Indian Railways News => Topic started by railenquiry on Sep 11, 2013 - 02:56:43 AM


Title - 2 special trains to clear festive rush
Posted by : railenquiry on Sep 11, 2013 - 02:56:43 AM

Chandigarh: To clear the extra rush of passengers of the region during the festivals from the next month, the railway authorities have decided to start two special trains from the Chandigarh Railway Station. Taking cognisance of the demand of tickets, the authorities have decided to commence weekly express to Dibrugarh and tri-weekly express to Varanasi from the Chandigarh Railway Station.Train number 05903 Dibrugarh-Chandigarh weekly express special train will depart from Dibruagarh from October 11 to November 29 on every Friday at 08.40 am to reach Chandigarh at 01.10 pm on the third day. In the return direction, 05904 Chandigarh-Dibrugarh special train will depart from Chandigarh on every Sunday from October 13 to 2 at 11.15 pm to reach Dibrugarh at 06.15 am on the fourth day.Their will be 16 coaches, which include o­ne AC 2 Tier, o­ne AC 3 Tier, nine sleeper class, four general class and two disabled-friendly second class-cum-luggage van.The train will halt will at New Tinsukia, Simalugarhi, Mariyani, Furkating, Dimapur, Diphu, Lumding, Guwahati, Rangiya, New Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar, New Alipurduar, New Cooch Behar, New Jalpaiguri, Kishanganj, Katihar, Nauguchia, Khagaria, Barauni, Samastipur, Muzaffarpur, Hajipur, Sonepur, Chhapra, Siwan, Deoria Sadar, Gorakhpur, Gonda, Lucknow, Bareilly, Moradabad, Saharanpur, Ambala and Chandigarh en route in both the directions.

Another train number 04504 Chandigarh-Varanasi tri-weekly special train will depart from Chandigarh o­n every Monday, Thursday and Saturday from October 3 to November 28 at 11.15 pm to reach Varanasi at 05.30 pm on the next day.

In the return direction, 04503 Varanasi-Chandigarh tri-weekly will depart from Varanasi on every Tuesday, Friday and Sunday from October 4 to November 29 at 09.10 pm to reach Chandigarh at 02.30 pm the next day.

Their will be 14 coaches, which include six sleeper class, six general class and two second class-cum-luggage van. The halt will be at Ambala Cantonment, Jagadhari, Saharanpur, Moradabad, Bareilly, Lucknow and Sultanpur stations en route in both the directions.