71 Trains from (BHET)Bhestan to (BIM)BILIMORA JN

                       FEW WR TRAINS AFFECTED DUE TO BLOCK BETWEEN  UDHNA - SURAT & DUNGRI -  BILIMORA SECTION

In order to carry out the work for Strengthening of Bridge approaches by Geo cells for Bridge No. 442 between Udhna - Suratsection and for launching of composite girder of Road over Bridge in lieu of LC -102 between Dungri -Bilimora a block will be taken.

The block will be from 12.10 hrs to 16.40 hrs for Bridge No. 442 and from 12.30 hrs to 14.30 hrs for launching of composite girder,on Tuesday, 23^rd, May 2023. The block will further be taken from 10.50 hrs to 15.20 hrs for Bridge No. 442 o­n Wednesday 24^th, May 2023. Due to this block few Western Railway trains will be regulated, Short Terminated.

According to a press release issued by Shri Sumit Thakur, Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway, the details of these trains are as under:

Regulation of Trains o­n 23^rd May 2023:

1.Train No. 22195 Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi – Bandra Terminus Superfast Express of 22^nd May 2023 will be regulated by 4 hrs.

2.Train No. 19202 Porbandar – Secunderabad Express of 23^rd May 2023 will be regulated by 3 hrs.

3.Train No. 19016 Porbandar – Dadar Saurashtra Express of 22^nd May 2023 will be regulated by 2 hrs.

4.Train No. 12936 Surat – Bandra Terminus Intercity Express will be regulated by 25 minutes.

5.Train No. 19015 Dadar – Porbandar Saurashtra Express will be regulated by 01.30 hr.

6.Train No. 04126 Bandra Terminus - Subedarganj Superfast Special Express will be regulated by 01.10 hr.

7.Train No. 14805 Yesvantpur – Barmer AC Express will be regulated by 40 mins.

8.Train No. 12925 Mumbai Central– Amritsar Paschim Express will be regulated by 25mins.

Regulation of Trains o­n 24^th, May 2023:

1.Train No. 19015 Dadar – Porbandar Saurashtra Express will be regulated by 01.25 hr.

2.Train No. 09075 Mumbai Central - Kathgodam Superfast Special will be regulated by 45 mins.

3.Train No. 12656 Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G.Ramachandran Central – Ahmedabad Navjeevan Express will be regulated by 01.55 hrs.

Short Termination of Trains o­n 24^th, May 2023:

1.Train No. 09087 Sanjan – Surat MEMU will be short terminated at Udhna.

Passengers are requested to kindly take note of the same.

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WR RUNS SUMMER SPECIAL TRAINS
TO VARIOUS DESTINATIONS

About 1850 trips of 49 pairs of Summer Special trains are being run by WR to various destinations

16 special trains being run from Mumbai to various parts of the country

Six pairs of special trains originating from Surat/ Udhna while 23 pairs of trains are passing through Surat/ Udhna or Bhestan

For the convenience of passengers and with a view to meet the travel demand during the ensuing summer vacation, Western Railway is running several Special Trains on Special Fare from various stations to various destinations.

According to a press release issued by Shri Sumit Thakur – Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway, with a view to meet the travel demand during the o­ngoing summer vacation, Western Railway is running 49 pairs of Summer Special trains to various destinations with almost 1850 trips. Out of these mainly, 26 pairs of trains cater to the states in north India while 15 pairs for Western region, two pairs for North East, while 03 pairs of trains are run being to the southern states. To cater to the passengers from Surat/ Udhna, 06 pairs of originating special trains are being run while 23 pairs of trains are passing through Surat/ Udhna or Bhestan. Similarly, 28 pairs of originating trains are run from other stations of Gujarat such as Ahmedabad, Gandhidham, Valsad, Okha etc.

Shri Thakur stated that 16 special trains are being run from Mumbai to various parts of the country. He further added that the waiting list of trains are being monitored daily o­n real time basis and additional coaches are augmented in the existing trains from time to time to clear the extra rush. During this summer, 15 coaches have been permanently augmented in 7 trains. While 50 coaches have been temporarily augmented in 15 trains catering to more than 430 trips. Further, Special trains will also be planned accordingly.

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