The companies of the Hubballi-Banaras weekly practice shall be resumed from August 12, Minister of Railways Ashiwini Vaishnaw mentioned.
In a tweet, the minister mentioned the practice was canceled attributable to upkeep work on the Daund-Kurduwadi part in Maharashtra. However, he mentioned, the service shall be resumed as requested by Pralhad Joshi, Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Coal and Mines Minister and MP from the Dharwad constituency of Karnataka.
Hubballi – Banaras (17323/24) weekly practice was canceled due to monitor & sign upkeep work at Daund – Kurduwadi part.
As requested by @JoshiPralhad Ji, from twelfth Aug onwards, journeys from Hubballi will resume. pic.twitter.com/oB9WF3RNtF— Ashwini Vaishnaw (@AshwiniVaishnaw) August 6, 2022
As per the schedule, the practice (17323) departs from Hubballi junction each Friday at 6:15 pm and arrives at Banaras at 8:40 am on Sunday. In the return route, the practice (17324) leaves Banaras station on each Sunday at 8:40 pm and reaches Hubballi at 10:40 am on Tuesday.
En-route the practice halts at Gadag, Badami, Bagalkot, Almatti, Vijayapura, Solapur, Daund, Ahmednagar, Kopargaon, Manmad, Bhusaval, Khandwa, Itarsi, Pipariya, Narsinghpur, Jabalpur, Katni, Maihar, Satna, Manikpur, Prayagraj and Mirzapur .
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS