Sankranti homecoming fills bogies of Vizag-bound trains
The Hindu
With the Sankranti rush picking up rail commuters demand more trains
All the regular trains coming to Visakhapatnam from Hyderabad, Bengaluru are fully booked ahead of Sankranti. There is also high demand for dedicated overnight trains from Chennai to Visakhapatnam, but in the existing overnight train was converted into a day train, forcing passengers to sit through the 780-km journey.
A large number of people from Visakhapatnam region, especially those employed in the IT sector, are living in Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Chennai. Many families normally return to Vizag during weekends and holidays, and most of them make it a point to return home for Sankranti.
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