Weekly special train between Jammu Tawi, Allahabad to ease summer rush

Kuldip Bhatia

Ludhiana, July 3

In a bid to clear extra rush of rail passengers during the summer season, Northern Railway will run a special train (Nos. 04113/04114) between Allahabad and Jammu Tawi. The train will make two trips from July 16 in each direction.

The 04113 Allahabad-Jammu Tawi Weekly Special train will depart from Allahabad on every Saturday on July 16 and 23 at 3.20 pm to reach Jammu Tawi at 1.50 pm the next day. The train will arrive at Ludhiana at 7.50 am and will have a stoppage of 20 minutes. In the return journey, the 04114 Jammu Tawi- Allahabad Weekly Special train will depart from Jammu Tawi on every Sunday on July 17 and 24 at 10.10 pm to reach Allahabad at 8.25 pm the next day. The train will have a 10-minute stoppage from 3.35 am to 3.45 am at Ludhiana.

Comprising one AC II Tier, two AC III Tier, 12 sleeper class, five general class and two second class-cum-luggage van coaches, the pair of trains will stop at Fatehpur, Kanpur, Etawah, Tundla, Aligarh, Ghaziabad, Delhi Junction, Panipat, Ambala, Ludhiana, Jalandhar Cantonment and Pathankot Cantonment stations.

Run of summer special trains extended

The Railways has extended the run of special train 04972/04971 Jammu Tawi-Udaipur-Jammu Tawi Weekly (16 trips), 09021/09022 Bandra Terminus-Jammu Tawi-Bandra Terminus AC Superfast Weekly (08 trips) and 09205/09206 Bhavnagar-Jammu Tawi-Bhavnagar Weekly Express (10 trips).

The 04972/04971 Jammu Tawi-Udaipur-Jammu Tawi Weekly Special Train will be extended to run from July 7 to August 25 when departing from Jammu Tawi and from July 8 to August 26 when departing from Udaipur.

The 09021/09022 Bandra Terminus-Jammu Tawi-Bandra Terminus AC Superfast Weekly Special Train will be extended to run from July 4 to 25 when departing from Bandra Terminus and from July 5 to 26 when departing from Jammu Tawi.

The 09205/09206 Bhavnagar-Jammu Tawi-Bhavnagar Weekly Special Train will be extended to run from July 1 to 29 when departing from Bhavnagar and from July 3 to 31 when departing from Jammu Tawi.

Revision of timings and renumbering

According to the railway authorities, the timings of train no. 14153/14154 Kanpur-Amritsar-Kanpur Weekly Express will be revised from October 1 and the train will be renumbered as 22445/22446 Kanpur-Amritsar-Kanpur Superfast Weekly Express.

The 22445 Kanpur-Amritsar Superfast will depart from Kanpur at 5.20 pm instead of 5.15 pm to reach Amritsar at 9.35 am instead of 9.40 am with a seven-minute stoppage at Ludhiana from 6.48 am to 6.55 am. Its return service, the 22446 Amritsar-Kanpur Superfast will depart from Amritsar at 12.35 pm (time unchanged) to reach Kanpur at 4.50 am instead of 5.05 am. The train will have a five-minute stoppage at Ludhiana from 3 pm to 3.05 pm.