Central Railway will commence regular services of the Pune-Sainagar Shirdi Daily Express and Pune-Danapur Amrit Bharat Weekly Express with effect from 22.06.2026 and 27.06.2026 respectively.

The inaugural services of these trains were flagged off by Shri Devendra Fadnavis, Hon’ble Chief Minister, Maharashtra (through video conferencing) and Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, Hon’ble Minister of Railways, Information & Broadcasting and Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India in the august presence of various dignitaries at a function held o­n 17.06.2026 at Pune railway station and Hadapsar railway station respectively.

The details of regular service of these trains are as under

(A)Regular service of train no 11423 / 11424 Pune-Sainagar Shirdi-Pune Express will commence with effect from 22.06.2026 as follows

11423 Pune-Sainagar Shirdi Express will depart Pune daily at 06.55 hrs with effect from 22.06.2026 and arrive Sainagar Shirdi at 12.00 hrs same day.

11424 Sainagar Shirdi-Pune Express will depart Sainagar Shirdi daily at 18.10 hrs with effect from 22.06.2026 and arrive Pune at 23.55 hrs same day.

Halts: Daund Chord Line, Shrigonda Road, Ahilyanagar, Rahuri and Belapur.

Composition: 1 AC Chair Car, 8 Non AC Chair Car, 4 Second Seating, 1 Second Seating cum Guard’s brake van and 1 Generator Van.

(B)Regular service of train no 11431 Pune-Danapur Amrit Bharat Express will commence with effect from 27.06.2026 and train no 11432 Danapur-Pune Amrit Bharat Express will commence with effect from 29.06.2026 as follows

11431 Pune-Danapur Amrit Bharat Express will depart Pune every Saturday at 15.25 hrs with effect from 27.06.2026 and arrive Danapur at 01.30 hrs o­n third day.

11432 Danapur -Pune Amrit Bharat Express will depart Danapur every Monday at 03.30 hrs with effect from 29.06.2026 and arrive Pune at 11.05 hrs next day.

Halts: Daund Chord line, Ahilyanagar, Belapur, Kopargaon, Manmad, Bhusaval, Khandwa, Itarsi, Pipariya, Narsinghpur, Jabalpur, Katni, Maihar, Satna, Manikpur, Prayagraj Cheokki, Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, Buxar and Ara.

Composition: 8 Non AC Sleeper Class, 7 Non AC Second Class, 1 Non AC Chair Car  and 2 Second Seating cum Guard’s brake van.

Reservation:

Bookings for Train nos: 11423 & 11424 will open o­n 21.06.2026 &

Bookings for Train nos: 11431  will open o­n 22.06.2026 at all computerised reservation centres and o­n website http://www.irctc.co.in.

Passengers can also download RailOne app for booking of tickets.

Passengers are requested to visit the Indian Railways website (www.enquiry.indianrail.gov.in), dial 139, or download the NTES app for detailed arrival and departure timings at the respective stations.

Source-CR