Title - MORE BERTHS IN IMPORTANT TRAINS ORIGINATING FROM EAST COAST RAILWAY

In view to avoid rush in regular trains like Bhubaneswar-Pondicherry-Bhubaneswar Express, Bhubaneswar-Rameswaram-Bhubaneswar Express, Bhubaneswar-Secunderabad-Bhubaneswar Visakha Express, Puri- Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT)-Puri Express and Visakhapatnam-Nanded-Visakhapatnam Express, East Coast Railway has decided to augment additional coaches in these trains o­n permanent basis by creating 424 additional berths o­n a regular measure for the benefit of the commuters with immediate effect.
12898/12897 Bhubaneswar-Pondicherry-Bhubaneswar Expresswill be augmented with One Sleeper Class Coach w.e.f. 2ndOctober 2012 from Bhubaneswar and w.e.f. 3rdOctober 2012 from Pondicherry. o­n permanent augmentation, this train will run with 21 coaches, i.e. 11 Sleeper Class, One AC-2 tier, Two AC-3 tiers, Four General Second Class Coaches, Two Guard cum Luggage Vans and One Pantry Car in its composition.
18496/18495 Bhubaneswar-Rameswaram-Bhubaneswar Expresswill be augmented with One Sleeper Class Coach w.e.f. 5th October 2012 from Bhubaneswar and w.e.f. 7th October 2012 from Rameswaram. o­n permanent augmentation, this train will run with 21 coaches, i.e. 11 Sleeper Class, One AC-2 tier, Two AC-3 tiers, Four General Second Class Coaches, Two Guard cum Luggage Vans and One Pantry Car in its composition.
17015/17016 Bhubaneswar-Secunderabad-Bhubaneswar Visakha Express will be augmented with One Sleeper Class Coach & One AC-3 tier w.e.f. 1st October 2012 from  Secunderabad and w.e.f.  3rd October 2012 from Bhubaneswar. o­n permanent augmentation, this train will run with 21 coaches, i.e. 14 Sleeper Class, One AC-2 tier, Two AC-3 tiers, Two General Second Class Coaches and Two Guard cum Luggage Vans in its composition.
12746/12745 Puri-LTT-Puri Express will be augmented with One Sleeper Class Coach w.e.f. 2ndOctober 2012 from Puri and w.e.f. 4thOctober 2012 from LTT. o­n permanent augmentation, this train will run with 21 coaches, i.e. 09 Sleeper Class, One AC-2 tier, Two AC-3 tiers, Six General Second Class Coaches, Two Guard cum Luggage Vans and One Pantry Car in its composition.
18509/18510 Visakhapatnam-Nanded-Visakhapatnam Expresswill be augmented with One Sleeper Class Coach w.e.f. 3rd October 2012 from Visakhapatnam and w.e.f. 4th October 2012 from Nanded. o­n permanent augmentation, this train will run with 20 coaches, i.e. 10 Sleeper Class, One AC-2 tier, One AC-3 tier, Five General Second Class Coaches, Two Guard cum Luggage Vans and One Pantry Car in its composition.
Similarly, 22811/22812/22823/22824 Bhubaneswar-New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express will be augmented with One AC-3 tier Coach w.e.f. 3rd October 2012 from Bhubaneswar and w.e.f. 4th October 2012 from New Delhi for a period of three months i.e. from 1st October to 31st December 2012. o­n augmentation, this train will run with 14 coaches, i.e. One AC First Class, Two AC-2 tier, EightAC-3 tiers, Two Power Generator cum Guard Vans and One Pantry Car in its composition during this period. As a result, East Coast Railway has created 5760 additional berths in Rajdhani Express o­nly during the above period.