With a view to providing comfortable journey to passengers during summer when the vacations start and more rush occurs, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) has introduced 11 pairs of weekly and bi-weekly special trains to different destinations in the country. The trains to be introduced are Sambalpur-Banaswadi (Bengaluru) special fare train (SFT) from April 4 to June 28, Puri-Santragachhi (Howrah) SFT from April 6 to June 29, Visakhapatnam-Kirandul via Koraput SFT (March 31 to June 30), Habibganj (Bhopal)-Puri special train (April 3 to June 26), Santragachhi-Puri SFT from April 5 to June 28, Secunderabad-Guwahati special train from April 6 to June 29, Visakhapatnam-Secunderabad SFT (April 3 to June 26), Visakhapatnam-Tirupati SFT from April 2 to June 25, Kacheguda-Visakhapatnam-Tirupati Special Train from April 3 to June 26, Tirupati-Visakhapatnam AC special train from April 1 to June 24 and Yesvantpur-Visakhapatnam tatkal special train from April 1 to May 25.
An ECoR Apart from the summer specials, a number of special trains have also been planned between different destinations through ECoR jurisdiction according to the feasibility and demand from the passengers during April and June.
“Important regular trains have been planned to be augmented with additional coaches during the period by creating additional berths. Based on an analysis of the passenger traffic profile on various routes, permanent augmentation of coaches in Mail and Express trains is being done by attaching more coaches,” said the release.