Jahrkhand residents would soon get a fully Air Conditioned train to take them to Kerala. The Ranchi Division of South-Eastern Railways said today that inaugural train between Hatia and Ernakulum will be flagged off by CM Raghubar Das on Thursday. However, the all AC regular Hatia-Ernakulum Express Train will be operated on every Monday from Hatia, and every Thursday from Ernakulum.
Divulging more details about this, DRM Ranchi Division Anshul Gupta said that the train leaving from Hatia at 6:15 PM every Monday will have 3 AC-2 Tier coaches with passenger capacity of 125 and 10 AC-3 Tear coaches with a total of 624 passengers to reach Ernakulum at 10:55 Am on Wednesdays. The same train will return on every Thursdays from Ernakulum at 00:30 Am to reach Hatia at 5:10 PM on every Friday.
“The much-awaited regular train will have a pantry car soon, but at least not in this special edition which will be flagged off on Thursday. We have got 24 bookings so far for this special edition. The train will have a maximum fare of Rs. 3440 for AC-2 Tier and Rs. 2420 for AC-3 Tier,” said Gupta.
Before Ernakulam, The train will stop at Raurkela, Jharsugura, Sambalpur, Balangir, Teetlagarh, Kesinga, Munigura, Raigara, Parvatipuram, Bobili, Vijayanagaram, Vishakhapattanam, Duwada, Samalkot, Rajmundri, Eluru, Vijayawada, Ongol, Ranigunta, Nellore, Kathpari, Gudurm Aluwa, Alwai, Trissur, Trichur, Ottapallam, Palghat, Thirupur, Erode, Salem, Jolarpet, Amber, Tirutalli, Vaniambadi and Coimbatore stations.