The New Delhi-Bhopal Shatabdi Express will halt at Habibganj railway station here from Monday, while halt timings of 29 trains would increase, a railway official said on Sunday.All preparations have been made for the arrival and departure of Shatabdi Express from New Delhi to Habibganj station's platform no. 1, he said.
The train will arrive at Habibganj station at 14.25 hours and after a 35 minute halt, will leave for New Delhi at 1500 hrs.The citizens of Bhopal and leaders, including some MPs and MlAs, had been demanding for long to extend the Shatabdi Express upto Habibganj as commuters faced lot of problems, specially traffic congestion at the time of the train's arrival at Bhopal station, situated in the old city area.
Elaborate parking arrangements have been made at the Bhopal station for the purpose, the official said.Now, the train will have a stoppage of five minutes on arrival at Bhopal station and three minutes on its way back at the same station.The train will now reach New Delhi at 2330 hrs, 45 minutes beyond its earlier scheduled time.Halt timings of as many as 29 trains passing through Bhopal station would also increase from September 1, when new railway time table comes into effect.
West Central Railways (WCR) issued orders regarding same on Friday. These trains previously had stoppage of either five or eight minutes. Now all their halt timings have been increased to 10 minutes. These are mostly south-bound trains.Also, as per the new time table, Bareilly Indore weekly express will run on Wednesday. It will reach Bhopal at 4.25am. Return train from Indore will reach Bhopal at 21.50pm.
Secunderabad-Nizamuddin weekly AC premium train would leave Secunderabad every Friday and reach Bhopal at 22.55 minutes. Jaipur Madurai weekly AC premium train would run every Saturday. It would reach Bhopal at 1.35 am. Similarly, Gorakhpur CSTM bi-weekly AC premium train would reach Bhopal station at 23.10pm.
In the new time table, halts of three trains have also been changed. While Itarsi Allahabad passenger train would depart from Itarsi at 11.30 am instead of 8.30am. Jabalpur New Delhi Shridham Express would depart from Bhopal at 23.59 pm instead of 00.01 am. Hence this would affect the train's running date. Also, Varanasi-lTT would leave from Itarsi at 23.20 pm instead of 00.30am.