Every year, lakhs of people face the problem of ticket rush, waiting lists and overcrowding during the festive season. However, this time the railways have taken a big step to reduce the tension of passengers.
During big festivals like Dussehra, Durga Puja, Chhath and Diwali, everyone’s biggest concern is how to go home? Every year lakhs of people struggle with ticket rush, waiting list and overcrowding. However, this time the Railways has taken a big step to reduce the tension of the passengers. The Railway Board has announced that 150 Puja special trains will be run for the convenience of the passengers, which will make a total of 2024 trips. These trains will be operated from 21 September to 30 November.
Railway officials said that these special trains will be run especially from crowded routes and major stations, so that passengers do not face any problem in going home on festivals. The maximum number of trains will be operated by South Central Railway. A total of 48 trains will be run from here, which will complete a total of 684 trips. These trains will be run mainly from big stations like Hyderabad, Secunderabad and Vijayawada. At the same time, East Central Railway has announced 14 trains, which will pass through major stations of Bihar like Patna, Gaya, Darbhanga and Muzaffarpur and will complete a total of 588 trips. Apart from this, 24 special trains will be run from the crowded Eastern Railway zone, which will make 198 trips including Kolkata, Sealdah and Howrah.
Western Railway
Western Railway has announced 24 trains from cities like Mumbai, Surat and Vadodara, which will make a total of 204 trips. At the same time, Southern Railway will run 10 special trains from Chennai, Coimbatore and Madurai, which will make a total of 66 trips. Apart from this, for the passengers of Eastern India, special trains will also be run from Bhubaneswar, Puri and Sambalpur (East Coast Railway), Ranchi and Tatanagar (South Eastern Railway), Prayagraj and Kanpur (North Central Railway), Bilaspur and Raipur (South East Central Railway) and Bhopal and Kota (West Central Railway).
12 thousand special trains
The Railway Ministry had recently announced that a total of 12,000 special trains will be run during the festivals across the country. This is the first phase of these, and in the coming days more trains will be announced keeping in view the needs of the passengers. That is, this time those going home will get great relief from waiting and rush for tickets. The dream of spending time with family during festivals will become easier through these Puja Special trains of Railways.
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