The railway administration will run a superfast premium express train between Pune and Bilaspur (and vice-versa) via Nagpur to clear the extra rush of summer, a press release said.
Train number 8296 will depart from Pune on April 8 (Tuesday) and April 12 (Saturday) at 7.30 p.m. and reach Bilaspur at 3 p.m. It will pass via Nagpur at 8.20 a.m. next day (Wednesday and Sunday), a press release from Nagpur division of Central Railway said.
Similarly, train number 8295 will leave Bilaspur at 9.15 p.m. on April 7 and 11 (Monday and Friday) and will arrive at Pune the next day at 4.45 p.m. It will pass via Nagpur at 3.45 p.m. (Tuesday and Saturday).
The train will stop at Kopargaon, Manmad, Bhusaval, Nagpur, Gondia, Durg and Raipur in both directions. It will have 20 coaches, including three 2AC, five 3AC and 10 sleeper coaches.