26,466 additional berths to clear extra rush

October 04, 2015 12:00 am | Updated 05:49 am IST - HYDERABAD:

The South Central Railway has made available 26,466 additional berths/seats to clear the extra rush and wait-listed passengers by adding additional coaches to 24 express trains, primarily in the month of October. Accordingly, the augmentation of coaches will make available 2,944 AC II Tier, 11,138 AC III Tier, 7,920 sleep class berths and 4,464 chaircar seats.

The trains include nos. 12715/12716 Nanded- Amritsar- Nanded Sachkand express, nos. 17618/17617 Nanded-Mumbai CST-Nanded Tapovan exp., nos. 17256/17255 Hyderabad- Narsapur- Hyderabad exp., nos. 17230/17229 Hyderabad-Trivandrum-Hyderabad Sabari exp., nos.17250/17249 Secunderabad- Machilipatnam- Secunderabad exp., nos. 17018/17017 Secunderabad-Rajkot- Secunderabad exp., nos. 17002/17001 Secunderabad- Sainagar- Secunderabad Shirdi exp., nos. 17007/17008 Secunderabad- Darbanga- Secunderabad exp., nos 12770/12769 Secunderabad- Tirupati- Secunderabad Seven Hills exp., nos. 12761/12762 Tirupati- Karimnagar- Tirupati exp., and nos. 17221/17222 Kakinada Port- Mumbai LTT- Kakinada Port express.

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