New Delhi: In order to cater to the huge rush of passengers during the upcoming Diwali and Chhath Puja festival, Indian Railways is taking several steps, including increasing coaches and introducing new trains on the busy routes.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed that Railways has increased general coaches in 108 trains to accommodate more people. He mentioned that 12,500 coaches have been sanctioned for festival special trains to tackle the passenger rush during Chhath Puja and Diwali.
In 2024-25, a total of 5,975 trains have been notified till today. This will facilitate more than 1 crore passengers to go home during the puja rush. In 2023-24 a total of 4,429 special trains ran during the festive season, the minister said.
Central Railway has announced to run 154 special trains keeping in view the huge demand from passengers travelling to northern parts of India for the upcoming festival season.
Some of the Puja Special trains announced include:
CSMT-Kolhapur Weekly Superfast Special (8 services)
CSMT-Latur Weekly Special (8 services)*
CSMT-Agartala Weekly Special (4 services)
LTT-Nagpur Weekly Superfast Special (4 services)
LTT- Sawantwadi Road Weekly Special (8 services)*
LTT-Kochuveli Weekly Special (8 services)*
Panvel- Sawantwadi Road Weekly Special (8 services)*
Nagpur-Samastipur Weekly Special (6 services)*
Pune-Danapur Daily Special (28 services)*
Pune -Gorakhpur Daily Special (42 services)*
Pune – Dahar Ka Balaji Weekly Special (4 services)*
The Northern Railway has announced Weekly Festival Special trains between Anand Vihar Terminal – Barauni , Hazrat Nizamuddin- Patna and Sirhind – Saharsa. The trains are scheduled to cover 60 trips.
“For convenience of the rail passengers and to clear extra rush , Railways have decided to run Anand Vihar Terminal – Barauni – Anand Vihar Terminal , Hazrat Nizamuddin- Patna – Hazrat Nizamuddin & Sirhind – Saharsa- Sirhind Weekly Festival Special trains as under,” the Northern Railway said in its release.
Train No. 04062/04061 Anand Vihar Terminal – Barauni – Anand Vihar Terminal Weekly Special Express
Train No. 02246/02245 Hazrat Nizamuddin – Patna – Hazrat Nizamuddin Bi- Weekly Special Express
Train No. 04526/04525 Sirhind – Saharsa Jn – Sirhind Unreserved Weekly Special Express
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said Indian Railways will run additional Special Train Services for Diwali and Chhat Puja festivals. Biz News Business News – Personal Finance News, Share Market News, BSE/NSE News, Stock Exchange News Today
