Hyderabad: Keeping in view of the heavy rush of pilgrims to Rajahmundry for Godavari Pushkaralu, the South Central Railway (SCR) will run 58 special trains. It also took steps to attach extra coaches to several trains.

Tickets reservation for the special trains starts from 8 am on Sunday, SCR C.P.R.O M. Umasankar Kumar said. According to him, eight special trains will run between Kakinada-Hyderabad-Kakinada, via Vijayawada, Guntur and Nalgonda.These will run on July 12, 16, 20 and 24.

Another eight special trains on the same route will run on July 14, 18, 22 and 26 with different timings. Eight special trains between Hyderabad-Vizag-Hyderabad will run on July 12, 16, 20 and 24, via Vijayawada and Kajipet.

Eight special trains between Hyderabad-Srikakulam road-Hyderabad will run on July 14, 18, 22 and 26. Eight special trains between Tirupati-Parvatipuram-Dharmavaram will run on July 13, 17, 21 and 25. Eight special trains between Vijayawada and Vizag will run on July 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25 and 26.

Extra AC II Tier, AC III Tier , general second class coaches will be attached to Secunderabad-Bhuvaneshwar Visakha Express, Kakinada-Bangalore Seshadri Express, Tirupati-Puri Express, Tirupati-Bilaspur, Kachiguda-Chennai and other trains.