2 new trains on upgraded Jabalpur-Gondia section

Nagpur: Seventeen days after the first train rolled out on the upgraded Jabalpur-Nainpur-Balaghat-Gondia route, the Railway Board has approved two more trains on the same route. They will prove beneficial to passengers travelling to Nagpur and Chandrapur.
Proposals were made by South East Central Railway (SECR) on December 18. The two trains — Rewa-Itwari Express and Jabalpur-Chanda Fort Express — will run daily.
“Though the timings have been announced, the date of the run is yet to be decided.Primary maintenance of these trains will be done at Jabalpur. Travellers from Nagpur have an option to go to Jabalpur-Rewa via Gondia, Balaghat and Nainpur and Itarsi too,” said Anurag Kumar Singh, SECR divisional commercial manager SECR.
The distance to Itwari will be cut by 178km and travel time too. The distance between Jabalpur-Itwari via Itarsi comes to 542km while it comes to 364km from Jabalpur-Gondia-Itwari. From Jabalpur to Rewa it will join the regular line.
Similarly, the distance between Jabalpur-Chanda Fort via Itarsi-Nagpur-Sevagram comes to 764km while it comes to 476km through Balaghat-Gondia. People travelling towards the south will save time and money too. With the new trains, the Railway Board has discontinued Jabalpur-Nainpur Express.
The first train to start on this upgraded route was the weekly Gaya-Chennai-Gaya Express on January 3.
SCHEDULE
1st train: Itwari departure 6.30pm
Rewa arrival 8.30am
Stoppages | Gondia, Nainpur, Jabalpur, and Rewa
Return trip | Rewa at 5.20pm and Itwari at 7.25am
2nd train: Chanda Fort departure 2.50pm
Jabalpur arrival 9.25pm
Return trip | Jabalpur at 5.15am and Chanda Fort at 1.50pm