6 Trains from (WR)WARDHA JN to (KBJ)KANTABANJI

·The train connects important and renowned pilgrim places in North India like Mata Vaishno Devi Temple, Haridwar and Rishikesh

 Â·Operated by IRCTC, 50% of the seats have already been booked

‘Bharat Gaurav’ trains concept introduced by Ministry of Railways has been a huge success over South Central Railway and 100% occupancy is registered in the recent five trips run by IRCTC towards Kashi & surrounding places. o­n the back of the enthusiastic response shown by the rail passengers, the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has planned new tourist circuit as part of Bharat Gaurav trains covering other renowned and important pilgrim destinations across North India.

As part of it, IRCTC has announced a new tourist package namely “Mata Vaishno Devi, Haridwar and Rishikesh”, Bharat Gaurav Tourist Train starting from Secunderabad Railway Station. The train will cover important pilgrim and historical places in Northern parts of the country, while providing boarding / de-boarding facility at seven important enroute stations in Telangana and Maharashtra. Within a few days of announcing the new tourist train towards Mata Vaishno Devi Temple, more than 50% of the seats have been booked depicting the interest of the people towards pilgrimage to North India.

Going into the details of the package, the Tourist circuit train “Mata Vaishnodevi with Haridwar & Rishikesh” will provide boarding / de-boarding facility at Secunderabad, Kazipet, Peddapalli, Ramagundam and Sirpur Khagaznagar in Telangana as well as Balharshah, Wardha and Nagpur in Maharashtra. The train will cover important places like Katra, Agra, Mathura, Vrindavan, Katra, Haridwar and Rishikesh. The individual tourists who wish to travel from Katra station to the Vaishno Devi temple by either pony / doli / helicopter service, need to book o­n their own. IRCTC will guide the tourists in this aspect and the ample time is provided in the itinerary to return back conveniently after Darshan.

The whole trip will be covered over a period of 8 nights / 9 days period. The package is all inclusive of travel facilities (including both rail as well as road transport), accommodation facility, Catering arrangements tour escorts, Security,Public announcement facility, Travel insurance etc.

For more details o­ne can visit IRCTC website: http://www.irctctourism.com with Booking Link: https://www.irctctourism.com/pacakage_description?packageCode=SCZBG05and can also approach o­n phone numbers of Secunderabad office : 9701360701, 8287932228, 9110712752

ISPAT AND PURI-DURG EXPRESS WILL HAVE STOPPAGES AT DUNGRIPALI STATION:

●        Rajyarani Express to Stop at Kuhuri

●        Puri-Durg-Puri Express to Stop at Mancheswar

For the convenience of passengers and in view of demands from passengers, it has been decided to provide stoppages of Howrah-Titilagarh/Kantabanji-Howrah Ispat Express and Puri-Durg-Puri Express at Dungripali Station o­n an experimental basis.

Ispat Express to Stop at Dungripali:

22861/22862 Howrah-Kantabanji-Howrah Ispat Express from both the directions w.e.f. 2^ndJune will have stoppage at Dungripali Station. Similarly, 12871/12872 Howrah-Titilagarh-Howrah Ispat Express from Howrah w.e.f. 3^rd June and from Titilagarh w.e.f. 4^th June will have stoppage at Dungripali Station. This train from Howrah will arrive at Dungripali at 1718hrs and will leave at 1720hrs. In the return direction, this train from Kantabanji/Titilagarh will arrive at Dungripali at 0650hrs and will leave at 0652hrs.

Puri-Durg-Puri Express to Stop at Dungripali:

18425/18426 Puri-Durg-Puri Express from Puri w.e.f. 1^st June and from Durg w.e.f. 2^nd June 2023 will have stoppage at Dungripali Station. This train from Puri will arrive at Dungripali at 0345hrshrs and will leave at 0347hrs. In the return direction, this train from Durg will arrive at Dungripali at 2248hrs and will leave at 2250hrs.

Rajyarani Express to Stop at Kuhuri:

18117/18118 Rourkela-Gunupur-Rourkela Rajyarani Express from Rourkela w.e.f. 3^rdJune and from Gunupur w.e.f. 4^th June will provide stoppage at Kuhuri Station. This train from Rourkela will arrive at Kuhuri at 0722hrs and will leave at 0724hrs. In the return direction, this train from Gunupur will arrive at Kuhuri at 2041hrs and will leave at 2043hrs.

Puri-Durg-Puri Express to Stop at Mancheswar:

18425/18426 Puri-Durg-Puri Express from both the directions w.e.f. 4^th June 2023 will have stoppage at Mancheswar Station. This train from Puri will arrive at Mancheswar at 2042hrs and will leave at 2044hrs. In the return direction, this train from Durg will arrive at Mancheswar at 0655hrs and will leave at 0657hrs.

Yesterday, ECoR had announced stoppage of 19 trains at 07 Stations. Taking the above, now 25 Trains will have stoppages at 10 Stations.