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Indian Railway : Every day lakhs of people travel by train, but during festivals this number increases manifold. On occasions like Chhath Puja, Diwali and Durga Puja, the situation becomes such that it becomes extremely difficult to get tickets from Bihar, Jharkhand, Bengal and South India to metro cities like Delhi-Mumbai. It is almost impossible to get a railway ticket in Tatkal along with general.
To handle this increasing crowd, the railways make special arrangements every year. This time too, keeping in mind the convenience of the passengers, the railways have made a big announcement. The Railway Minister has said that from 21 September to 30 November, a total of more than 12,000 Puja special trains will be operated. In the first phase itself, about 150 special trains will run. Let us know what facilities are going to be available on which route.
zone wise train plan
1. The maximum number of special trains will be run by South Central Railway during the festivals. Whereas East Central Railway has fixed 14 special trains on Bihar routes, which will cover major cities like Patna, Gaya, Darbhanga and Muzaffarpur. A total of 588 trips will be completed by these.
2. Eastern Railway has scheduled 24 special trains on Kolkata, Sealdah and Howrah routes, which will make 198 trips.
3. Western Railway will provide special services from Mumbai, Surat and Vadodara. 24 trains will be run from here to facilitate people working outside Gujarat and Maharashtra.
4. Southern Railway will run trains on South Indian routes like Chennai, Coimbatore and Madurai, completing a total of 66 trips.
Relief from other zones as well
East Coast Railway will run trains on Bhubaneswar, Puri and Sambalpur routes. South Eastern Railway will provide services on Ranchi and Tatanagar routes. North Central Railway will run special trains from Prayagraj and Kanpur. Apart from this, special trains will be arranged on major routes like Bilaspur, Raipur, Bhopal and Kota in view of the rush of passengers. Railways says that this is only the first phase and more trains will be added in future.
Ticket booking process
Many times the question arises in the minds of passengers whether the booking of special trains has to be done in a different way? Railways has clarified that the tickets of these trains will also be booked just like normal trains. That is, passengers can book them from IRCTC website or app or from the reservation counter of the railway station. Overall, this Diwali and Chhath, the Railways has made large-scale arrangements to provide relief to lakhs of passengers. Especially passengers from Bihar and Eastern India are expected to find it very easy to get tickets this time.
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