To tackle the great rush of passengers on Mumbai-Howrah route on the occasion of Durga Puja, the railways have decided to run a special train on this route between Santaragachhi and lokmanya Tilak Terminus (Mumbai).
According to a release of South East Central Railway, during the festivals of Durga Puja and Diwali passenger pressure increases many fold on Mumbai-Howrah route. To tackle the rush the railways would run Puja special train between Santaragachhi and lokmanya Tilak Terminus. The special train will leave Santaragachhi on October 9 and lokmanya Tilak Terminus on October 11. In October month this Train will operate on 9, 16, 23 and 30 while in November it will run on 6, 13, 20 and November 27.
According to the release, the train will have 15 coaches including 2 generator car, 1 pantry car, 7 AC-III, 4 AC-II, 1 AC-I. Reservation for this Puja Special train has started.