Indian Railways is operating 6,369 trips of 380 special trains during this summer season this 12 months for the comfort of railway travellers and to clear further rush of passengers. According to an official assertion, Indian Railways is operating 1,770 extra trips this 12 months as in contrast to the entire summer special trains (4,599 trips by 348 trains) run in 2022
While a mean of 13.2 trips per train was run in final summer, 16.8 trips per special train are being made within the present 12 months. According to the knowledge, the most important locations linked are Patna-Secunderabad, Patna-Yesvantpur, Barauni-Muzaffarpur, Delhi-Patna, New Delhi-Katra, Chandigarh-Gorakhpur, Anand Vihar- Patna, Visakhapatnam-Puri-Howrah, Mumbai-Patna, Mumbai-Gorakhpur.In totality, these 380 special trains making 6369 trips have 25794 General Coaches and 55243 Sleeper Coaches. General Coaches have a capability of 100 passengers whereas Sleeper Coaches have a capability of 72 passengers in ICF and 78 in LHB.
In order to cater for the summer rush, all of the zonal Railways unfold throughout the nation have equipped to run special trips. Through these special trains, connectivity from numerous states like Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Delhi is being ensured.
South Western Railway catering to majorly Karnataka area is operating most trips 1790 this summer season as compared to 779 trips final 12 months whereas Western Railway catering majorly to the state of Gujarat has additionally equipped to run 1470 trips as compared to 438 trips final 12 months.It can be pertinent to point out that this 12 months, South Central Railway is operating 784 trips which is 80 trips greater than the final 12 months.
To take care of the heavy rush within the northern a part of the nation, North Western Railway is operating 400 trips, East Central Railway is operating 380 trips. Northern Railway has additionally deliberate to run 324 trips this 12 months. However, neither the variety of trains nor the variety of trips run by particular special train(s) is static for your entire season.
Planning and operating of special trains is a steady course of for which inputs are taken from all of the communication channels 24x 7 like media experiences, Social media platforms, and Railway Integrated helpline quantity 139, other than particulars of waitlist passengers in PRS system to assess the demand of trains on a specific route.
Based on this requirement, the variety of trains and the variety of trips are augmented. A watch on any malpractices – like cornering of seats, over-charging and touting exercise and many others. is being stored by the group of business and RPF Staff.
(With ANI inputs)Â
ALSO READ: Indian Railways desperately wants extra trains as 2.70 crore tickets caught on ready record
ALSO READ: Indian Railways cancels, reschedules a number of trains in the present day; Here are particulars
