South Eastern Railway (SER) has decided to shift the terminals for some of the trains from Howrah to Shalimar station with an additional stoppage being at Santragachi. The move is an attempt to ease the traffic load of Howrah station – the busiest railway junction of the eastern region.
The move will affect five pairs of Jharkhand-bound trains that fall under the jurisdiction of SER.
The trains being Howrah-LTT Mumbai-Howrah Samarsata Bi-weekly Express (12152/12151), Howrah-Sambalpur-Howrah Weekly Express (22803/22804), Howrah-Puri-Howrah Garib Rath Bi-weekly Express (12881/12882), Howrah-Puri-Howrah Weekly Express (12887/12888) and Howrah-Puri-Howrah Weekly Express (12895/12896).
“The date for the implementation for the change of terminal from Howrah to Shalimar will be notified soon,” said railway officials at Garden Reach, the Calcutta-based headquarters of SER.
Timing for services from Shalimar station instead of Howrah station after shift of terminal will be as:
Trains - Howrah-Puri-Howrah Garib Rath Bi-weekly Express, Howrah-Puri-Howrah Weekly Express and Howrah-Sambalpur-Howrah Weekly Express will leave Shalimar at 8.45 pm on their respective days of journey and will depart from Santragachi at 9 pm.
For the downward journey, trains - Howrah-Puri-Howrah Garib Rath Bi-weekly Express, Howrah-Puri-Howrah Weekly Express and Howrah-Sambalpur-Howrah Weekly Express will depart from Santragachi at 6.15 am and will arrive Shalimar at 6.50 am.
The terminal for Howrah-Sambalpur-Howrah Special will be shifted to Shalimar and will run as per mentioned timings.
The Sambalpur-Howrah Special (08306) leaving Sambalpur from December 3 this year will arrive at Shalimar instead of Howrah and Howrah-Sambalpur Special will depart from Shalimar from December 4 onwards instead of Howrah.
The Howrah-LTT Mumbai-Howrah Samarsata Bi-weekly Express (12152) which goes via Tatanagar railway station will leave Shalimar at 7.55 mm and will depart from Santragachi at 8.10 pm.
In the return direction the train will depart from Santragachi at 6 am and will arrive at Shalimar at 6.25 am.
Though additional stoppage will be provided at Santragachi in Up direction but there will be no change in timings for all these trains from Kharagpur and onwards.
