SCR augments coaches in some trains

March 05, 2015 12:00 am | Updated 05:49 am IST - VIJAYAWADA:

The South Central Railway, with the objective of making it convenient for passengers and to clear wait list, have permanently augmented one sleeper class coach in 12764/12763 Secunderabad-Tirupati-Secunderabad express beginning March 1.

Temporary measure

In addition to this, a few trains will be temporarily augmented from March 1 to 15 to clear extra rush of waitlisted passengers.

One extra sleeper class coach

This will be carried out by attaching one extra sleeper class coach to the existing formation in train Nos. 17256/17255 Hyderabad-Narsapur-Hyderabad Expresses, Train Nos. 17250/17249 Secunderabad-Machilipatnam-Secunderabad Expresses and Train Nos. 17016/17015 Secunderabad-Bhubaneswar-Secunderabad Visakha Expresses and Train Nos. 17208/17207 Vijayawada-Shirdi Sai Nagar-Vijayawada Expresses, according to a press release issued by the South Central Railway.

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