Kolkata: South-Eastern and Eastern Railway are expecting a huge rush for the new long-distance Amrit Bharat trains that PM Narendra Modi virtually flagged off from Singur on Sunday.
"The trains will run between Santragachhi and Tambaram (near Chennai), between Howrah and Anand Vihar (Delhi) and between Sealdah and Varanasi from later this week," an SER official said on Monday.
Ravneet Singh, junior railways minister, Satish Kumar, chairman and CEO of the Railway Board and Anil Kumar Mishra, general manager, SER, were present at Santragachhi station during the programme to mark the inauguration.
The Santragachhi-Tambaram train will start from Tambaram on Friday and from Santragachhi on Saturday. The schedules are: from Tambaram, every Friday at 3.30pm, reaching Santragachhi at 8.15pm the next day. The train returns every Saturday at 11.55pm, reaching Tambaram at 10.00am on Monday. The Howrah–Anand Vihar Amrit Bharat Express will depart from Howrah every Thursday at 11.10pm, reaching Anand Vihar at 2.50am on Saturday, and return every Saturday at 5.15am, reaching Howrah at 10.50pm on Sunday.
The Varanasi–Sealdah Amrit Bharat Express will leave Varanasi on Sundays, Tuesdays and Fridays at 10.10pm, reaching Sealdah at 9.55am the next day.