Central Railway has decided to introduce Train No. 11417/11418 Pune – Nagpur – Pune Humsafar Express. The inaugural service 01417 will be flagged off by Shri Devendra Fadanvis, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Maharashtra in the presence of Shri Piyush Goyal, Hon’ble Minister of Railways on 3rd March 2019 from Mumbai via Video link.
The inaugural special train 01417 having 19 AC-3 tier coaches will leave Pune at 16.40 hrs on 3.3.2019 and arrive Nagpur at 06.55 hrs next day. The train will halt at stations Daund, Manmad, Chalisgaon, Bhusaval, Akola, Badnera and Wardha. Bookings for 01417 Inaugural special train on special charges will open on 2.3.2019 at all PRS locations and on www.irctc.co.in
The details of regular service of 11417/11418 Humsafar Express are as under:
Train No. 11417 Pune – Nagpur Humsafar Express will leave Pune at 22.00 hrs on every Thursday from 7.3.2019 and arriver Nagpur at 13.30 hrs next day.
Train No. 11418 Nagpur – Pune Humsafar Express will leave Nagpur at 15.00 hrs on every Friday from 8.3.2019 and arrive Pune at 08.05 next day.
Composition: 13 AC-tier coaches
Halts: Daund, Manmad, Chalisgaon, Bhusaval, Akola, Badnera and Wardha
why such long run time on a critical route???