On Friday, a special train from Pune to Nagpur (Train No. 01166) was delayed by three hours. This caused inconvenience to passengers who had to wait at Pune station. The delay highlights the inefficiency of the railway administration, which has been facing frequent delays in recent days. The railway administration decided...
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to operate a special Pune-Nagpur train due to the increasing crowd of passengers. This train was supposed to depart from Pune station at 3:50 PM on Friday (17th) for Nagpur. However, the train did not arrive at Pune railway station until 7 PM, forcing passengers to wait for three hours. This caused significant inconvenience to the passengers. Passenger Bhaskar Rao Pathak said that the Pune-Nagpur special train was delayed by more than three hours, causing inconvenience to passengers. He demanded that the railway administration run special trains on time. The Nagpur-Pune special train arrived in Pune 3 hours and 42 minutes late on Friday. Due to the unavailability of a rake, the Pune-Nagpur special train, which was scheduled to depart from Pune in the afternoon, was also delayed. The concerned department will be asked for more information on this. - Rampal Badpagga, Public Relations Officer, Central Railway, Pune The railway administration's neglect of special trains has been a recurring issue. On Friday, a similar situation was witnessed at Pune railway station. The Pune-Nagpur (01166) train was scheduled to depart at 3:50 PM but left for Nagpur at 7:06 PM. The Pune-Gorakhpur special train (01431) was scheduled to be delayed for a full day, meaning it will now depart on the 18th instead of the 17th. The LTT-Bhubaneswar train was also delayed. Additionally, the Azad Hind Express, which was scheduled to depart on the 17th, has been rescheduled to depart on the 18th. It will now depart in the morning. This means the special train will also be delayed by one day.