Railways to run nearly 6,000 special trains this festive season: Vaishnaw

As the festive season approaches Indian Railways has decided to run nearly 6000 special trains to help more than one crore passengers get home for Durga Puja Diwali and Chhath festivals in the country reported the PTISeveral train routes especially those destined for Bihar Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal witness heavy rush during these festivalsA total of 5975 special trains have been notified so far for this years festival season up from 4429 last year Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told reporters according to the PTIThis will facilitate more than one crore passengers to go home during this puja rush he saidDurga Puja begins on October 9 Diwali will be celebrated on October 31 while Chhath Puja will take place on November 7 and 8 this yearOfficials said the number of special trains can increase further if there is a higher demandBesides additional general coaches have been added to 108 trains and 12500 new coaches have been sanctioned to be built and those would be added to various trains over next the next one to two yearsWestern Railway to run five festive special trainsMeanwhile the Western Railway on Friday said that for the convenience of passengers and to clear the extra rush of passengers during the ensuing festive season Western Railway has decided to run Special Train on Special Fare to various destinations Also WR has decided to further continue the extension of Train No1470814707 Dadar ndash Bikaner Ranakpur Express upto Lalgarh Station on temporary basis from 30th September to 31st December 2024 on existing timings and stoppages etc1 Train No 0902709028 Bandra Terminus ndash Malda Town Special Weekly 18 TripsTrain No 09027 Bandra Terminus ndash Malda Town Special will leave Bandra Terminus every Wednesday at 1100 hrs amp will reach Malda Town at 1630 hrs on Friday This train will run from 2nd October 2024 to 27th November 2024 Similarly Train No 09028 Malda Town Bandra Terminus Special will depart from Malda Town every Saturday at 1730 hrs amp will arrive Bandra Terminus at 1815 hrs on Monday This train will run from 5th October 2024 to 30th November 2024Enroute this train will halt at Borivali Vapi Surat Bharuch Vadodara Godhra Ratlam Kota Sawai Madhopur Gangapur City Bayana Agra Fort Tundla Etawah Kanpur Central Aishbagh Barabanki Gonda Basti Gorakhpur Narkatiyaganj Bapudham Mothihari Muzaffarpur Samastipur Barauni Kiul Abhaipur Jamalpur Sultanganj Bhagalpur Kahalgaon Sahibganj Barharwa and New Farakka stations in both directionsThis train comprises of AC 3Tier Sleeper Class and General SecondClass coaches2 Train No 0903109032 Bandra Terminus Gorakhpur Dahanu Road Special Weekly 18 TripsTrain No 09031 Bandra Terminus Gorakhpur Special will leave Bandra Terminus every Thursday at 1215 hrs amp will reach Gorakhpur at 2100 hrs the next day This train will run from 03rd October 2024 to 28th November 2024 Similarly Train No 09032 Gorakhpur Dahanu Road Special will depart from Gorakhpur every Saturday at 0400 hrs amp will arrive Dahanu Road at 1225 hrs the next day This train will run from 5th October 2024 to 30th November 2024Enroute this train will halt at Vapi Valsad Udhna Bharuch Vadodara Ratlam Ujjain Sant Hirdaram Nagar Bina Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi Kanpur Central Lucknow Barabanki Gonda Mankapur Basti and Khalilabad stations in both directions Train No 09031 will have additional halts at Borivali Palghar Dahanu Road and Godhra stationsThis train comprises of AC 3Tier Sleeper Class and General SecondClass coaches3 Train No 0901309014 Udhna Chhapra Weekly Special 18 TripsTrain No 09013 Udhna Chhapra Special will depart from Udhna every Saturday at 0700 hrs amp will reach Chhapra at 1930 hrs the next day This train will run from 05th October 2024 to 30th November 2024 Similarly Train No 09014 Chhapra ndash Udhna Special will depart from Chhapra every Sunday at 2230 hrs amp will arrive Udhna at 0815 hrs on Tuesday day This train will run from 06th October 2024 to 1st December 2024Enroute this train will halt at Bharuch Vadodara Godhra Ratlam Ujjain Sant Hirdaram Nagar Bina Saugor Damoh Katni Murwara Satna Manikpur Prayagraj Chheoki Mirzapur Varanasi Aunrihar Ghazipur City and Ballia Stations in both directionsThis train comprises of AC 2Tier AC 3Tier Sleeper Class and General SecondClass coaches4 Train No 0945709458 Ahmedabad Danapur Special Weekly 16 TripsTrain No 09457 Ahmedabad ndash Danapur Special will depart from Ahmedabad every Sunday at 0825 hrs amp will reach Danapur at 1500 hrs the next day This train will run from 06th October 2024 to 24th November 2024 Similarly Train No 09458 Danapur Ahmedabad Special will depart from Danapur every Monday at 1810 hrs amp will reach Ahmedabad at 0300 hrs on Wednesday This train will run from 07 October 2024 to 25th November 2024Enroute this train will halt at Anand Chhayapuri Godhra Ratlam Nagda Ujjain Maksi Shajapur Biyavra Rajgarh Ruthiyai Guna Shivpuri Gwalior Soni Etawah Govindpuri Fatehpur Prayagraj Chheoki Mirzapur Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Buxar and Ara stations in both directionsThis train comprises of AC 3Tier Sleeper Class and General Second Class Coaches5 Train No 0942109422 Sabarmati Sitamarhi Special Weekly 18 TripsTrain No 09421 Sabarmati ndash Sitamarhi Special will depart from Sabarmati every Saturday at 1945 hrs amp will reach Sitamadhi at 0830 hrs on Monday This train will run from 05th October 2024 to 30th November 2024 Similarly Train No 09422 Sitamarhi Sabarmati Special will depart from Sitamarhi every Monday at 1600 hrs amp will reach Sabarmati at 0600 hrs on Wednesday This train will run from 07th October 2024 to 2nd December 2024Enroute this train will halt at Mahesana Palanpur Abu Road Falna Marwar Beawar Ajmer Kishangarh Jaipur Bandikui Bharatpur Achhnera Agra Fort Tundla Etawah Kanpur Central Unnao Lucknow Barabanki Gonda Basti Khalilabad Gorakhpur Siswa Bazar Narkatiaganj and Raxaul stations in both directionsThis train comprises of AC 3Tier Sleeper Class and General Second Coacheswith PTI 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