Nagpur-Mumbai Duronto service to start from tomorrow

Nagpur: In some good news, the Central Railway (CR) will resume services of Nagpur-Mumbai Duronto Express from October 9 as a ‘special train’. The reservation will start from Thursday.
CR, in consultation with the Railway Board, has decided to run five pairs of special trains from October 9 after the Maharashtra government relaxed travel norms within the state. The popular trains, now categorized as special trains, will have same timings, coach distribution and stoppages as earlier.
The special trains would connect state’s important centres like Nagpur, Gondia, Pune and Solapur to Mumbai.
Another popular train ‘Vidarbha Express’, which runs between Gondia and Chhatrapati Shivaji terminus (CST), is set to resume service from October 9. The first train will depart from CST while the train will depart from Gondia the next day.
Senior divisional commercial manager Krishnath Patil said only passengers with confirmed tickets can board the train due to the innovative Automated Ticket Checking and Managing Access (ATMA) system installed for contactless monitoring at the entrance of the platform as an anti-Covid measure.
“The special trains were started gauging the requirement of the passengers. Our ticket checking staffers and Railway Protection Force (RPF) would also monitor passengers inside the coaches to ensure all wear masks and take other precautions,” he said and added that they in the beginning, they are expecting a moderate rush.
Apart from Duronto, the CR also revived the services of Deccan Queen between CST and Pune and also Siddheshwar Superfast Express connecting CST and Solapur.