The Indian Railways, on the 14th of October, took a crucial decision of running special trains in the view of the Dussehra festival.
These trains would also run over the Telugu states, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, making it easy for people to go home during Dussehra and Diwali.
The special trains would run between the 20th October and the 30th of November.
The Railways is preparing to run trains on major, passenger demand routes.
Trains like Narayanadri, Gautami, Sabari, Charminar, Bangalore Express would run through two Telugu states. These include daily trains as well as weekly trains.
Besides, special trains, third AC coaches would also be additionally set up during the festive season. As of now, 666 trains (mail / express) runs exclusively across India.
Here are the details of the special trains that run through Telugu states:
- Tirumala Express (Visakhapatnam-Kadapa), Narayanadri Express (Secunderabad-Tirupati), Gautami Express (Lingampally-Kakinada.)
- Narsapur Express (Secunderabad-Narsapur),
- Charminar (Hyderabad-Chennai),
- Sabari Express (Secunderabad)
- Secunderabad Express (Kachiguda-Mysore), Hubli Express (Hubli-Secunderabad)
- Visakhapatnam-Vijayawada double decker will run five days in a week.
- Rajkot Express (Secunderabad-Rajkot) will run three days a week.
- Jaipur Express (Hyderabad-Jaipur) via Nanded two days a week.
- Guwahati Express (Secunderabad-Guwahati) one day a week.
- Tirupati-Amaravati (Maharashtra) two days a week.
- Bhubaneswar-Tirupati one day a week.
The announcement to run special trains through the two Telugu states came after recently, the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) announced to run over 2,000 special buses in the wake of Dussehra.
Dussehra would be celebrated on the 26th of October.
