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South Eastern Railway has decided to run 7 pairs of weekly special trains between Santragachi and Rajkot (Gujarat) during the period from October 16 to November 30 during Durga Puja and Diwali Festivals.

          08049/08050 Santragachi-Rajkot Weekly Special (7 pairs), the Weekly Special train leaving Santragachi every Wednesday at 21.25 hrs will reach Rajkot at 16.15 hrs every Friday. In the return direction, the special train leaving Rajkot every Saturday at 09.00 hrs. will arrive Santragachi at 08.05 hrs every Monday.  This special train will run during the period from October 16 to November 30.

          The special train will have stoppages at Kharagpur, Midnapur, Bankura, Adra, Purulia, Chakradharpur, Rourkela, Jharsuguda, Raigarh, Bilaspur, Raipur, Durg, Rajnandgaon, Gondia, Nagpur, Wardha, Badnera, Akola, Malkapur, Bhusaval, Jalgaon, Nandurbar, Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara, Anand, Ahmedabad, Viramgam, Surendranagar and Wankaner between Santragachi and Rajkot.

          With these 7 pairs, S E Railway will be running a total of 115 pairs of special trains during Durga Puja and Diwali festivals to clear the huge rush of passengers. The other special trains are Santragachi-Chennai Weekly AC Superfast special (9 pairs), Santragachi-Mumbai Weekly Superfast AC special (8 pairs), Santragachi-Puri (9 pairs), Shalimar-Yesvantpur (8 pairs), Santragachi-Anand Vihar (8 pairs), Santragachi-Kochuveli (9 pairs), Shalimar-Hyderabad (8 pairs) Sealdah-Puri (7 pairs), Tata-Bhagalpur (8 pairs) , Hatia-Yesavantpur (8 pairs), Ranchi-Katihar ( 16 pairs) and Tata-Visakhapatnam (10 pairs) which have  already been announced by South Eastern Railway.

                This apart, S E Railway has also decided to augment a number of important mail/express trains by attaching extra coaches, both AC and Non-AC during the period from 1st October to 10th November, 2013 to clear extra rush of passengers during the festive season. The important trains which will be augmented are Howrah-Digha Tamralipta Express, Howrah-Digha Kandari Express, Howrah-Yesvantpur Duronto Express, Howrah-Mumbai Duronto Express and Howrah-Pune Duronto Express. (EOIC)