The Central Railway is gearing up to bring back the Mumbai-Pune Pragati Express on July 25. The services were suspended during the lockdown.
In a statement, Railway said that Pragati Express is coming back with Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coaches including a Vistadome coach that has a panoramic roof and windows. They come with 180-degree rotatable plush seats, large glass windows, glass roofs with anti-glare screens, and a Wi-Fi-based system.
The 14-coach train will run with an LHB rake which is considered safer and more comfortable than traditional coaches.
It will depart from Pune at 7.50 am and arrive in Mumbai at 11.25 am. The return journey will begin at 4.25 pm and end at 7.50 pm. The passenger train will move via the Panvel-Karjat route instead of the regular Kalyan-Karjat route. It will halt at Dadar, Thane, Panvel, Karjat, Lonavala, and Shivaji Nagar stations.
The press release said people can start to book from July 20.
Pragati Express is the third train on the Mumbai-Pune route after Deccan Queen and Deccan Express that will run with a Vistadome coach. It is the fourth on the Central Railway network. The Mumbai-Madgaon Jan Shatabdi Express also runs with a Vistadome coach.