The South Eastern Railway has decided to run a weekly superfast special train between Howrah and Sainagar Shirdi via Tatanagar railway station.
The 02594 Howrah-Sainagar Shirdi Special will leave Howrah on June 17, Thursday at 2.35 pm. The train will reach Sainagar Shirdi at 7.10 pm, the next day. The train will run from Howrah every Thursday.
In the opposite direction, 02593 Sainagar Shirdi-Howrah Special will leave Sainagar Shirdi on June 19, Saturday at 2.10 pm. The train will arrive at Howrah at 7.30 pm, the next day. The return train will run every Saturday.
The train with one AC two-tier, two AC three-tier, eight sleeper class and five general second class (fully reserved) coaches will have stoppages at Kharagpur, Tatanagar, Chakradharpur, Rourkela, Jharsuguda, Bilaspur, Raipur, Durg, Gondia, Nagpur, Akola, Bhusaval, Manmad, and Kopargaon Stations between the two destinations- Howrah and Sainagar Shirdi.
This train will have fully reserved accommodation.
Garden Reach, the headquarters of South Eastern Railway on Monday also notified restoration of Howrah Ranchi Shatabdi special.
The train had stopped operation in April due to the spike in Covid-19 cases.
"It has been decided that the 02019/02020 Howrah-Ranchi Shatabdi Special (except Sunday) will be restored to its original path with timings and stoppages remaining unchanged from June 17 till further advice, " said Sanjay Ghosh, chief public relations officer of South Eastern Railway.
With declining cases of Covid-19, the South Eastern Railway has decided to run special trains between Santragachi - Anand Vihar and Hatia - Anand Vihar (via Barkakana and via Gomoh)
The 02585 Santragachi-Anand Vihar Special resumed journey from Monday.
The train left Santragachi at 10 am and will reach Anand Vihar at 08.40 am on Tuesday.
In the opposite direction, 02586 Anand Vihar-Santragachi Special will leave Anand Vihar every Tuesday w.e.f June 15 at 1.25 pm and will arrive Santragachi at 4.15 pm, the next day ie. Wednesday.
The train with one AC- two- tier, two AC- three tier, eight sleeper class and five general second class(Reserved) coaches will have stoppages at Kharagpur, Tatanagar, Purulia, Gomoh, Gaya, Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, Prayagraj, Kanpur and Aligarh between Santragachi and Anand Vihar.
According to a schedule released by SER headquarters the 02583 Hatia-Anand Vihar Special will leave Hatia every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday with effect from June 15 at 1.40 pm and will reach Anand Vihar at 1.10 pm, the next day.
In the opposite direction, 02584 Anand Vihar-Hatia Special will leave Anand Vihar every Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday with effect from June 16 at 8.45 pm. The special train will arrive at Hatia at 7.40 pm, the next day.
The train with two AC-two tier, six AC-three tier, seven sleeper class and four general second class(Reserved) coaches will have stoppages at Ranchi, Muri, Ramgarh Cant., Barkakana, Patratu, Tori, Daltonganj, Garwa Road, Garhwa, Nagar Untari, Renukut, Chopan, Sonbhadra, Chunar, Prayagraj and Kanpur between Hatia and Anand Vihar.
The 02579/02580 Hatia-Anand Vihar-Hatia Special will run via Gomoh.
The 02579 Hatia-Anand Vihar Special will leave Hatia every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday with effect from June 16 at 2.35 pm. The train will reach Anand Vihar at 1.10 pm, the next day.
In the opposite direction, 02580 Anand Vihar-Hatia Special will leave Anand Vihar every Thursday, Saturday and Monday with effect from June 17 at 8.45 pm . The train will reach Hatia at 4.45 pm, the next day.
The train with two AC- two tier, six AC-three tier, seven sleeper and four general second class(Reserved) coaches will have stoppages at Ranchi, Muri, Bokaro Steel City, Chandrapura, Gomoh, Koderma, Gaya, Guraru, Rafiganj, Anugraha Narayan Road, Dehri on Sone, Sasaram, Bhabua Road, Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, Prayagraj and Kanpur between the two destinations- Hatia and Anand Vihar.
