SCR to ply special trains

Hyderabad,Oct 16: The South Central Railway (SCR) will run 18 special Trains to clear extra rush of passengers between Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam, Nanded and Amritsar,and Nanded and Chandigarh to  clear the  heavy rush of passengers.Train No. 0748 Hyderabad-Visakhapatnam Special train will leave  Hyderabad at 7.30 pm and reaches Secunderabad at 8 pm on October 23, 24,30 and 31.The  train will arrive at Visakhapatnam  the following day at 8.30 am.In the return direction, Train No. 0747 Visakhapatnam- Hyderabad Special will leave Visakhapatnam at 7.10 pm on October 24,25,31 and November 1,and reacht Secunderabad at 8.15 am the following day.The halts for this special train will be Kazipet, Warangal, Khammam, Madhira, Vijayawada, Eluru, Tadepalligudem, Rajahmundry,Samalkot, Annavaram,Tuni,Anakapalli and Duvvada stations in both the directions.The No 0422 Nanded-Amritsar Superfast special will depart from Nanded at 1 pm on October 18 and 23 and arrive at Amritsar at 11 pm the next day.In the opposite direction, Train No. 0422 Amritsar- Nanded Superfast Special will depart from Amritsar at 1.40 pm on October 16 and 21, arrive at Nanded at 12.30 am on the second day.

The  halts  for this  special train will be Jalandhar,Ludhiana, Sirhind Jn, Ambala Cantt, Kurukshetra, Karnal, Panipat, Delhi Safdarjung, Palwal, Agra Cantt, Jhansi, Bina, Bhopal, Itarsi, Khandwa, Bhusawal,Akola and Purna  in both the directions.These special Trains will consist of 17 coaches _ two AC 2-Tier, seven Sleeper Class and six General Second Class and two Second Class Luggage cum Brake Van coaches.The train No 2715 Nanded-Chandigarh Garib Rath special will depart from Nanded at 7.45 am on October 15,19 and 23 and arrive at Chandigarh at 4 pm the next day. In the return direction, train No. 2716 B Chandigarh- Nanded Garib Rath special will depart from Chandigarh at 9.25 am on October 17, 21 and 25, and arrive at Nanded at 10.30 pm the next day.