Central Railway to run 452 special trains to reduce rush

Mumbai: Seeking to reduce the extra rush of long-distance passengers during summer, the Central Railway (CR) will run 452 summer special trains, a statement said.

These trains include unreserved specials from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CSMT) and Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) to Gorakhpur, Manduadih, Jammu Tawi, Lucknow, Varanasi, Nagpur, Patna, Karmali, Chennai Central, Santragachi, Bilaspur, Kochuveli and Sawantwadi Road, the CR said.

The CR will also run two teachers’ special trains between LTT and Varanasi and all the summer special trains will have special fares. All the summer special trains will have fares different from the regular trains. While there will be 24 unreserved weekly special trains between LTT to Gorakhpur and Manduadih from April 7 and April 4 respectively, there will be 26 AC superfast weekly specials between CSMT to Jammu Tawi from April 6. Weekly specials of the same number will also be there between CSMT to Lucknow from April 10, 2018.

16 weekly special trains will be operated between LTT to Gorakhpur from April 10 and two teachers special train will be run from LTT to Varanasi from May 5. The CR will also run 20 superfast weekly special trains between CSMT and Nagpur from April 7 and 22 unreserved weekly Specials between Pune and Gorakhpur from April 8.

Moreover, 22 unreserved weekly specials will be run between Pune and Manduadih and 34 weekly specials will be operated between Pune and Patna. Twenty AC weekly Specials will be run between LTT and Karmali from April 6, while 18 weekly special trains will be run between Ajni and Karmali from April 9.

The CR will also run 18 weekly special trains between LTT to Sawantwadi Road from April 9 and 22 weekly special trains between Lokmanya Tilak Terminus and Sainagar Shirdi from April 4. Also 20 weekly special trains will be run between Lokmanya Tilak Terminus and Mangalore Junction from April 8.