Happy festive season, train travellers!
The Indian Railways has announced the launch and extension of several special trains. This decision was taken keeping in mind the expected rise in travel in the coming days.
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> The Central Railway will be running 82 special trains to accommodate the extra rush of passengers during Durga Puja, Diwali and Chhath Puja.
See the official tweet here:
Central Railway will run 82 Festival Special trains to clear the extra rush of passengers due to Puja/ Deepavali / Chhat Festival as per details given below pic.twitter.com/HTUJ2LKqwP
— ANIL JAIN (@anilkumarjain31) September 25, 2022
> The South Western Railway has decided to start and extend multiple services for the convenience of the passengers.
See the official tweet for train details:
Kindly note:
Running of Festival Special Trains and Extension of train services#SWRupdates@ddchandanabng @PIBBengaluru @RailMinIndia pic.twitter.com/lxtjAb44z7— South Western Railway (@SWRRLY) September 25, 2022
> The Northeast Frontier Railway will be running 12 trips of Puja Special trains between Silchar and Kolkata. Here are the details:
Train no. 05639 Silchar–Kolkata Special will be running from 29th September to 3rd November. It will depart from Silchar at 6 AM every Thursday, and will reach Kolkata at 1 PM the next day.
Train no. 05640 Kolkata–Silchar Special will be running from 30th September to 4th November. It will depart from Kolkata at 3 PM every Friday, and will reach Silchar at 12:30 AM on Sunday.
> In order to fulfil the rising passenger demand, the Northern Railway and the Northeast Frontier Railway have rolled out several special trains connecting multiple cities.
Check the train numbers with timings below:
A)
For facilitating Rail Passengers Railways will run the following Festival Special Trains addition to the already announced trains for upcoming Festival Season. The details are as under:#NorthernRailway #TrainUpdate pic.twitter.com/SuK6HlL7A0
— Northern Railway (@RailwayNorthern) September 26, 2022
B)
Another special train to clear the rush of passengers during the ongoing festive season @RailMinIndia pic.twitter.com/jpAlKwG9fw
— Northeast Frontier Railway (@RailNf) September 27, 2022
Lastly, some delicious news for all the foodies in the house!
The Indian Railways is currently serving a Vrat special menu on board, which will be available till 5th October.
See the official tweet here:
During the auspicious festival of Navratri, IR brings to you a special menu to satiate your Vrat cravings, being served from 26.09.22 – 05.10.22.
Order the Navratri delicacies for your train journey from 'Food on Track' app, visit https://t.co/VE7XkOqwzV or call on 1323. pic.twitter.com/RpYN6n7Nug
— Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) September 25, 2022
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