Jamshedpur: The South Eastern Railways (SER) has launched a south India-bound bi-weekly train — Tatanagar-Ernakulam Express — which will run every Thursday and Sunday from Tatanagar and every Sunday and Wednesday from Ernakulam.
The special train will prove to be a boon for passengers from Tatanagar who were facing problems while travelling to southern states after the services of Tatanagar-Alleppey express train were shut in the wake of the Covid-induced lockdown. “The new special train will help those travelling to Kerala and other southern states,” a divisional railway official in Chakradharpur railway said.
The...
more... express train will have one AC-2 tier coach, four AC-3tier coaches, 11 sleeper class and two general second-class seating coaches.
Jamshedpur Yatri Sangh member S N Pathak said it would have been better had the new train travels via Visakhapatnam and Chennai stations. “Considering the number of passengers that travel to Visakhapatnam and Chennai, it would have been better had the new the train passed through Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.”
SER has also started another special express train – Puri-Rishikesh Express — that will pass through Tatanagar for devotees travelling to Haridwar for the Mahakumbh Mela. The special express train, which has already started operating from Puri on Wednesday, will run seven days a week. It will start running from Rishikesh on Saturday.
The train has four AC-3 tier coaches, one AC-2 tier coach, 11 sleeper class and three second-class seating coaches.