MANDI BAMORA

Central Railway

Press Release

Extension of Festival Special Trains

Central Railway will extend the run of following festival special trains as per details given below:

a)01115 Pune-Gorakhpur (every Thu) from 3.12.2020 to 31.12.2020

b)01116 Gorakhpur-Pune (every Sat) from 5.12.2020 to 2.1.2021

c)02167 LTT-Manduadih (daily) from 1.12.2020 to 31.12.2020

d)02168 Manduadih-LTT (daily) from 2.12.2020 to 1.1.2021

e)02135 Pune-Manduadih (Mon) from 7.12.2020 to 28.12.2020

f)02136 Manduadih-Pune (Wed) from 9.12.2020 to 30.12.2020

g)01407 Pune-Lucknow (Tue) from 1.12.2020 to 29.12.2020

h)01408 Lucknow-Pune (Thu) from 3.12.2020 to 31.12.2020

i)01033 Pune-Darbhanga (Wed) from 2.12.2020 to 30.12.2020

j)01034 Darbhanga-Pune (Fri) from 4.12.2020 to 1.1.2021

k)02101 LTT-Howrah (Fri, Tue) from 1.12.2020 to 29.12.2020

l)02102 Howrah-LTT (Sun, Thu) from 3.12.2020 to 31.12.2020

m)02165 LTT-Gorakhpur (Thu, Mon) from 3.12.2020 to 31.12.2020

n)02166 Gorakhpur-LTT (Fri, Tue) from 4.12.2020 to 1.1.2021

o)01235 Nagpur-Madgaon (Fri) from 4.12.2020 to 1.1.2021

p)01236 Madgaon-Nagpur (Sat) from 5.12.2020 to 2.1.2021

q)01021 LTT-Samastipur (Wed, Sat) from 2.12.2020 to 30.12.2020

r)01022 Samastipur-LTT (Fri, Mon) from 4.12.2020 to 1.1.2021

s)01079 LTT-Gorakhpur (Thu) from 3.12.2020 to 31.12.2020

t)01080 Gorakhpur-LTT (Sat) from 5.12.2020 to 2.1.2021

u)02031 Pune-Gorakhpur (Tue, Sat) from 1.12.2020 to 29.12.2020

v)02032 Gorakhpur-Pune (Thu, Mon) from 3.12.2020 to 31.12.2020

w)02143 Pune-Barauni (Fri, Sun) from 4.12.2020 to 27.12.2020

x)01144 Barauni-Pune (Sun, Tue) from 6.12.2020 to 29.12.2020

y)02163 LTT-Chennai (daily) from 1.12.2020 to 31.12.2020

z)02164 Chennai-LTT (daily) from 2.12.2020 to 1.1.2021

aa)02879 LTT-Bhubaneshwar (Wed, Sat) from 5.12.2020 to 2.1.2021

bb)02880 Bhubaneshwar-LTT (Mon, Thu) from 3.12.2020 to 31.12.2020

cc)02865 LTT-Puri (Thu) from 3.12.2020 to 31.12.2020

dd)02866 Puri-LTT (Tue) from 1.12.2020 to 29.12.2020

ee)02858 LTT-Visakhapatnam (Tue) from 8.12.2020 to 29.12.2020

ff)02857 Visakhapatnam-LTT (Sun) from 6.12.2020 to 27.12.2020

gg)04152 LTT-Kanpur (Sat) from 5.12.2020 to 2.1.2021

hh)04151 Kanpur-LTT (Fri) from 4.12.2020 to 1.1.2021

NOTE: 02163/02164 LTT-Chennai Festival special will run as per revised timings from extended trips. i.e. 02163 will leave Lokmanya Tilak Terminus at 18.45 hrs and arrive Chennai Central at 16.20 hrs next day. 02164 will leave Chennai Central at 18.15 hrs and arrive Lokmanya Tilak Terminus at 15.40 hrs next day.

There is no change in composition of above festival specials except for train no. 02135/02136 and 02031/02032 which will run with o­ne AC-2 Tier, Four AC-3 Tier, 12 Sleeper Class and 3 second class seating.

For detailed timings at the halts of respective special trains, please visit www.enquiry.indianrail.gov.in.

RESERVATION: Bookings for the extended trips of fully reserved festival special trains no. 02167, 02101, 01407, 02163 and 01021 will open o­n 29.11.2020 and for the remaining trains leaving from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus, Nagpur, Pune will open o­n 30.11.2020 at all computerised reservation centres and o­n website www.irctc.co.in.

Only passengers having confirmed tickets will be permitted to board these special trains

Passengers are advised to adhere all norms, SOPs related to COVID19 during the boarding, travel and at destination.

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Date: November 28, 2020

PR No.2020/11/57

This press release is issued by the Public Relations Department, Central Railway, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Mumbai

W. RLY CONDUCTED INTENSIVE TICKET CHECKING DRIVES & RECOVERED  ₹. 1.04 CR. AS PENALTY

Western Railway’s Mumbai Division conducted various drives to check & deter unauthorized passengers travelling in trains. More than 25,900 cases were detected in suburban as well as non-suburban sections by conducting such stringent checking drives and ₹.1.04 crores were collected as fine.

According to a press release issued by Shri Sumit Thakur - Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway, to ensure that no unauthorized passengers can travel in trains, Mumbai Division of Western Railway conducted Regular, Fortress, Intensive & Officer Special ticket checking drives. These special checks were conducted by team of senior officers and ticket checking staffs from May, 2020 to 26th November 2020. A total of 25,982 cases were detected and an amount of ₹. 1.04 crore was realized as penalty.Out of these 25,982 cases, 19,172 cases were detected in suburban section wherein penalty / fines to the tune of Rs. 55 lakhs were recovered and 6810 cases were detected in non- suburban section recovering fine of Rs. 49 lakhs.

Shri Thakur stated that these 25,982 cases include 24,710 cases in Regular ticket checking drives and 1,272 cases were detected in Intensive, Fortress and Special ticket checking drives. Western Railway currently runs 1201 Special Suburban services for essential services staff as well as other categories of public including women passengers during stipulated timings of non peak hours, as notified by Govt. of Maharashtra. However, Western Rly has also detected several cases of fake ID card holders, who have been travelling in the Special Suburban services.

Western Railway appeals to the general public that except for categories as identified by the State Government and as approved by Ministry of Railways, others are requested not to rush to the stations. Also, all permitted categories of passengers to travel with proper and valid journey tickets & should carry valid Identity cards in order to avoid inconvenience and always travel with mask. It is also requested that travellers should follow proper medical and social protocols as mandated for COVID-19.

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