Indian Railways: Every year, a large number of people from across the country come to Uttar Pradesh and Bihar on Durga Puja, Deepawali and Chhath Puja. Keeping this in mind, special trains are being run from various cities of the country.
Indian Railways has decided to run 6,556 special trains this year for the convenience of passengers going to their villages on the occasion of Dussehra, Diwali and Chhath Puja. Due to the rush of passengers during festivals, tickets in most trains go into the waiting list. Keeping this in mind, one and a half times more special trains are being run. Railways has prepared the schedule and also announced it.
Every year, a large number of people from across the country come to Uttar Pradesh and Bihar on Durga Puja, Deepawali and Chhath Puja. For the people of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, these festivals not only have religious significance, but are also a special occasion to meet families.
Trains running from stations of Northern Railway (Delhi)
Northern Railway will run a total of 2,944 special trains during the festival in collaboration with other zonal railways. Last year, a total of 1,082 special trains were run by Northern Railway, this year the number of train trips being run is about 172% more than last year. Out of 2944 trains, about 83% festival special trains will go towards the east direction i.e. Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Assam states. This includes major cities like Barauni, Samastipur, Saharsa, Varanasi, Ayodhya, Gorakhpur, Jaynagar, Darbhanga, Jogbani, Patna, Kolkata, Guwahati, Howrah, Muzaffarpur, Katihar, Tatanagar, Lucknow.
Trains running from Northeast Railway (Gorakhpur) stations
89 Puja special trains will make 736 trips from Northeast Railway (Gorakhpur) stations and are being run in 473 trips for major cities of the country. According to Pankaj Singh, Chief Public Relations Officer of Northeast Railway, Gorakhpur Junction. Special trains are being run from these stations to the major cities of the country, namely Mahbubnagar, Delhi, Amritsar, Mumbai, Pune, Chandigarh, Tatanagar, Sealdah, Vadodara, Dahanu Road. Apart from this, special trains are being run from Chhapra to Mumbai, Delhi, Amritsar, Shaheed Captain Tushar Mahajan, Vadodara, Udhna and Durg, Lalkuan to Howrah and Rajkot, Tanakpur to Daurai, Mau to Vadodara and Delhi, Banaras to Mumbai, Barhni to Daurai, Ballia to Delhi and Ghazipur City to Udhna stations. Similarly, special trains are running or will be run from or via other stations to major cities of the country.
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Trains to these cities will run from Central Railway (Mumbai)
Central Railway (Mumbai) will run 346 special trains keeping in mind the convenience of people traveling during Durga Puja, Diwali and Chhath Puja. These trains will run from various stations of Central Railway to various destinations in the country from various cities including Danapur, Gorakhpur, Banaras, Samastipur, Prayagraj, Hazrat Nizamuddin. Whereas East Central Railway will run trains between Patna-Ranchi, Kolkata-Jammutvi during the festive season.
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