SWR to run summer special trains to clear the extra rush of passengers

The South Western Railway (SWR) is proposing to extend the Ramangaram train for four days in a week.

Bengaluru: The South Western Railway (SWR) will run the following summer special trains to clear the extra rush of passengers. 

Train number 06249/06250 KSR Bengaluru-Rourkela-SMVT Bengaluru Summer Express Special will run via Jolarpettai, Vijayawada, Vizianagaram, Rayagada, Titilagarh and Sambalpur. 

Train number 06249 will depart from KSR Bengaluru at 9.15 pm on May 17, and reach Rourkela at 5 am on May 19. In the return direction, train number 06250 will leave Rourkela at 7 am on May 19, and arrive at KSR Bengaluru at 2 pm on May 20. 

Train number 06251/06252 SMVT Bengaluru-Khurda Road-SMVT Bengaluru Summer Express Special will run via Jolarpettai, Vijayawada, Vizianagaram, Sambalpur, Cuttack and Bhubaneswar. 

Train number 06251 will depart from SMVT Bengaluru at 10.15 am on May 18, and reach Khurda Road at 9 pm on May 19. In the return direction, train number 06252 will leave Khurda Road at 10.30 pm on May 19, and reach SMVT Bengaluru at 10.55 pm on May 21. 

Train number 06253/06254 SMVT Bengaluru-Khurda Road-SMVT Bengaluru Summer Express Special will run via Jolarpettai, Vijayawada, Vizianagaram, Sambalpur, Cuttack and Bhubaneswar. 

Train number 06253 will depart from SMVT Bengaluru at 11 pm on May 21, and reach Khurda Road at 11 am on May 23. In the return direction, train number 06254 will leave Khurda Road at 1 pm on May 23, and reach SMVT Bengaluru at 10.40 pm on May 24. 

Train number 06259/06260 SMVT Bengaluru-Kharagpur-SMVT Bengaluru Summer Express Special will run via Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Bhadrak and Baleshwar. 

Train number 06259 will depart from SMVT Bengaluru at 10.15 am on May 25, and reach Kharagpur at 7.30 pm on May 26. In the return direction, train number 06560 will leave Kharagpur at 10.15 pm on May 26, and arrive at SMVT Bengaluru at 8 am on May 28.