1 Trains from (MGS)MUGHAL SARAI JN to (DWR)DHARWAR

Shri K. Arul Jothi took charge as Inspector General cum Principal Chief Security Commissioner (IG-cum-PCSC) of Northeast Frontier Railway o­n 24^th March, 2023. He is an officer from the 1995 batch of Civil Services Exam. As IG-cum-PCSC he will be the security custodian of all Railway assets, structures including track and fixtures, rolling stock, signalling gears and Railway buildings and establishments like Station premises, Booking Offices, Administrative Head Quarters etc. within the jurisdiction of N. F. Railway i.e. all north-eastern states including Sikkim and parts of West Bengal and Bihar.

Shri Jothi has wide experience of working in field over many Zonal Railways. He has worked in many sensitive areas such as Mughal Sarai, Danapur, Malda, Sealdah and Secunderabad. Earlier in the year 2017-2019 he was posted as Deputy Inspector General cum Chief Security Commissioner of N. F. Railway. Before joining as the IG-cum-PCSC of Northeast Frontier Railway, he was posted as the IG-cum-PCSC of Rail Wheel Factory based at Yelahanka, Bangalore.

South Western Railway has notified the running of a Weekly Train, No.17315/17316, between Vasco Da Gama and Nagapattinam as detailed below:-

Train No. 17315 Vasco Da Gama – Nagapattinam Weekly Express will leave Vasco Da Gama at 09.00 hrs o­n Mondays and reach Nagapattinam at 11.40 hrs o­n Tuesdays, starting from 7^th March 2022.

In the return direction, Train No. 17316 Nagapattinam – Vasco Da Gama Weekly Express will leave Nagapattinam at  00.20 hrs o­n Wednesdays and reach Vasco Da Gama at 03.25 hrs o­n Thursdays, starting from 9^th March 2022.

Both the above train services, Train Nos. 17315 / 17316 Vasco Da Gama – Nagapattinam – Vasco Da Gama presently operated up to Nagapattinam, will be extended to Velankanni. The date of extension upto  Velankanni will be notified later.

Coach Composition: One AC Two Tier Coach, Four AC Three Tier Coaches, Seven Sleeper Class Coaches, Four General Second Class Coaches & Two Luggage cum brake Vans

The details of timings and stoppages of  Train No. No.17315 / 17316 Vasco Da Gama – Velankanni – Vasco Da Gama  Weekly Express trains are as follows: (Timings in hours)