The Ministry of
Railways has given approval to Zonal Railways for running summer
specials and augmenting of existing train services to tackle
the extra rush of passengers during the coming summer. Accordingly,
Central Railway will run 24 summer specials, Eastern Railway
eight summer special, Northern Railway four, Northeast Frontier
Railway four, Southern Railway 27, South Eastern Railway eight,
Western Railway 24 and North Western Railway two.
All the summer
specials will run on daily, bi-weekly, tri-weekly and four days
a week basis, the details of which will be announced by respective
Zonal Railways.
In addition, the
Zonal Railways will augment train services during this summer
. Central Railway will augment 19 trains by adding extra coaches
followed by Eastern Railway 12 trains, Northeast Frontier Railway
eight trains and South Eastern Railway 18 trains.
Both the summer
specials and the augmented train services shall operate between
early April and end of June or until the first week end of July
this year.
The Western Railway,
Mumbai has been directed to publish All India Summer Railway
Time Table comprising all Zonal Railways which will be priced
at Rs.5/- per copy and will be a handy reference book for rail
users.
The Zonal Railways
have also been asked to finalise other details like intermediate
quota, the timings and stoppages of intermediate stations for
approval of the Government in the Ministry of Railways.
