India is going through a terrible 2nd wave of the Coronavirus. This deadly global pandemic has upended the life of every individual in some capacity or another. Transport is one of the hardest hit sectors of these times but to facilitate the railway passengers in these trying times of Covid-19, Indian Railway has decided to add 3 more special summer trains in the southern regions of India. These special trains will cover the areas of Telangana, West Bengal, Karnataka and Kerala. The booking on these trains is currently available.
Train Timings and Stoppages
The train 08646 East Coast Special Fare Special will depart from its base station Hyderabad Deccan (HYB) at 08:00 am and reach its destination station Howrah Jn (HWH) at 02:40 pm on the next day. The train will halt at Warangal, Vijayawada Jn, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagram Jn, Brahmapur, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jajpur Keonjhar Road, Balasore, Kharagpur Jn and Santragachi Jn. This train will run from 1st May to 15th May, 2021.
On the return journey the train 08645 East Coast Special Fare Special will depart from its base station Howrah Jn (HWH) at 11:30 am and reach its destination station Hyderabad Deccan (HYB) at 05:30 pm on the next day. This train will halt at Santragachi Jn, Kharagpur Jn, Balasore, Jajpur Keonjhar Road, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Brahmapur, Vizianagram Jn, Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada Jn, Jangaon, Bhongir and Secunderabad Jn. This train will run from 3rd May to 17th May, 2021.
The train 06571 Yesvantpur Howrah One Trip SF Summer Special will depart from its base station Yesvantpur Jn (YPR) at 05:00 am and reach its destination station Howrah Jn (HWH) at 01:25 pm on the next day. The train will have stoppages at Satya Sai P Nilayam, Dharmavaram Jn, Anantapur, Nandyal, Markapur Road, Vijayawada Jn, Brahmapur, Bhubaneswar, Balasore and Kharagpur Jn. It will run from 30th April, 2021.
On the return journey the train 06572 Howrah Yesvantpur One Trip SF Summer Special will depart from its base station Howrah Jn (HWH) at 02:55 pm and reach its destination station Yesvantpur Jn (YPR) at 11:55 on the next day. The train will have stoppages at Kharagpur Jn, Balasore, Bhubaneswar, Brahmapur, Vijayawada Jn, Markapur Road, Nandyal, Anantapur, Dharmavaram Jn and Satya Sai P Nilayam. It will run from 5th May, 2021.
The train 06185 Thiruvananthapuram Central Malda Town Special will depart from its base station Trivandrum Central (TVC) at 06:00 pm and reach its destination station Malda Town (MLDT) at 08:10 pm on the 3rd day. This train will halt at Kollam Jn, Kottayam, Palakkad, Coimbatore Jn, Salem Jn, Chennai Central, Nellore, Vijayawada Jn, Rajahmundry, Visakhapatnam, Brahmapur, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Kharagpur Jn and Rampur Hat. It will run from 27th April to 1st May on Tuesday and Saturday.
On the return journey the train 06186 Malda Town Thiruvananthapuram Central Special will depart from its base station Malda Town (MLDT) at 07:45 pm and reach its destination station Trivandrum Central (TVC) at 11:10 pm on the 3rd day. This train will halt at Rampur Hat, Kharagpur Jn, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Brahmapur, Brahmapur, Visakhapatnam, Rajahmundry, Vijayawada Jn, Nellore, Chennai Central, Salem Jn, Coimbatore Jn, Palakkad, Kottayam, Chengannur and Kollam Jn. This train will run from 30th April to 4th May, 2021.
Indian Railway is trying to restore its passenger train service to pre-pandemic levels, provided the Covid-19 virus remains under control and all the approvals are secured by the concerned state governments. These trains are most likely to be special train service only. All regular passenger train services of Indian Railways were suspended when a nationwide lockdown was declared last year in March but since May 2020 special train services were started by the national transporter in a phased manner.
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