South Central Railway Operates Eight Special MMTS Trains for Ganesh Immersion

South Central Railway will operate eight special MMTS trains in Hyderabad and Secunderabad to manage passenger demand during Ganesh idol immersion. Services will run from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. on the intervening nights of September 25-26 and September 26-27, connecting Hyderabad, Secunderabad, Lingampalli and Falaknuma. The scheduled departures include trains between Hyderabad and Lingampalli, Secunderabad and Hyderabad, Lingampalli and Falaknuma, and Falaknuma and Secunderabad, with services continuing into the early morning. The trains will stop at regular MMTS stations along their routes, helping devotees return home amid expected crowds, traffic congestion and road restrictions.
The additional services are intended to support crowds attending the Khairatabad Maha Ganapati Shobha Yatra and celebrations around Tank Bund, where the final immersion procession is expected to draw particularly large numbers.
South Central Railway identified the trains by service codes, including GSH-1, GHL-2, GLH-3, GHS-4, GHL-5, GLF-6, GFS-7 and GSH-8.
The published timetable includes arrival times for each service: for example, the 11:50 p.m. Secunderabad–Hyderabad train arrives at 12:20 a.m., while the 4 a.m. Secunderabad–Hyderabad service arrives at 4:40 a.m.
SCR chief public relations officer Sridhar announced that the first set of special trains would operate from 11 p.m. on September 25 until 5 a.m. on September 26.
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