Diwali and Chhath Puja 2023: Every 12 months, there’s a surge in demand for practice tickets throughout Diwali and Chhath Puja. Therefore, to tackle this rush, the Indian Railways proclaims the operation of special trains yearly. To enable individuals to have a good time the festivals with their households, the Railway has as soon as once more introduced numerous special trains for Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, aiming to alleviate vacation visitors this 12 months.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishanaw in October had stated {that a} whole of 283 special trains will likely be operating throughout the nation in the course of the vacation season. To cater to the inflow of passengers throughout Diwali and Chhath Puja, a big variety of these trains will function from Delhi, Mumbai, and Pune to totally different cities in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
Special mail and categorical practice
In view of Diwali and Chhath, the railway has initiated the 09189 Mumbai Central-Katihar (Weekly) Special Mail and Express practice. This practice will function from Mumbai Central day-after-day at 10:30 am from November 11 to November 25. Moreover, the 09190 Mumbai Central-Katihar (Weekly) Special Mail and Express practice will run each Tuesday from November 14 to November 28. The practice will depart from Katihar at 00:15 am and arrive at Mumbai Central on Wednesdays at 18:40 pm. The practice is provided with AC-2, AC-3, Sleeper, General, and different sorts of coaches.
Alongside this, the railway has additionally launched the Vadodara Junction-Gorakhpur Junction (Weekly) Special Mail/Express Special practice. Train quantity 09101 will depart from Vadodara Junction each Monday from November 13 to November 27 at 7:00 pm. On the next day, it is going to attain Gorakhpur at 11:30 pm. Similarly, practice quantity 09102 will run each Wednesday from November 15 to November 29, departing from Gorakhpur at 5:00 am. This practice will attain Vadodara the following day at 8:35 am. The practice is provided with AC-1, AC-2, AC-3, Sleeper, General, and different sorts of coaches.
Here’s a complete list of special trains
- Train No. 02250/02249: New Delhi-Patna Jn Reserved Rajdhani Special Train
- Train No. 04002/04001: Anand Vihar Terminal – Patna Jn Reserved Special Train.
- Train No. 04022/04021: New Delhi-Saharsa Jn reserved special practice.
- Vande Bharat Express: New Delhi to Patna on 11, 14 and 16 November.
- Train No. 05071/05072: Gomti Nagar – New Delhi – Chhapra Jn. Festival Special Train
- Train No. 03227/03228: Ara Jn. – Ananda Vihar T. – Ara Jn. Puja Special Train
- Train No. 05159/05160: Chhapra Jn. – New Delhi – Chhapra Jn. Festive Special Train
- Train No. 04018/04017: New Delhi – Bapudham Motihari – New Delhi Festival Special Train
- Train No. 09425/09426: Sabarmati – Delhi Sarai Rohilla – Sabarmati Superfast Special Train
- Train No. 05065/05066: Gorakhpur Jn. – New Delhi – Gorakhpur Jn. Festival Special Train
- Train No. 09557/09558: Bhavnagar – Delhi Sarai Rohilla – Bhavnagar Special Train
- Train No. 05069/05070: Gorakhpur Jn. – New Delhi – Gorakhpur Jn. Festival Special Train
- Train No. 05527/05528: Darbhanga Jn. – Delhi Jn. – Darbhanga Jn. Weekly Express Special Train
