The Ministry of Railways has decided to run some special trains through the East Coast Railway jurisdiction to Mysore to curtail heavy rush in different regular trains during upcoming Dussehra festival.
The Mysore-Santragachhi (Kolkata) Dussehra Special Train will leave Mysore at 6 am on every Wednesday between September 24 and October 29 and would reach Santragachhi at 3.45 pm on the next days. In the return direction, the train will leave Santragachhi at 5.50 am on every Friday between September 26 and October 31 and would arrive at Mysore at 4.45 on Saturdays.
Similarly, the Sambalpur-Yesvantpur Special train would leave Sambalpur at 8.50 am on every Wednesday between October 1 and December 24 and will arrive at Yesvantpur at 4.30 am on the following days. Its return train will leave Yesvantpur at 12.30 am on every Friday (midnight of Thursday) between October 3 and December 26 and will arrive at Sambalpur at 6.15 am on Saturdays.
Another special train named Howrah-Chennai AC Premium Special train would leave Howrah at 12.40 pm on every Friday between September 26 and November 28 and would arrive at Chennai at 2.25 pm on the following days. Its return train would leave Chennai at 5.10 pm on every Saturday between September 27 and November 29 and would arrive at Howrah at 6.30 pm on the next days.
Besides, the Santragachhi (Kolkata)-Chennai bi-weekly Jansadharan Special train would leave Santragachhi at 7 pm on every Monday and Thursday between September 18 and November 13 and would arrive at Chennai at 10.45pm on the following days. Its return train will leave Chennai at 7.45 am on every Wednesday and Saturday between September 20 and November 15 and would arrive at Santragachhi at 10.25 am on the next days.