South Eastern Railway announces two special trains from state Passengers asked to strictly follow guidelines in view of Covid-19 pandemic
The South Eastern Railway on Saturday announced two special trains, a daily and a tri-weekly, amid growing demand of passengers.
The Calcutta-based headquarters of the SER at Garden Reach in a circular said that the tri-weekly train will run between Howrah and Ranchi from December 23. The daily special train will take off from December 20 and run between Rourkela and Jharsuguda till resumption of normal train service.
The 02895 Howrah-Ranchi Tri-Weekly Special will leave Howrah on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday from December 23 at 12.50 pm and will reach Ranchi at 9.10 pm on the same day. In the opposite direction, 02896 Ranchi-Howrah Tri-Weekly Special will leave Ranchi on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday from December 23 at 7 am and will reach Ho
Jamshedpur: The South Eastern Railway on Wednesday announced to resume the Tata-Yesvantpur Express from January 1 after passengers in East Singhbhum and the adjoining Seraikela-Kharsawan district repeatedly demanded for the same for the last 10 months. “We have received a notification for resuming the Yesvantpur express,” senior divisional commercial manager (Chakradharpur) Manish Pathak said.
The absence of south-bound express trains from Tatanagar in the wake of the nationwide lockdown was turning out to be source of discomfort for the passengers since a majority of them travel to the southern states for medical consultations, besides going for vacations. Needless to say, Wednesday’s announcement was very well-received by the passengers’ association here. ‘We had demanded for the resumption of Tata-Alleppey Express (which runs daily) and Tata-Yesvantpur Express,” U K Srivastava of Chotanagpur Passengers Association said, adding, “But something is better than nothing