12 January 2015

ECoR TO RUN SPECIAL TRAIN TOWARDS SECUNDERABAD FOR PONGAL FESTIVA

To avoid rush in different regular trains towards Secunderabad during Pongal, East Coast Railway has decided to run two (02) pairs of Special Trains towards Secunderabad and Guntur from Visakhapatnam.
08503 Visakhapatnam-SecunderabadSpecial train will leave Visakhapatnam at 1905hrs (07.05p.m) o­n every Friday between 9th January to 30thJanuary 2015 and will arrive at Secunderabad at 0750hrs (07.50a.m) o­n the following days. In the return Direction, 08504 Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam Special will leave Secunderabad at 2210hrs (10.10p.m) o­n every Saturday between 10th January to 31stJanuary 2015 and will arrive at Visakhapatnam at 1035hrs (10.35a.m) o­n the next days during the period.
This train will run with o­ne AC-2 tier, o­ne AC-3 tier, Five Sleeper Class Coaches, Five General Second Class Coaches and Two Guard cum Luggage Vans in its composition having stoppages at Duvvada, Anakapalli, Tuni, Annavaram, Samalkot, Rajahmundry, Tadepalligudem, Eluru, Vijayawada, Warangal & Kazipet between Visakhapatnam & Secunderabad from both the directions.
08507 Visakhapatnam-Guntur Special train will leave Visakhapatnam at 0535hrs (05.35a.m) o­n 10th, 11th, 12th, 17th, 18th & 19thJanuary 2015 and will arrive at Guntur at 01230hrs o­n the same day. In the return Direction, 08508 Guntur-Visakhapatnam Special will leave Guntur at 1650hrs (04.50p.m) o­n 10th, 11th, 12th, 17th, 18th & 19th January 2015 and will arrive at Visakhapatnam at 2330hrs (11.30p.m) o­n the same day o­n the above days.
This train will run with o­ne AC-3 tier, Five Second Class Chair Car Coaches, Eight General Second Class Coaches and Two Guard cum Luggage Vans in its composition having stoppages at Duvvada, Anakapalli, Tuni, Annavaram, Samalkot, Rajahmundry, Tadepalligudem, Eluru, Vijayawada and Mangalagiri, between Visakhapatnam & Guntur from both the directions.
Apart from this, 02839/02840 Howrah-Chennai-Howrah special train is leaving Howrah o­n Every Friday towards Chennai and from Chennai o­n every Saturday towards Howrah, 02853/02854 Santragachhi-Ernakulam-Santragachhi special leaving Santragachhi o­n every Saturday towards Ernakulam and from Ernakulam o­n every Tuesday towards Santragachhi till the last week of January 2015.
Similarly, 02653/02654 Bangalore-Visakhapatnam-Bangalore special leaving Bangalore o­n every Friday till 16th January towards Visakhapatnam and leaving Visakhapatnam o­n every Saturday till 17thJanuary 2015 towards Bangalore.
00851/00852 Bhubaneswar-Bangalore Cant-Bhubaneswar bi-weekly Premium train leaving Bhubaneswar o­n every Wednesday & Saturday towards Bangalore via Visakhapatnam and leaving Bangalore Cant o­n every Monday & Friday towards Bhubaneswar.
02882/02881 Bhubaneswar-Pune-Bhubaneswarspecial leaving Bhubaneswar o­n every Sunday towards Pune via Visakhapatnam and from Pune o­n every Tuesday towards Bhubaneswar till the last week of January 2015.
08301/08302 Sambalpur-Yesvantpur-Sambalpur special leaving Sambalpur o­n every Wednesday towards Yesvantpur via Visakhapatnam and from Yesvantpur o­n every Friday towards Sambalpur till the last week of January 2015.
These apart, other special trains like 08505/08506 Visakhapatnam-Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam special leaving Visakhapatnam o­n every Wednesday & Saturday towards Secunderabad and leaving Secunderabad o­n every Thursday & Sunday towards Visakhapatnam till the last week of January 2015.
08567/08568 Visakhapatnam-Quilon-Visakhapatnam special leaving Visakhapatnam o­n every Sunday towards Quilon and leaving Quilon o­n every Tuesday towards Visakhapatnam till the last week of January 2015.
08501/08502 Visakhapatnam-Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam special leaving Visakhapatnam o­n every Tuesday towards Secunderabad and from Secunderabad o­n every Wednesday towards Visakhapatnam till the last week of January 2015.
02873/02874 Visakhapatnam-Tirupati-Visakhapatnam special leaving Visakhapatnam o­n every Monday towards Tirupati and leaving Tirupati o­n every Tuesday towards Visakhapatnam till the last week of January 2015.