New superfast weekly AC train from Santragachi to Pune via Tatanagar on the cards

South Eastern Railway (SER) plans to start a new superfast weekly AC train from Santragachi to Pune via Tatanagar which is expected to be a boon to students and business interests who have to go to Pune. It will be on an experimental basis till June 26 and might be extended depending on passenger response.
This has been reported in telegraphindia.com dated 17 January 2017.

The timings of the Santragachi-Pune AC Special (02822) - it will leave Santragachi at 6.30pm and reach Tatanagar at 10pm every Saturday. It will stop for five minutes at Tatanagar and proceed to Pune where it will reach at 2.45am on Monday.
On the return journey, the train (02821) will leave at 10.30am every Monday from Pune, arrive at Tatanagar at 2.15pm on Tuesday and after a five-minute halt will proceed to Santragachi where it will reach at 6.15pm the same day.
The composition of the train will be three AC-2 tier, eight AC-3 tier coaches and two luggage vans and it will have stoppages at Kharagpur, Tatanagar, Chakradharpur, Rourkela, Jharsuguda, Bilsapur, Raipur, Durg, Nagpur, Bhusawal, Kalyan and Panvel stations.
At present there are two other trains - the bi-weekly Howrah-Pune Duronto Express and the daily Howrah-Pune Azad Hind Express. However, due to heavy demand, confirmed tickets are usually not available.


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Train from Jamshepur to Puri on the cards

Travelers who want to go to Puri from Jamshedpur will soon get a weekly train - for the duration of this winter. In case of favorable response, it could become a regular feature. This has been notified by the South Eastern Railway (SER).
The weekly special train between Puri and Rourkela via Tatanagar station will start from December 7 and will ply over a month till January 12. Depending on the response, it may find a place in the permanent timetable of the railways.
This has been reported in telegraphindia.com dated 3 December 2016.

The decision to introduce the train was taken to honor demands from passengers for a direct link to the tourist destination of Puri in winter. The train will help to ease the rush during winter when most people go on trips, especially to the sea town of Puri is one of the most sought-after destinations.
The train will leave Puri station at 5.30pm every Wednesday, will reach Tatanagar at 3am the next day and will arrive at its destination, Rourkela, at 6am on Thursday.
On the return journey, the train from Rourkela will depart at 10pm on Thursday and chug into Tatanagar at 12.12am on Friday.
On both the to and fro journeys, the weekly special train will halt for five minutes at Tatanagar. The other stops in the route are Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jajpur, Keonjhar, Balasore and Chakradharpur. The 19-bogie train will have one AC-II and two AC-III coaches, 10 second-class sleepers, four general compartments and two luggage vans. It will make six trips between the two destinations till January 12.


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