Aurangabad gets railway connectivity to Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh & Bihar
The South Central Railway (SCR) has started a weekly train from Jalna to Chhapra junction via Aurangabad, covering Madhya Pradesh, famous temple towns in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
AURANGABAD: The South Central Railway (SCR) has started a weekly train from Jalna to Chhapra junction via Aurangabad, covering Madhya Pradesh, famous temple towns in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
The inaugural run of the train is scheduled to get flagged off in presence of Raosaheb Danve, the minister of state for railways, from Jalna station at 8.45 pm on Wednesday.
As per the official schedule, the train will run every Wednesday from Jalna and every Friday, it will start its return journey. After leaving Jalna at 11.30 pm, the train is scheduled to arrive in Aurangabad at 12.15 am and leave for a further journey after a halt of five minutes. It is expected to reach Chhapra junction at 5.30 am on Friday. In the return direction, the train will leave from Chhapra junction at 10.15 pm on Friday and is scheduled to reach Aurangabad at 1 am on Sunday.
The train will cover Ankai, Manmad, Bhusaval, Khandwa, Harda, Itarasi, Pipariya, Gadarwara, Narsinghpur, Jabalpur, Katni, Maihar, Satna, Manikpur, Prayagraj, Gyanpur, Banaras, Varanasi, Aunrihar, Ghazipur, Ballia and Sahatwar junction in both the directions.
Chief public relations officer of SCR, Ch Rakesh, said the train will make a total of 12 trips to start with before getting a further extension in its schedule.
Railway activist Raj Somani said the new train must run at least twice a week. "A large number of passengers visit different places falling on the new route, including different temple towns. The railway administration must consider increasing the frequency of the train," he said.
When contacted, SCR authorities said the demand for increasing the frequency of the train could be considered depending on the response to planned trips.
The special train will consist of one first AC, four AC II-tier; 10 AC III-tier; two sleeper class coaches and two general second seating coaches, said an official release.
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