Here is a good news for passengers heading towards Mumbai and Pune, the Howrah-Mumbai Duronto Express (12262 Up/12261 Down) and Howrah-Pune Duronto Express (12222 Up/12221 Down) will have commercial stops at Tatanagar from January 11 and 14 respectively, confirmed South Eastern Railway ( SER) authorities.

According to railway officials, both the Up and Down trains will have 10-minute commercial stoppages. So far the trains used to have operational stoppages at Tatanagar. Operational stoppage is a station where the train stops for cleaning, refilling of water and other maintenance job. But, no passenger is allowed to board or get off the train. But, in a commercial stoppage, passengers can board the train.

The Howrah-Mumbai Duronto Express (Up) which runs on four days - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday- will  reach Tatanagar at 11.35am and after a 10-minute halt, will leave on its onward journey at 11.45am. Similarly, the Down train from Mumbai will reach Tatanagar at 3.50pm and after a 10-minute halt will leave for Howrah.

The arrival time of Howrah-Pune Duronto Express (Up)- which will run on two  days- Thursday and Saturday- is also fixed at 11.35am with a 10-minute stop at Tatanagar.

The train will leave for Pune on its onward journey at 11.45am. On its return, the Down train will reach Tatanagar at 3.50 pm and after a 10-minute stop, proceed towards Howrah.

An official of railway at Garden Reach, headquarters of SER said a notification has been issued in this regard on Saturday. " We have decided to head for commercial stoppages after repeated demands of passengers. The operational stoppages have been  converted into commercial stops in as many as two dozen Duronto trains running in different parts of the country," said he added.

Notably, several MPs of different parties have been demanding that Duronto trains must have commercial stoppages in between two connecting cities . They wanted  the  trains to stop at a station in their constituencies.

BJP MP from Jamshedpur Bidyut Baran Mahto who had also raised the issue in different forums and had met the Union railway minister Suresh Prabhu and also Railway Board  authorities in this regard was happy.

located on the Howrah-Mumbai main route Tatanagar is an important station. Several important trains travel via Tatanagar, including the high-profile Rajdhani Express and Duronto Express. The station sees a daily traffic of 90 mail, express and passenger trains, besides a footfall of more than 60,000 passengers.