Indian Railways has changed the timings of some of the trains from November 1st. The announcement was made on Tuesday, on Twitter. The tweet from the Ministry of Railways Twitter handle read, “Salient features of time table of North Central Railway, effective from 01.11.2017.”
The timings of trains have been reworked to ensure that passengers get maximum time in the city they are visiting, and are also able to avoid peak traffic hours at their destinations.
The new timetable with the changed timings will appear in the Railway Publication, ‘Trains at a Glance’. As per reports, about 65 trains under Northern Railway will run faster as the Railways is focusing on speeding up trains. The main aim is to reduce the the running time of close to 500 trains across zones from anywhere between 15 minute to three hours.
About 51 express and 36 passenger trains running under the Southern Railways have been speeded up as well while under East Coast Railway, 37 express and 19 local passenger trains will run faster. The Northern Railway timetable has three new trains for the sector – Tejas, Humsafar and Antyodaya Express.
The Tejas Express, India’s first semi-high speed, full-AC train will run six days a week between New Delhi and Chandigarh, and Lucknow and Anand Vihar. The Humsafar Express, completely three-tier AC sleeper train, will run between Sealdah and Jammu Tawi once a week and tri-weekly between Anand Vihar and Allahabad. The Antyodaya Express, featuring all unreserved or general coaches, will run between Darbhanga and Jalandhar, and Bilaspur and Ferozepur, once a week.
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