Marathwada gets new weekly Exp train to Delhi

  • | Wednesday | 13th March, 2019

We appeal to the passengers to take benefit of the new train,” he said.As per official schedule, the train (No. The train will arrive at Nanded by 1am on Friday.In its journey towards Delhi, the train will arrive at Aurangabad railway station at 12.15pm and proceed further after a halt of five minutes. “It was a long-pending demand to start the new train to Delhi which is finally fulfilled. In the return journey, the train will arrive in the city at 7.25pm and has a five-minute halt.Welcoming the new train, railway activist Raj Somani said the SCR should make the train bi-weekly to begin with. It is expected to reach Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station by 1pm the next day.In return direction, the train (No.

Aurangabad: Fulfilling the long-pending demand of passengers from Marathwada, the South Central Railway (SCR) will introduce a new train between Nanded and Delhi via Aurangabad from March 19.The new train, Marathwada Sampark Kranti Express, will initially run as a weekly train covering Parbhani, Jalna, Aurangabad, Manmad, Jalgaon, Bhopal, Jhansi, Agra, among other stations.Currently, Nanded-Delhi Sachkhand Express that runs on weekdays is the only train available from Aurangabad for raveling to the national capital.An SCR official on Tuesday said that the Railway Board had given approval to the major long-distance train a few days before the model code of conduct for Lok Sabha polls came into place.“The maiden journey of the train will be flagged off without any major inaugural function involving public representatives due to the model code of conduct,” he said.Rajesh Shinde, public relations officer for Nanded division of SCR, said the rake of Marathwada Sampark Kranti Express would be maintained at Nanded.“The train will comprise two 3-tier AC, one 2-tier AC, six Sleeper class, four general second class and two other coaches. We appeal to the passengers to take benefit of the new train,” he said.As per official schedule, the train (No. 12753) is scheduled to leave from Nanded at 8am on every Tuesday. It is expected to reach Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station by 1pm the next day.In return direction, the train (No. 12754) is slated to leave the national capital by 7.50pm on every Wednesday. The train will arrive at Nanded by 1am on Friday.In its journey towards Delhi, the train will arrive at Aurangabad railway station at 12.15pm and proceed further after a halt of five minutes. In the return journey, the train will arrive in the city at 7.25pm and has a five-minute halt.Welcoming the new train, railway activist Raj Somani said the SCR should make the train bi-weekly to begin with. “It was a long-pending demand to start the new train to Delhi which is finally fulfilled. However, we are not okay with the current frequency of the train and it should be made to run at least twice a week. The train is no doubt going to get good passenger occupancy,” he said.

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