Saturday 5 December, 2009

FIRST 15 CAR SUBURBAN TRAIN &
TWO MORE LADIES SPECIALS ON
WESTERN RAILWAY


INAUGURATION OF DADAR MID TOWN TERMINAL AND STARTING OF BANDRA (T) - JODHPUR EXPRESS, MUMBAI-VERAVAL LINK EXPRESS AND OKHA-HOWRAH LINK EXPRESS

MUMBAI : Western Railway will introduce 15 car services, the first ever longest EMU services in India alongwith the introduction of two new ladies special trains for its suburban commuters and New 9065/9066 Bandra (T) - Jodhpur Weekly Express for its long distance passengers from 21st November, 2009. In addition to this, Mumbai - Veraval Link Express will also be started from 21st November, 2009 while Okha - Howrah Link Express will be started from 22nd November, 2009.

To provide more convenience to the passengers, Dadar Mid Town Terminal is also being started from today i.e. 21st November, 2009. The inaugural run of the first 15 Car suburban trains will be from Dadar at 16.50 hrs on 21st November, 2009. Similarly, the new Ladies Special train will be run from Andheri to Bhayandar at 16.52 hrs on the same day, after which these trains will be run as per their scheduled time table.

The special inaugural run of 9065/9066 Bandra (T) - Jodhpur Weekly Express is on 21st November, 2009 at 16.55 hrs from Bandra Terminus. It will be run regularly from 27th November, 2009 Ex Bandra Terminus. Thereafter, 9065 Bandra Terminus-Jodhpur Weekly Express will be run Ex Bandra (T) at 23.25 on every Friday, reaching Jodhpur at 17.35 the next day. Simiarly, 9066 Jodhpur-Bandra (T) Weekly Express will be run at 19.15 Ex Jodhpur on every Saturday and will reach Bandra (T) at 13.05 hrs the next day. This train will have AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Second class sleeper and general coaches. It will stop at Valsad, Vadodara, Ahmedabad, Mahesana, Abu Road and Marwar in both the directions. The booking of Train No.9065 Bandra Terminus-Jodhpur Weekly Express will open at all Computerised Reservation Centres from 21st November, 2009.

Western Railway will also start the first ever longest EMU trains on its suburban section for the convenience of the commuters. A total of twelve 15-car locals will be run between Dadar and Virar. These trains will halt at Andheri, Borivali and Vasai Road enroute. The time table of these trains are as under:

With a view to provide more comfort to its women commuters, WR will start two more Ladies Special local trains. In up direction, the new Ladies Special will be run from Borivali at 07.42 hrs and reach Churchgate at 08.48 hrs. In down direction, the new Ladies Special will be run from Churchgate at 18.51 hrs and reach Bhayandar at 20.10 hrs. These trains will stop at all stations enroute.

With a view to provide direct rail service between Mumbai to Veraval, a Link Express will be started from today i.e. 21/11/2009. Accordingly, two sleeper class coaches will be attached to 9005/9006 Saurashtra Mail and will be detached at Rajkot and linked to Train No 259/260. Train No.259 will leave Rajkot daily at 11.10 hrs to reach Veraval at 15.30 hrs and Train No.260 will leave Veraval daily at 13.05 to reach Rajkot at 17.00 hrs.

Also, to connect Okha to Howrah, Okha-Howrah Link Express will be run from 22nd November, 2009. Accordingly, Train No.2905A/2906A Okha – Hapa Howrah Link Express is linked to Train No.2905/2906 respectively. Train No.2905A will leave Okha every Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday at 5.05 hrs to reach Hapa at 8.52 hrs and Howrah on third day at 3.35 hrs. Train No.2906A will leave Howrah every Friday, Saturday and Tuesday at 22.55 hrs and reach Hapa at 15.00 hrs and Okha at 19.50 hrs on third day.

Train No.2989/2990 Mumbai Central - Ajmer Tri weekly Express is augmented by three coaches and it will run with 21 coaches from Dadar Mid Town Terminal. From 23rd November, 2009, it will depart from Dadar Mid Town Terminal at 14.35 hrs on every Monday, Thursday & Saturday for Ajmer. In its return journey, it will arrive at Dadar Mid Town Terminal at 12.50 hrs.

2 comments:

rcagrawal_1965 said...

mr tripathi ji i want to ask one question that how much money was spent on the inauguration of these trains at andheri,i think these all are misuse of public money,top brass of central and western railway were busy for 2-3 days with their subordinates,to welcome railway minister,i dont think on that days they attend their office,please think about this and brought into notice of public through your news paper thanks

Suresh Tripathi said...

Thank you Agrawal ji for your valuable comment, I am also fully agree with you, and will sure highlight this in my 'railway samachar' also.
Regards
Tripathi