The Railways has decided to run 24 services of superfast special train Pune-Bilaspur-Pune via Nagpur to clear the extra rush of passengers from October 15 till year-end.
Accordingly, train number 08296 Pune-Bilaspur superfast special will leave Pune at 2 PM on every Monday from October 15 to December 31 and arrive Bilaspur at 1.40 PM the next day (Tuesday).
The train will leave Wardha at 4.33 AM and Nagpur at 6.40 AM on every Tuesday from October 16 till January 1, 2013.
Similarly, 08295 Bilaspur-Pune superfast special will leave Bilaspur at 2 PM on every Sunday from October 14 to December 30 and arrive Pune at 11.05 AM the next day (Monday). It will pass through Nagpur at 8.35 PM and Wardha at 9.45 PM on every Sunday from October 14 to December 30.
It will halt at Daund, Ahmednagar, Belapur, Kopargaon, Manmad, Bhusaval, Akola, Badnera, Wardha, Nagpur, Gondia, Ranjangaon, Durg, Raipur and Bhatapara.
The train will run with 17 coaches including one 2-Tier AC-cum-3-Tier AC, one 3-Tier AC, 5 sleeper classes, eight second class chair cars and two general second-cum-guards brake van coaches, according to a release issued by Central Railway, Nagpur division, today.