The Indian Railways has extended multiple special trains for trips in May and June 2021. The extensions ought to help passengers who urgently need to travel to and from Gujarat, Maharashtra, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Karnataka, Assam and Jharkhand.
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Here’s all the train extension news:
40 WR trains extended on major routes
The Western Railways will be extending trips for 20 pairs of special trains in May 2021. This will boost connectivity for popular stations such as Mumbai Central, Gorakhpur, Surat, Bhagalpur, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Bandra Terminus, Guwahati and Chhapra.
See the details here:
For the convenience of passengers, WR has decided to run an additional special between Bandra Terminus and Jhansi.
It has also been decided to extend trips of 21 Special Trains.
Booking will open from 6th, 7th & 8th May,2021 at nominated PRS counters and on IRCTC website. pic.twitter.com/LCn8dRw01G
— Western Railway (@WesternRly) May 5, 2021
In the announcement above, it has also been mentioned that a weekly superfast special express train (02200/02199) connecting Bandra Terminus and Jhansi will run till July.
More train extension news
> 09303 Dr Ambedkar Nagar–Guwahati Spl will run on May 14, departing at 12.45 pm on Friday and arriving by 3 pm on Sunday
> 09304 Guwahati–Dr Ambedkar Nagar will run on May 17, departing at 5.15 am on Monday and arriving by 5.30 am on Wednesday
> 06597 Yesvantpur–Howrah Spl has been renewed to run from May 13 to June 24 on Thursdays
> 06598 Howrah–Yesvantpur Spl has been renewed to run from May 18 to June 29 on Tuesdays
> 08117 Mysuru–Howrah Exp Spl will be extended to run from May 7 to June 25 on Fridays
> 08118 Howrah–Mysuru Exp Spl will be extended to run from May 9 to June 27 on Sundays
Summer Special trains extended
Round trips between Maharashtra & Uttar Pradesh:
> 01101 Dadar–Manduadih Summer Spl has been extended till May 9 on every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday
> 01102 Manduadih–Dadar Summer Spl has been extended till May 11 on every Tuesday, Friday, Saturday and Monday
> 01109 LTT–Manduadih Weekly Summer Spl will run on May 8
> 01110 Manduadih–LTT Weekly Summer Spl will run on May 9
> 01453 Pune–Gorakhpur Weekly Summer Spl will run on May 7
> 01454 Gorakhpur–Pune Weekly Summer Spl will run on May 9
> 01093 CSMT–Gorakhpur Summer Spl will run till May 10 on all days except Tuesdays
> 01094 Gorakhpur–CSMT Summer Spl will run till May 12 on all days except Thursdays
Single trips connecting Maharashtra with Bihar & Uttar Pradesh:
> 01163 LTT–Danapur Biweekly Summer Spl will run on May 7
> 01442 Lucknow Jn–Pune Weekly Summer Spl will run on May 7
> 01446 Bhagalpur–Pune Weekly Summer Spl will run on May 8
> 01120 Lucknow Jn–LTT Weekly Summer Spl will run on May 8
> 01438 Lucknow Jn–Pune Weekly Summer Spl will run on May 12
Please check the latest train travel guidelines for Indian states here before making any bookings.
We hope you have a safe journey!
