15 Trains from (WRS)WARIS ALEGANJ to (KSC)KASHI CHAK

FEW WR TRAIN SERVICES TO BE AFFECTED DUE TO BLOCK BETWEEN JOGESHWARI - GOREGAON SECTION

In order to carry out the work of re-girdering of Bridge No. 46 between Jogeshwari & Goregaon, a 14 hour block will be undertaken o­n both UP & DOWN slow lines as well as UP & DOWN Harbour lines. The block will be from 00.00 hrs to 14.00 hrs of 10^th/11^th June, 2023. Due to this block, few suburban train services plying over Western Railway and some Mail / Express trains will be affected.

According to a press release issued by Shri Sumit Thakur – Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway, during the block, the trains will be worked as under:

1)All UP & DOWN slow line services will be worked o­n UP & DOWN Fast lines between Andheri & Goregaon and will not halt at RAM MANDIR for want of platform.

2)All the Harbour line services departing from Central Railway will o­nly run up to Bandra during the block period.

3)Some Churchgate - Borivali slow services will be short terminated and reversed from Andheri.

4)CSMT – Goregaon local departing Ex CSMT at 13.52 & Panvel - Goregaon local departing Ex Panvel at 10.37 will remain cancelled.

5)Goregaon – CSMT local departing Ex Goregaon at 12.53 & Goregaon - Panvel local departing Ex Goregaon at 12.14 will remain cancelled.

6)Churchgate – Borivali local departing Ex Churchgate at 12.16 hrs & 14.50 hrs will be run upto Virar.

7)Borivali – Churchgate local departing Ex Borivali at 13.14 hrs & 15.40 hrs will be cancelled and instead two extra Fast local trains will be run Ex Virar to Churchgate at 13.45 hrs & 16.15 hrs.

8)During the block, UP & DOWN Mail/Express trains will be delayed by 10 -15 minutes.

9)NO Train will be available at RAM MANDIR station in Up & Down Directions during the block period.

Detailed information to this effect is available with concerned Station Masters. Passengers are requested to kindly take note of the same.

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·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