Indian Railways News => Topic started by nikhilndls on Sep 04, 2013 - 17:57:36 PM


Title - Reserve train seats for November 1, 2nd
Posted by : nikhilndls on Sep 04, 2013 - 17:57:36 PM

South Western Railway (SWR) on Tuesday said that there were still some seats available on trains to popular destinations on November 1 and 2 and that tickets were not sold out yet.

In a statement, its PRO said that while booking for  November 3 would be open on Wednesday, tickets could still be booked on some trains heading towards Mumbai, New Delhi, Kochi and Hyderabad for travel on November 1 and 2.

According to figures provided by the SWR at noon on Tuesday, less than 100 seats each were available on trains like Udyan Express and Kurla Express to Mumbai in all classes except the sleeper class. Similarly, seats were available for November 2 in trains to Kanyakumari, Kochuveli and New Delhi.

The consolidated figures show that sleeper class in all trains has a few hundred seats per train. As many as 462 sleeper class tickets were available in Kacheguda Express. However, the exact number of these seats may be different on Wednesday.

Recognised for Honesty

Two RPF officials were recognised for their honesty on Tuesday when DRM Anil Kumar Agarwal commended them for tracing the owner of a gold bangle found during regular inspection and returning it to him. Z Rahamathulla Khan, Sub-Inspector and Manjunath, Constable discovered the bangle in Kakinada-Bangalore City Sheshadri Express on September 1.

They noted the berth number and traced the PNR number and eventually the owner.

The bangle was valued at Rs 50,000 and belonged to the wife of Shrikanth who were travelling from Tirupati to K R Puram.

Augmentation of train

South Eastern Railway will be augmenting Howrah-Yeshwantpur-Howrah Duronto Express in order to clear extra rush on September 4, 7, 8, 11, 13, 15, 17, 20, 21, 24, 25, 28 and 29 by adding one additional AC 3 tier coach and on September 6, 10, 14, 18, 22 and 27 by adding one second class sleeper coach from Howrah. In the return direction, the additional AC 3 tier coach will be added from Yeshwantpur on September 5, 6, 9, 10, 13, 15, 17, 19, 22, 23, 26, 27, 30 and October 1. The additional second class sleeper coach will be added on September 8, 12, 16, 20, 24 and 29, a press release said.