore), Chennai, Mumbai, Ernakulam (Kerala), Mysore, Puri, Secunderabad, Anand Vihar(Delhi), Dumka and New Jalpaiguri. This apart, 30 Mail/Express trains will be augmented by attaching o­ne extra coach in each of these trains from September to November/December 2014. Moreover, 7 night EMU Specials will also be run daily from 29.09.2014 to 04.10.2014 during Durga Puja.

As a result of running of these special trains and augmentation of existing Mail/Express trains, 1,44,712 number of additional reserved berths will be generated for the benefit of the travelling public.

PREMIUM SPECIALS (106 nos.)

·36 nos. Premium Weekly Specials between Howrah-Yesvantpur(Bangalore)

w.e.f. 01.09.2014 to 31.12.2014.

·20 nos. Premium Weekly Specials between Howrah-Chennai

w.e.f. 26.09.2014 to 29.11.2014.

·04 nos. Premium Weekly Specials between Howrah-Mumbai (LTT)

w.e.f. 23.09.2014 to 02.10.2014.

·18 nos. Premium Weekly Specials between Santragachi-Puri

w.e.f. 18.09.2014 to 14.11.2014.

·12 nos. Premium Weekly Speciasl between Santragachi-Mysore

w.e.f. 24.09.2014 to 31.10.2014.

·06 nos. Premium Weekly Specials between Santragachi-Secunderabad

w.e.f. 26.09.2014 to 21.10.2014.

·10 nos. Premium Weekly Specials between Santragachi-Ernakulam (Kerala)

w.e.f.27.09.2014 to 28.10.2014.




OTHER MAIL/EXPRESS SPECIALS ( 242 nos.)

·08 nos. weekly specials between Howrah-Mumbai (CST)

w.e.f. 21.10.2014 to 13.11.2014.

·14 nos. weekly specials between Santragachi-Ernakulam

w.e.f. 13.09.2014 to 02.12.2014.

·48 nos. weekly specials between Santragachi-Puri

w.e.f. 05.09.2014 to 27.12.2014

·22 nos. weekly specials between Santragachi-Anand Vihar

w.e.f. 01.09.2014 to 11.11.2014.

·34 nos. Bi-weekly Jansadharan specials between Santragachi-Chennai

w.e.f. 18.09.2014 to 15.11.2014

·88 nos. specials (Except Thurs. & Sun.) between Kharagpur-Dumka

w.e.f. 01.09.2014 to 31.10.2014

·18 nos. weekly specials between Ranchi-New Jalpaiguri

w.e.f. 18.09.2014 to 14.11.2014

·08 nos. weekly specials between Hatia-Mumbai

w.e.f. 21.10.2014 to 13.11.2014.

·02 nos. weekly specials between Santragachi-Chennai

w.e.f.30.09.2014 to 01.10.2014

30 NOS. MAIL/EXPRESS TRAINS AUGMENTED

Howrah-Mumbai Duranto, Howrah-Pune Duranto, Santragachi-Chennai AC Express will be augmented by attaching o­ne AC -2 tier coach each & Howrah-Vasco Amravati Express and Ranchi-New Delhi Garib Rath will be augmented by o­ne AC – 3 tier coach each. Howrah-Yesvantpur Express, Howrah-Puducherry Express, Howrah-Mysore Express, Hatia-Yesvantpur Express, Hatia-Pune Express will be provided with o­ne extra Sleeper Class coach each. Howrah-Puri Dhauli Express, Howrah-Digha Tamralipta Express and Howrah-Digha Kandari Express will also be augmented by attaching o­ne non AC chair car coach each. Similarly Tata-Bilaspur and Jharsuguda-Gondia Passenger trains will be provided with o­ne extra unreserved coach each. The above trains will be augmented during the period from 01.09. 14 to 02

7 NOS. EXTRA SUBURBAN EMU SPECIALS DAILY DURING DURGA PUJA (LATE NIGHT SERVICE)

SER will run 07 extra suburban EMU specials daily during night from 29.09.2014 to 04.10.2014 for the Durga Puja rush. These night EMU Specials will run between Mecheda-Howrah, Howrah-Kharagpur, Kharagpur-Mecheda, Panskura-Howrah, Howrah-Panskura, Amta-Howrah and Howrah-Amta.

Besides, 76 Mail/Express Weekly Special Trains originating from various important places of the country will be passing through South Eastern Railway’s jurisdiction during the festive season.