Devotees Can Reach Shirdi in just 7 Hours.

Devotees Can Reach The Temple Town In Less Than 7 Hours

Mumbai: Central Railway (CR) will start a weekend train to Shirdi that will go by a shorter route, taking close to half the time the daily train takes to reach Sai Baba’s shrine.The CST-Sainagar Shirdi train will leave at 10.20 pm on Friday and reach at 5 am on Saturday. The return train (Sainagar Shirdi-CST) will leave at 7.30 am on Saturday and reach Mumbai at 2.25 pm the same day.This train will be run on a trial basis and, depending on the response, CR will review the need to make it a permanent service.CR flagged off the first direct train to Shirdi after the Shirdi-Puntamba link was completed. But the route has 22 stops and takes close to 13 hours. It passes through Pune and is convenient for passengers there and the new route will be 112.5 kms shorter.“The recently started weekend specials from Mumbai to Madgaon have become a huge hit. So we thought why not a weekend train to Shirdi,’’ CR chief public relations officer S C Mudgerikar said. A FASTER RIDE First train Friday (March 20) Time taken Less than 7 hours Timings 10.20 pm from CST (Friday) will reach Shirdi at 5 am (Saturday) Return train 7.30 am from Shirdi (Saturday) and reach CST at 14.25 pm Distance 342.7 km Route CST, Dadar, Kalyan, Igatpuri, Nasik, Manmad, Kopargaon, Shirdi Halts 8 Price of ticket General seating: Rs 83 Sleeper Class: Rs 161 3 AC: Rs 427 2 AC: Rs 999 Break up of coaches 1 AC 2 tier, 1 AC 3 tier, 6 3 tier sleeper, 3 general seating and 2 SLR ie seating plus luggage compartmentBookings open for first train Wednesday

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