JOIN USThe South Western Railway (SWR) has decided to run weekly Garib Rath Express Special trains between Yeshwantpur and Jaipur for four special trips in each direction.
Accordingly, the Yeshwantpur-Jaipur weekly Garib Rath Express Special (06511) will depart Yeshwantpur at 5.10 am on Sundays ( July 7, 14, 21 and 28) and arrive at Jaipur at 3.50 am on Tuesdays.
In the return direction, the Jaipur-Yeshwantpur weekly Garib Rath Express Special (06512) will depart Jaipur at 3.30 pm on Tuesdays ( July 9, 16, 23 and 30) and arrive at Yeshwantpur 3.10 pm on Thursdays.
En route, the train will pass through Tumkur, Arsikere, Davangere, Hubli, Gadag, Bagalkot, Solapur, Daund, Pune, Surat, Vadodara, Ahmedabad, Sabarmati, Palanpur, Marwar Junction, Ajmer and Kishangarh stations.
The Weekly Garib Rath Express Specials have a total of 18 coaches, including 16 AC 3-tier coaches and two motor cars.
Special daily train
The SWR has started running passenger daily special trains between Hubli and Bijapur. Accordingly, the Hubli-Bijapur Daily Passenger Special (06919) will depart Hubli at 6.25 am and arrive at Bijapur station at 1 pm the same day.
In the return direction, the Bijapur-Hubli Daily Passenger Special (06920) will depart
Bijapur at 1.30 pm and arrive at Hubli at 8.20 pm the same day.
The passenger special has a total of nine coaches, including one second class sleeper coach, six general second class coaches and two second class luggage-cum-brake vans.
The services of the special passenger will conclude on December 31, 2013.
Tri-weekly spl trains
The SWR will run tri-weekly express special trains between Yeshwantpur and Miraj for 24 trips in each direction on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from July 7 till August 30.
Accordingly, the Yeshwantpur-Miraj tri-weekly Express Special (06517) will depart Yeshwantpur at 8.40 pm and arrive at Miraj at 10.15 am the next day.
In the return direction, the Miraj-Yeshwantpur tri-weekly Express Special (06518) will depart Miraj at 4.45 pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and arrive at Yeshwantpur at 6.20 am the next day.
En route, the specials will pass through Tumkur, Arsikere, Davangere, Hubli, Belgaum and Kudachi stations.
The tri-weekly Express Special has a total of 15 coaches, including one AC two-tier coach, one AC three-tier coach, seven second class sleeper coaches, four general second class coaches and two second class luggage-cum-brake vans.
Additional coaches
South Eastern Railway has added one additional AC 3-tier coach temporarily for Howrah-Yeshwanthpur-Howrah Express (12245/12246) with effect from July 6 to clear extra rush of traffic and the facility would be withdrawn after August 2.
Eastern Railway has attached one AC first class coach to Guwahati-Bangalore City-Guwahati Superfast Express (12510/12509) from Guwahati from July 8 and the facility will be withdrawn after August 8.