There is good news for passengers travelling from Purvanchal to Bengaluru. Railways has given a big gift to the passengers of Purvanchal who work or study in Bengaluru.
Keeping in mind the long-standing demand of the passengers, the railway administration has decided to run a summer special train between Gorakhpur and Bengaluru.
This train will run thrice in the month of May, due to which passengers travelling from Purvanchal to South India will no longer have to face problems regarding seats.
Railway’s Chief Public Relations Officer Pankaj Kumar Singh said that this summer special train will run with number 06529/06530, which has been named Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal-Bengaluru-Gorakhpur Summer Special.
This train will depart from Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal, Bengaluru on 12, 19 and 26 May, while on return it will depart from Gorakhpur on 16, 23 and 30 May. Keeping in mind the convenience of the passengers, special facilities have been provided in this special train:-
- A total of 18 coaches will be installed
- which will include one first class air-conditioned
- two second class AC
- four third class AC
- seven sleeper
- four general second class coaches
- This will provide an opportunity to travel to passengers of all classes.
Route and time:
- Train No.:- 06529 will leave from Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal-Bengaluru at 7:00 pm and reach Gorakhpur at 6:40 am on the fourth day via Kaduru, Davanagere, Ghataprabha, Pune, Rani Kamalapati (Bhopal), Veerangana Laxmibai (Jhansi), Prayagraj and Varanasi.
- Train No.:- 06530 This train will leave from Gorakhpur at 5:00 pm and will reach Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal, Bengaluru at 8:15 am on the fourth day via major stations like Deoria Sadar, Bhatni, Mau, Banaras, Prayagraj, Jhansi and Pune.
This decision of the Railway Administration will provide relief to thousands of passengers who travel long distances during summer holidays to meet their families or for work.
While on one hand the railways is making arrangements for special trains for the convenience of passengers, on the other hand the delay in regular trains is causing inconvenience to the passengers.
Last Saturday, train number 15103 Intercity Express going from Gorakhpur to Banaras was delayed by about 6 hours, due to which hundreds of passengers were stranded at the station for hours. The train’s departure time was 4:15 pm, but hundreds of passengers had reached the platform at 4 pm itself.When the train did not arrive for 3-4 hours, the passengers’ worry started turning into anger.
Some people were forced to return, while many passengers remained sitting on the platform till night. According to the information, the train stopped at Maniram station and even after reaching Nakaha station, due to lack of space on Gorakhpur platform, it had to stand there for hours.
The train did not reach Gorakhpur till 10:00 pm. Such irregularities raise questions on the functioning of the railways. On one hand, the introduction of special trains provides relief to passengers, while on the other hand, negligence in regular services is disrupting this relief.
