Good news for passengers !! It has been decided to run following Special Trains in co-ordination with Central Railway to clear extra rush of passengers during weekend :-
1.Train No. 01005 Lokmanya Tilak (T) – Madgaon Special.
Train No. 01005 Lokmanya Tilak (T) - Madgaon special train will leave from Lokmanya Tilak (T) at 16:55 Hrs on 25th January 2017. Train will reach Madgaon at 04:00 Hrs on next day.
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train will halt at Thane, Panvel, Roha, Khed, Chiplun, Ratnagiri, Kankavali, Kudal and Thivim stations.
Composition: Total 18 Coaches.
AC 2-tier -01 Coach, AC 3-tier -08 Coaches, Sleeper Class – 04 coaches, General – 03 coaches, SLR's – 02 coaches.
2.Train No. 01084 Madgaon – Nagpur Special.
Train No. 01084 Madgaon – Nagpur special train will leave from Madgaon at 10:40 Hrs on 26th January 2017. Train will reach Nagpur at 12:45 Hrs on next day.
The train will halt at Thivim, Kudal, Kankavali, Ratnagiri, Chiplun, Khed, Roha, Panvel, Kalyan, Igatpuri, Nasik, Manmad, Bhusaval, Akola, Badnera and Wardha stations.
Composition: Total 18 Coaches.
AC 2-tier -01 Coach, AC 3-tier -08 Coaches, Sleeper Class – 04 coaches, General – 03 coaches, SLR's – 02 coaches.
3.Train No. 01083 Nagpur – Madgaon Special.
Train No. 01083 Nagpur - Madgaon special train will leave from Nagpur at 13:50 Hrs on 26th January 2017. Train will reach Madgaon at 14:45 Hrs on next day.
The train will halt at Wardha, Badnera, Akola, Bhusaval, Manmad, Nasik, Igatpuri, Kalyan, Panvel, Roha, Khed, Chiplun, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Sawantwadi and Thivim stations.
Composition: Total 18 Coaches.
AC 2-tier -01 Coach, AC 3-tier -08 Coaches, Sleeper Class – 04 coaches, General – 03 coaches, SLR's – 02 coaches.
4. Train No. 01046 Madgaon – Mumbai CST Special.
Train No. 01046 Madgaon – Mumbai CST special train will leave from Madgaon at 16:30 Hrs on 27th January 2017. Train will reach Mumbai CST 06:15 Hrs on next day.
The train will halt at Thivim, Sawantwadi, Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri, Chiplun, Khed, Roha, Panvel, Thane and Dadar stations.
Composition: Total 18 Coaches.
AC 2-tier -01 Coach, AC 3-tier -08 Coaches, Sleeper Class – 04 coaches, General – 03 coaches, SLR's – 02 coaches.
5. Train No. 01013/01014 Lokmanya Tilak (T) – Karmali – Lokmanya Tilak (T) Special.
Train No. 01013 Lokmanya Tilak (T) – Karmali special train will leave from Lokmanya Tilak (T) at 01:10 Hrs on 29th January 2017. Train will reach Karmali at 11:00 Hrs on same day.
Train No. 01014 Karmali – Lokmanya Tilak (T) special train will leave from Karmali at 14:00 Hrs on 29th January 2017. Train will reach Lokmanya Tilak (T) at 23:55 Hrs on same day.
The train will halt at Thane, Panvel, Roha, Chiplun, Ratnagiri, Kankavali and Kudal stations.
Composition: Total 18 Coaches.
AC 2-tier- 01 Coach, AC 3-tier -08 Coaches, Sleeper Class – 04 coaches, General – 03 coaches, SLR's – 02 coaches.

I had travelled by the 22847 LTT Express from Visakhapatnam to Mumbai. The train was filled to capacity and wait listed passengers had also boarded this train in the down stations at Bobbili, Rayagada, Titlagarh, Kantabanji… as this is the only train to India's commercial capital from this region, says Karunakar, who travelled by this train recently.
Many people with general tickets boarded the train till Raipur and Durg as it is serving as a daytime Intercity Express. Many pilgrims from Vizianagaram, Rayagada and other places, find this train convenient to visit Sri Shirdi Sai Baba temple. They alight at Manmad and go by road.
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this train has such high patronage, we request the East Coast Railway to initiate the following: Increase the number of coaches from the present 19 to 24 by adding a few AC coaches as there is huge demand, convert the train into a daily (as it caters to the needs of people going to both Mumbai and Shirdi) by slightly changing its timings as this slot is filled and run as a daily two-pair Inter-city (like 12805/6 Janmabhoomi Express) from Visakhapatnam to Raipur/Bilaspur/Korba and vice-versa as it reduces the load on this train.