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Title - Temporary Augmentation of Several Trains with Additional Coaches to clear extra rush of waitlisted p
Posted by : puneetmafia on Jun 21, 2013 - 12:02:11 PM

South Central Railway has temporarily augmented several trains with additional coaches to clear the extra rush of waitlisted passengers and meet the passenger demand for the period from 16thJune 2013 till 3rd July 2013 as per the details mentioned below:-

1. Tr.No. 17210/17209 Kakinada Town- Bangalore- Kakinada Town Seshadri Express augmented with o­ne additional AC-III Tier coach from 16th to 30th June 2013. The train will be augmented with o­ne more AC-III tier coach from 20th to 30thJune 2013. (total 2 additional AC-III tier coaches are being attached by the train)

2. Tr.No. 17415/17416 Tirupati-Kolhapur-Tirupati Haripriya Express augmented with two additional Sleeper Class coaches from 16th to 30th June 2013.

          3. Tr.No. 17230/17229 Hyderabad-Tiruvananthapuram-Hyderabad Sabari Express augmented with o­ne additional First AC cum AC-II tier coach from 16th to 30thJune 2013

          4. Tr.No. 02701/02702 Secunderabad-Lokmanya Tilak Terminus – Secunderabad special train augmented with o­ne AC-II tier and o­ne AC-III tier coaches from 16th June to 1stJuly 2013.

          5. Tr.No. 17018/17017 Secunderabad-Rajkot-Secunderabad Express augmented with o­ne AC-III tier coach from 17th June to 3rd July 2013.

          6. Tr.No. 17002/17001 Secunderabad- Sai Nagar Shirdi -Secunderabad Express augmented with o­ne AC-III tier coach o­n 21st and 28th June 2013 from Secunderabad and 22nd and 29th June 2013 from Sai Nagar Shirdi.



                  The total augmentation has comprised of two First AC cum AC-II tier coaches, two AC-II tier coaches, ten AC-III tier coaches and four Sleeper Class coaches by various trains. The augmented additional coaches have already been fed into the computerized Passenger Reservation System (PRS), thereby resulting in ready availability of around 10,250 additional berths for the passengers which can effectively meet rail travel demand o­n the above popular trains during the period from 16th June to 3rd July 2013.