Title - AC holiday special between Ahmedabad-Mumbai started - TOI Mobile | The Times of India Mobile Site

SURAT: Western Railway to run three additional trains during the Diwali week to cater the heavy traffic during the festive season. The air conditioned holiday special trains will run between Ahmedabad and Mumbai on three days Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

The train number 09017 will start from Mumbai at 12.30 and reach Ahmedabad at 7.55 pm. In return the train number 09018 start from Ahmedabad at 8.55 pm and reach Mumbai at 5 am. The train will stop at Borivali, Surat, Vadodara and Anand in both directions. The train bookings have been started from Monday.

The train service will be discontinued after the three up and own runs. In addition, a special train between Bandra to Jodhpur will be run on November 21. The train will start from Bandra at 7.50 pm on November 21 and reach Jodhpur at 2.45 pm on November 22. The Bandra Jodhpur special train will stop at all the important stations of Gujarat on its routes.

Considering the heavy rush for train bookings the new trains have been started. Meanwhile, the trains going to different destinations are jam-packed. Bus fares have increased to almost double for majority of the locations of Rajasthan, Saurashtra and Maharashtra. The state transport department started around 400 new bus routes considering the festive rush.