Title - SCR to provide 1,584 additional berths on Express trains

The South Central Railway will temporarily augment certain Express trains with additional coaches to clear extra rush and waitlisted passengers.

As many as 1,584 additional berths will be provided by attaching additional coaches to Express trains.

Secunderabad-Hazarath Nizamuddin Duronto Express will be augmented with one additional AC II Tier and one sleeper class coaches on September 26 and 29, October 3 and 6.

Hazarath Nizamuddin-Secunderabad Duronto Express will be augmented with one additional AC-II tier and one sleeper class coaches on September 27, 30, October 4 and 7.

Tirupati-Hazarath Nizamuddin AP Samaparak Kranthi express will be augmented with one additional AC-III tier coach on September 25, 27, 30 and October 2 and 4.

Hazarath Nizamuddin-Tirupati AP Samaparak Kranthi express will be augmented with one additional AC-III Tier coach on September 27 and 29 and October 2, 4 and 6.

In all, 8 AC-II tier, 10 AC-III tier and 8 sleeper class coaches totalling 26 additional coaches will be attached to the above trains. These additional coaches will make available 1,584 additional berths to clear extra rush and waitlisted passengers.

Additional halts

The SCR will also provide additional stoppage for Secunderabad-Sirpurkhaznagar Telangana Express at Ravindrakhani on Mancherial-Bellampalli section on an experimental basis for a period of six months with effect from September 25.

Accordingly, the train will arrive/depart from Ravindrakhani at 12.09/12.10 hrs. In the return direction, it will arrive/depart Ravindrakhani at 15.24/15.25 hrs.

Additional stoppages will be provided for a minute for the following trains on an experimental basis for a period of six months.

Additional stoppage at Basmet station on Hingoli-Purna section for Ajmer-Hyderabad bi-weekly express with effect from October 1.

Accordingly, the train will arrive/depart Basmet at 17.59/18.00 hrs. In the opposite direction it will arrive/depart Basmet at 02.29/02.30 hrs.

Tirupati-Amaravati bi-weekly express will also halt at Basmet station on Hingoli-Purna section with effect from September 30.

Accordingly, the train will arrive/depart Basmet at 10.04/10.05 hrs. In the opposite direction it will arrive/depart Basmet at 10.54/10.55 hrs.

Similarly CSMT Kolhapur-Dhanbad Dikshabhumi Express will stop at Kinwat station on Hazur Sahib Nanded--Adilabad section with effect from September 28.

Accordingly, the train will arrive/ depart Kinwat at 00.59/01.00 hrs. In the return direction it will arrive/depart Kinwat at 23.44/23.45 hrs.

Patna-Purna express will halt at Himayatnagar station on Hazur Sahib Nanded-Sahasrakund section with effect from October 4.

Accordingly, the train will arrive/depart Himayatnagar at 03.59/04.00 hrs. In the opposite direction, it will arrive/depart Himayatnagar at 20.04/20.05 hrs.

Hyderabad-Kochuveli Sabari express will halt at Wadakancherry station. The train  will stop at Wadakancherry from September 24 to October 15. In the opposite direction it will stop at Wadakancherry from September 25 to Ocotber 16.

14 Special Trains

To clear extra rush of passengers during the ensuing festival season, 14 weekly special trains will run between Nagercoil and Kacheguda.

Kacheguda-Nagercoil weekly special train will depart from Kacheguda at 16.00 hrs on Wednesdays ie Oct 2,9,16, 23, 30 and November 6 and 13 and arrive in Nagercoil at 21.15 hrs the next day.

In the return direction the train will depart from Nagercoil at 18.10 hrs on Tuesdays ie, Oct 1,8,15, 22, 29 and November 5 and 12 and arrive in Kacheguda at 13.55 hrs the next day.