Bilaspur-Pune super-fast train from July 3

Nagpur, May 30 (UNI) The Bilaspur-Pune-Bilaspur weekly super-fast train via Nagpur, announced in the Railway Budget this year, will commence operations from July 3.

The train would leave Bilaspur every Thursday, reaching Pune on Friday morning, according to a Central Railway (CR) press release here. On the return leg, the train would leave Pune every Friday, reaching Bilaspur the next morning, it said. The train would have 18 coaches, the release added.

The 2849 Bilaspur-Pune super-fast will leave Bilaspur at 1130 hrs, and travel along the following route (arrival/departure time in brackets): Nagpur (1820/1835), Wardha (1948/1953), Badnera (2130/2133), Akola (2225/2230), Bhusawal (0045/0050), Jalgaon (0115/0117), Manmad (0345/0350), Ahmednagar (0610/0613), Daund (0800/0815) and Pune (arrival 0945).

The 2850 Pune-Bilaspur super-fast will leave Pune at 1740, and travel along the following route (arrival/departure time in brackets): Daund (1855/1910), Ahmednagar (2102/2105), Manmad (0001/0005), Jalgaon (0157/0200), Bhusawal (0240/0250), Akola (0445/0450), Badnera (0635/0640), Wardha (0805/0807), Nagpur (0925/0940) and Bilaspur (1650).

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