In view of the auspicious occasion of Chhath Puja, the Indian Railways has decided to run several special trains on high-rush routes.
Different Railway zones will operate many new services from the cities of Delhi, Ranchi, Ferozepur, Amritsar, Jabalpur, Indore, Ahmedabad and Nanded for people travelling to Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
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Highlights
1– To manage the extra rush of passengers during Chhath Puja, the Northern Railway has announced several special Express trains. You can refer to the official tweet below for more details –
For the convenience of Rail passengers and to clear extra rush of passengers during Chhath Puja, Railways will be operated Chhath Puja Special Express Trains. The details are as under: –#FestivalSpecialTrain pic.twitter.com/A8EC0W9swa
— Northern Railway (@RailwayNorthern) October 27, 2022
2– The North Eastern Railway will be operating two special trains between Chhapra and Panvel. Each of these services will take only one trip.
Train no. 05193 will depart from Chhapra on 1st November, and train no. 05194 will depart from Panvel on 2nd November.
3– The South Central Railway also tweeted about the special trains which it will be running on some prominent routes.
SCR to run #SpecialTrains pic.twitter.com/6oJ3UhKGNo
— South Central Railway (@SCRailwayIndia) October 27, 2022
4– Here’s the list of some Chhath Puja special trains passing through different stations of UP and Bihar:
Train no. 04679 Katihar–Amritsar Puja Special
Train no. 05777 Gorakhpur–New Jalpaiguri Chhath Special
Train no. 09011 Mumbai Central–Malda Town Superfast Special
Train no. 05778 New Jalpaiguri–Gorakhpur Chhath Special
Train no. 03435 Malda Town–Anand Vihar Chhath Special
Train no. 04035 Bhagalpur–Delhi Puja Special
Train no. 04036 Delhi–Bhagalpur Puja Special
Train no. 04315 Howrah–Dehradun Puja Special
Train no. 08118 Barhni–Shalimar Puja Special
Train no. 03436 Anand Vihar–Malda Town Chhath Special
Train no. 05977 Gorakhpur–Dibrugarh Chhath Special
Train no. 03169 Kolkata–Haridwar Puja Special
Train no. 03170 Haridwar–Kolkata Puja Special
Train no. 04001 Bhagalpur–Anand Vihar Puja Special
Train no. 04002 Anand Vihar–Bhagalpur Puja Special
About Chhath Puja
Chhath Puja is an auspicious festival that is celebrated mainly in Bihar, Jharkhand and Eastern Uttar Pradesh. The four-day-long festival starts with the ‘Nahai Khai’ ritual and ends with ‘Usha Arghya’ (prayers to the rising sun). Chhath Puja is dedicated to Surya Bhagwan (Sun God).
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