C Rly to run 4 trains to Pune, another between Gondia and Kolhapur

Nagpur: After announcing the restarting Duronto and Vidarbha Express trains to Mumbai, the Central Railway has added 8 more pairs of special trains from October 11 within the state.
Of these, Pune-Nagpur-Pune (01417-01418) Hamsafar AC special will run once a week. From Pune, 01417 will leave from October 15, every Thursday, and arrive in Nagpur the next day.The 01418 will leave Nagpur from October 16, on every Friday and reach Pune the next day. The train will have 13 AC-3 tier coaches.
Another AC special will operate between Ajni-Pune. The 02239 weekly special will leave Pune from October 17, on every Saturday till and arrive at Ajni the next day. Similarly, 02240 special will leave Ajni from October 18 every Sunday till further and reach Pune the next day. This train will also have 13 AC-3 tier coaches.
The third train to Pune will operate from Amravati. The 02117 Pune-Amravati AC special weekly will leave Pune from October 14 every Wednesday and arrive in Amravati the next day. Similarly, 02118 weekly special will leave Amravati from October 15 every Thursday till further advice and arrive in Pune the next day.
Another train to Pune will operate from Ajni. Ajni-Pune 02224 weekly special will leave Ajni from October 13, every Tuesday till further advice, and arrive Pune next day. Besides, 02223 special will leave Pune from October 16 every Friday and arrive Ajni the next day.
The Central Railway has also decided to operate Maharashtra Express between Gondia-Kolhapur. The 01039 special train will leave Kolhapur daily from October 11, till further advice and arrive Gondia next day. Similarly, 01040 special will leave Gondia daily from October 13, and arrive Kolhapur next day.
Officials said bookings for these special trains will commence from October 9 and 11 at all reservation centres and online. Only passengers having confirmed tickets will be permitted to board these trains. Passengers have been advised to adhere to all norms, SOPs related to Covid-19 during travel.