The services of the weekly Super-fast express trains between Santragachhi and Ernakulam (02851/02852), Santragachhi and Chennai (02807/02808), Howrah and Yesvantapur(02863/02864) and between Howrah and Chennai are being extended by another five trips.
Train no. 02851 Santragachhi (Howrah) – Ernakulam weekly super-fast express will leave Santragachhi on Saturdays on August 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 (5 trips) at 4.05 p.m. and arrives in Visakhapatnam on Sunday 4.40 a.m. and depart at 5 a.m. to reach Ernakulam at 6 a.m. on Monday.
In return direction, train no. 02852 Ernakulam- Santragachhi weekly super-fast express will leave Ernakulam on Tuesdays on August 5, 12, 19, 26 and on September 2 (5 trips) at 8.50 a.m. and arrives in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday at 11.15 a.m. and leaves at 11.35 a.m. to reach Santragachhi (Howrah) on the next day (early hours of Thursday) at 3 a.m.
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These pair of trains will also stop at Bhadrak, Jajpur-keonjhar Road, Bhubaneswar, Khurda Road, Brahmapur, Vizianagaram over East Coast Railway.
The train runs with the composition of two Third AC coaches, eight Sleeper class coaches, five General second class coaches and two second class luggage-cum-sitting coaches.
Train no.02807 Santragachhi (Howrah)-Chennai Express will leave from Santragachhi at 7 p.m. on Thursdays from August 7 to 28 and arrive in Visakhapatnam on Fridays at 8.20 a.m. and leave at 8.45 a.m. to reach Chennai at 10.45 p.m. on the same day.
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In the return direction, train no. 02808 Chennai-Santragachhi Express will leave Chennai at 7.55 a.m. on Saturdays from August 9 to 30 and arrive in Visakhapatnam on the same day at 8.35 p.m. and depart at 8.55 p.m. and will reach Santragachhi at 10.25 a.m. on the next day (Sunday).
These trains will stop at Kharagpur, Balasore, Bhadrak, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Khurda Road, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, Rajahmundry, Vijayawada and Gudur between Santragachhi and Chennai.
These trains will have two AC-3 tier, eight Sleeper Classes, five General Second Class Coaches and two Guard-cum-Luggage Vans.
The train no. 02841 Howrah-Chennai Premium super-fast express will leave Howrah on Fridays from August 1 to 29 (5 trips) at 1.15 p.m. and reaches Duvvada in early hours of Saturday at 2.45 a.m. and departs at 2.50 a.m. 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 August 2 to 30 (5trips) at 5.20 p.m. to reach Duvvada on the next day (Sunday) at 4.57 a.m. and leaves at 5.02 a.m. to reach Howrah on the same day at 6.30 p.m.
These pair of trains will also stop at Kharagpur, Bhubaneswar, Duvvada and Vijayawada, between Howrah and Chennai.
The trains have three Second class AC coaches and eight Third AC coaches.
Train no. 02863 Howrah-Yesvantapur Premium super-fast express will leave Howrah on Mondays from August 4 to 25 (4 trips) at 11 a.m. and reaches Duvvada on the same day at 11.43 p.m. and departs at 11.45 p.m. to reach Yesvantapur on Tuesdays at 4 p.m.
In return direction, train no. 02842 Chennai-Howrah Premium super-fast express will leave Yesvantapur on Wednesdays from August 6 to 27(4trips) at 11.15 a.m. and reaches Duvvada on the next day (Thursday) at 3.28 a.m. and departs at 3.30 a.m. to reach Howrah on the same day at 4 p.m.
These pair of trains will also stop at Bhubaneswar, Duvvada, Vijayawada, Renugunta and Katpadi between Howrah and Chennai.
The train runs will have three Second class AC coaches, eight Third AC coaches and one Pantry Car.
Senior Divisional Commercial Manager of Waltair Division M. Yelvender Yadav appealed to the public to make use of these train services.