Railways to run 28 more festival special trains on these routes

The Indian Railways will run many special trains to various destinations for the upcoming festival season.

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These special festival trains will provide ease of transportation to devotees attending the festivals as well as to general passengers.

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Here are the details:


A) The Northern Railway has decided to run 20 festival special trains as per details given below:

> Train no. 01676 Anand Vihar to Muzaffarpur Jn. will run from October 11 to November 17.

> Train no. 01675 Muzaffarpur Jn. to Anand Vihar will run from October 12 to November 18.

> Train no. 01670 New Delhi to Darbhanga will run from October 11 to November 18.

> Train no. 01669 Darbhanga to New Delhi will run from October 12 to November 19.

> Train no. 01656 Chandigarh to Gorakhpur will run from October 14 to November 18.

Train no. 01655 Gorakhpur to Chandigarh will run from October 15 to November 19.

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> Train no. 01660 New Delhi to Barauni Jn. will run from October 12 to November 19.

> Train no. 01659 Barauni Jn. to New Delhi will run from October 13 to November 20.

> Train no. 01662 Anand Vihar to Saharsa Jn. will run from October 11 to November 18.

> Train no. 01661 Saharsa Jn. to Anand Vihar will run from October 12 to November 19.

> Train no. 01668 Anand Vihar to Jaynagar will run from October 12 to November 19.

> Train no. 01667 Jaynagar to Anand Vihar will run from October 13 to November 20.

> Train no. 01633 New Delhi to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra will run from October 10 to November 21.

> Train no. 01634 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra to New Delhi will run from October 11 to November 22.

> Train no. 01636 Bhatinda to Varanasi will run from October 10 to November 21.

> Train no. 01635 Varanasi to Bhatinda will run from October 11 to November 22.

> Train no. 01654 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra to Varanasi will run from October 10 to November 21.

> Train no. 01653 Varanasi to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra will run from October 12 to November 23.

> Train no. 01674 Delhi to Varanasi will run from October 12 to November 21.

> Train no. 01673 Varanasi to Delhi to run from October 13 to November 22.

> Train no. 01671 Anand Vihar to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra will run from October 11 to November 18.

> Train no. 01672 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra to Anand Vihar will run from October 12 to November 19.

B) In order to clear the extra rush of passengers during the festive season, the Eastern Railway will run a puja special train between Sealdah and Haridwar.

Check the details below:


C) For the convenience of passengers, the West Central Railway has decided to run Diwali special trains between Habibganj and Rewa from November 1.

For full news, check out the official tweet below:

D) Keeping the demand of the passengers in view, the South Eastern Railway will run festival special trains between Hatia and Gorakhpur.

Check out the official confirmation with complete details:

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