Special trains to Secunderabad, Guwahati

May 23, 2014 09:56 pm | Updated 09:59 pm IST - VISAKHAPATNAM:

A special express train will be operated for two trips between Secunderabad and Guwahati and the services of the Howrah-Chennai premium weekly Super Fast Special train is being extended for five more trips to clear the extra rush of passengers on different regular trains.

Train no. 07249 Secunderabad-Guwahati special train will leave Secunderabad at 7.30 a.m. on May 30 and June 6 (Fridays) and reaches Visakhapatnam at 8 p.m. on the same day. It will leave at 8.20 p.m. and reach Guwahati at 7.55 a.m. on the following Sundays.

In the return direction, 07250 Guwahati-Secunderabad special train will leave Guwahati at 6.00 a.m. June 2 and 9 (Mondays) and arrive in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday at 7.40 p.m. and leave at 8 p.m. and reaches Secunderabad at 10 a.m. on Wednesdays.

The train will have one composite coach of I AC and AC-2 tier, one AC-2 tier, five Sleeper Class, three Second Class Chair Cars, four General Second Class coaches and two guard-cum- luggage vans in its composition. This train will also stop at Duvvada,Vizianagaram, Palasa, Brahmapur, Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Bhadrak in ECoR jurisdiction, according to Senior Divisional Commercial Manager of Waltair Division M. Yelvender Yadav.

Train no. 02841 Howrah-Chennai premium super-fast express will leave Howrah on Fridays from May 30 to June 27 (5-trips) at 1.15 p.m. and reaches Duvvada at 2.45 a.m. and leaves at 2.50 a.m. (early hours of Saturday) to reach Chennai on Saturdays at 2.25 p.m.

In return direction, train no. 02842 Chennai-Howrah Premium super-fast express will leave Chennai on Saturdays from May 31 to June 28 (5-trips) at 5 p.m. to reach Duvvada on the next day (Sunday) at 5 a.m. and departs at 5.02 a.m. to reach Howrah on the same day at 6.10 p.m.

These pair of trains will also stop at Kharagpur, Bhubaneswar, Duvvada and Vijayawada, between Howrah and Chennai.

The train runs will have three Second class AC coaches and eight Third AC coaches.

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