Central Railway has announced an additional 44 special train services to handle the festive rush during Ganesh Chaturthi, taking the total number of Ganpati Special trains to 296.

Among the new additions are eight bi-weekly services between Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) and Sawantwadi Road. These trains will run on August 28 and 31 and September 4 and 7, both ways. The LTT-Sawantwadi special (Train no. 01131) will depart at 8:45 AM and reach its destination at 10:20 PM on the same day. The return service (Train no. 01132) leaves Sawantwadi Road at 11:20 PM and arrives at LTT by 12:30 PM the next day.

These trains will halt at major Konkan belt stations including Thane, Panvel, Roha, Ratnagiri, Kankavali and Sindhudurg among others. The coaches will include AC 3-tier, sleeper class, and general second-class coaches.