7 New Railways Updates: Increase in Stoppages, Change in Routes, New Trains and More

Ishita GandhiSeptember 28, 2020

For the convenience of passengers, the Indian Railways has announced a series of new changes that will be effective from this week.

The announcements include change in routes and increase in stoppages and frequency of a few important trains as per passenger demand.

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Along with that, the national transporter will be running two new inter-state trains between Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka from today.

Here are all the details:

1.Increase in Frequency: To accommodate the rush of passengers, Northern Railways will be increasing the frequency of Train Numbers 02303/02304 and 02381/02382 New Delhi-Howrah-New Delhi Poorva Express Specials starting from October 2, 2020. Here is the new schedule of these trains:

For the convenience of the passengers the frequency of Train Numbers 02303/02304 & 02381/02382 New Delhi-Howrah-New Delhi Poorva Express Specials have been increased from the dates shown against each as under :- pic.twitter.com/OVxLuj2lJq

— Northern Railway (@RailwayNorthern) September 25, 2020

2.New Stoppage: Western Railways has decided to add a stoppage for Train Nos. 09115-09116 Bhuj-Dadar Special at the Viramgam Railway Station in Gujarat. While Train No. 09116 will arrive at Viramgam at 03:47 pm and depart for Dadar at 03:49 pm, Train No. 09115 will arrive at Viramgam at 12:56 am and depart for Bhuj at 12:58 am from 28.09.20.

All new IRCTC Special trains are now available on ixigo:

3.Change in Route: Due to renovation work between Aunhrihar and Taron in Varanasi division, Train No. 09089 Ahmedabad-Gorakhpur Express will run via Varanasi, Jaunpur, Shahganj and Mau from 24.09.20 till 10.10.20. Train No. 09090 Gorakhpur-Ahmedabad Express will run via Mau, Shahganj, Jaunpur and Varanasi from 25.09.20 till 11.10.20.

4.New train between Chennai and Mangalore: Train No.02601 Chennai Central-Mangalore Central Superfast Special (Daily) will begin operations from today. Check the stoppages and timings:

TIMINGS OF TRAIN No. 02601 CHENNAI CENTRAL-MANGALURU CENTRAL SUPERFAST SPECIAL (DAILY)

Date of commencement of service: From 28.09.2020 pic.twitter.com/2khb2PuhPu

— Palakkad Railway Division (@propgt14) September 25, 2020

5.New train between Thiruvananthapuram and Chennai: Train No.02624 Thiruvananthapuram-Chennai Central Superfast Special (Daily) will begin operations from today. Check the departure and arrival timings of this train here:

TIMINGS OF TRAIN No. 02624 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM- CHENNAI CENTRAL SUPERFAST SPECIAL (DAILY)

Date of commencement of service: From 28.09.2020 pic.twitter.com/K4iaSmRBml

— Palakkad Railway Division (@propgt14) September 25, 2020

6.Additional Stoppages: The East Coast Railways has decided to provide additional stoppages at important stations for 20 special trains passing through Odisha from October 1. Here is the complete list:

.@RailMinIndia It has been decided to provide additional stoppages of the following Special trains w.e.f. 1st October, 2020 as per following @DRMSambalpur @DRMKhurdaRoad @DRMWaltairECoR pic.twitter.com/FZhbqGFIy2

— East Coast Railway (@EastCoastRail) September 26, 2020

7.Extension of Trains: The East Coast Railways has decided to extend 14 special trains up to Puri in Odisha with effect from 1st October. Here are the details:

.@RailMinIndia It has been decided to extend the following Special Trains up to Puri as per the following @DRMSambalpur @DRMKhurdaRoad @DRMWaltairECoR pic.twitter.com/OW51Vy0reZ

— East Coast Railway (@EastCoastRail) September 26, 2020

We wish our passengers a safe journey!

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