South Eastern Railway would run 348 long distance special trains including premium services with a view to clear extra rush of passengers during the ensuing festive season.
The services would be from Howrah, Santragachi, Kharagpur, Ranchi and Hatia to different destinations including Yesvantpur (Bangalore), Chennai, Mumbai, Ernakulam, Mysore, Puri, Secunderabad, Anand Vihar(Delhi), Dumka and New Jalpaiguri, SER sources said here today.
Of these, 106 would be premium trains while 242 mail or express specials would be run during the period, the sources said.
This apart, 30 mail or express trains would be augmented by attaching one extra coach in each of these trains from September to November or December, 2014.
Moreover, seven night EMU special local trains would also be run daily from Septembe 29 to September 4 during Durga Puja festival, the sources said.
As a result of running of these special trains and augmentation of existing mail or express trains, 1,44,712 additional reserved berths would be generated for the benefit of the travelling public, the sources said.
