Dussehra holidays: Take these trains to avoid the festival rush

Bhubaneswar: In view of heavy rush during Dussehra holidays and to avoid rush in regular trains, special trains would run through East Coast Railway (ECoR) jurisdiction to provide comfortable journey to the commuters for the world famous Dussehra festival at Mysore.

Passengers may avail the facility of the Special trains towards Mysore and other destinations en-route during the Puja rush time, a release from ECoR said.

02683 Mysore-Santragachhi (Kolkata) Dussehra Special Train will leave Mysore at 0600 hours every Wednesday between 24 September and 29 October, 2014 and will arrive at Santragachhi at 1545 hours the next day.

In the return direction, 02684 Santragachhi-Mysore Special train will leave Santragachhi at 0550 hours every Friday between 26 September and 31 October, 2014 and will arrive at Mysore at 1645 hours on Saturdays, it said.

Apart from this, passengers may board the Yesvantpur, Bangalore Cant and Chennai bound trains from and through ECoR jurisdiction, where they can easily have access to board the connecting trains towards Mysore.

00851 Bhubaneswar-Bangalore Cant Premium Special train leaves Bhubaneswar at 2250 hours on every Saturday and Wednesday till 22 October, 2014 and arrives at Bangalore Cant at 2120 hours the following day, ECoR release said.

In the return direction, 00852 Bangalore Cant-Bhubaneswar Premium Special train leaves Bangalore Cant at 2350 hours on every Sunday and Thursday till 23 October, 2014 and arrives at Bhubaneswar at 2315 hours the next day.

08301 Sambalpur-Yesvantpur Special train will leave Sambalpur at 0850 hours on every Wednesday between 1 October and 24 December, 2014 and will arrive at Yesvantpur at 1630 hours the following day.

In the return direction, 08302 Yesvantpur-Sambalpur Special train will leave Yesvantpur at 0030 hours every Friday (Midnight of Thursday) between 3 October and 26 December, 2014 and will arrive at Sambalpur at 0615 hours on Saturdays.

02863 Howrah-Yesvantpur AC Premium Special train leaves Howrah at 1100hrs every Monday till 29 December and reaches Yesvantpur at 1600 hours the following day. In return direction, 02864 Yesvantpur-Howrah AC Premium Special train leaves Yesvantpur at 1115 hours every Wednesday till 31 December, 2014 and arrives at Howrah at 1600 hours on the next day.

02841 Howrah-Chennai AC Premium Special train will leave Howrah at 1240 hours on every Friday between 26 September to 28 November, 2014 and arrive at Chennai at 1425 hours the following day. In the return direction, 02842 Chennai-Howrah AC Premium Special train will leave Chennai at 1710 hours on every Saturday between 27 September to 29 November, 2014 and will arrive at Howrah at 1830 hours the next day.

02807 Santragachhi (Kolkata)-Chennai bi-weekly Jansadharan Special train will leave Santragachhi at 1900 hours every Monday and Thursday from 18 September to 13 November, 2014 and will arrive at Chennai at 2245 hours the following day. In the return direction, 02808 Chennai-Santragachhi bi-weekly Jansadharan Special train will leave Chennai at 0745 hours every Wednesday and Saturday between 20 September to 15 November, 2014 and will arrive at Santragachhi at 1025 hours the next day.

PTI