Title - Railways extends special trains to avoid rush during puja

Bhubaneswar: in view to avoid rush in regular trains during Puja Holidays, Railways have decided to extend running of special trains towards Chennai and Sai Nagar Shirdi from Visakhapatnam.  Visakhapatnam-Chennai-Visakhapatnam weekly Special train will leave Visakhapatnam at 19.20 hours on every Monday between November 5 to  November 122 and will arrive at Chennai Central at 08.55 hours on the next days. In the return direction, this train will leave Chennai at 21.10 hours on every Tuesday between November 6 to November 13 and will arrive at Visakhapatnam at 10.25 hours on the following days. This train will have One AC-2 tier, One AC-3 tier, Seven Sleeper Class, Four General Second Class and Two Guard cum Luggage Vans in its composition having stoppages at Duvvada, Anakapalli, Tuni, Samalkot, Rajahmundry, Elluru, Vijayawada, Ongole, Nellore and Gudur between Visakhapatnam and Chennai Central. Similarly Visakhapatnam-Sai Nagar Shirdi- Visakhapatnam weekly Special train will leave Visakhapatnam at 09.10 hours on every Thursday between November 1 to  November 8 and will arrive at Sai Nagar Shirdi at 12.15 hours on the next days. In the return direction, this train will leaveSai Nagar Shirdi at 19.10 hours on every Friday between November 2 to November 9 and will arrive at Visakhapatnam at 22.20 hours on the following days. This train will have One AC-2 tier, One AC-3 tier, Seven Sleeper Class, Four General Second Class and Two Guard cum Luggage Vans in its composition having stoppages at Duvvada, Anakapalli, Samalkot, Rajahmundry, Eluru, Vijayawada, Khammam, Warangal, Kazipet, Secunderabad, Kamareddi, Nizamabad, Nanded, Purna, Parbhani, Jalna, Aurangabad, Nagarsol, Manmad and Kopargaon between Visakhapatnam and Sai Nagar Shirdi, according to a release issued by the East Coast Railway.