Railways to run more than 20 trains on these routes

The Indian Railways has been taking major steps in order to ensure a safe and comfortable travel experience.

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Keeping passengers’ convenience in mind, the Railways has decided to extend, restore and provide some new services on various important routes.

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Here are some of the important updates that you must know:

1) The Northern Railway has decided to extend the services of the following Festival Special trains from September 1:

  • Train no. 09027 Bandra T – Jammu Tawi Festival Special Express will be extended from 04/09/21 untill further notice.
  • Train no. 09028 Jammu Tawi – Bandra T Festival Special Express will be extended from 06/09/21 untill further notice.
  • Train no. 09017 Bandra T – Haridwar Superfast Festival Special will be extended from 01/09/21 untill further notice.
  • Train no. 09018 Haridwar – Bandra T Superfast Festival Special will be extended from 02/09/21 until further notice.
  • Train no. 09313 Indore – Patna Festival Special Express will be extended from 01/09/21 until further advice.
  • Train no. 09314 Patna – Indore Festival Special Express will be extended from 03/09/21 until further notice. 
  • Train no. 09321 Indore – Patna Festival Special Express will be extended from 04/09/21 until further notice.
  • Train no. 09322 Patna – Indore Festival Special Express will be extended from 06/09/21 until further notice.
  • Train no. 09451 Gandhidham –Bhagalpur Festival Special Express will be extended from 03/09/21 until further advice.
  • Train no. 09452 Bhagalpur – Gandhidham Festival Special Express will be extended from 06/09/21 until further notice.


2) The Northeast Frontier Railway has introduced weekly trains between Agartala and Firozpur to benefit train passengers. Train no. 04493 Agartala – Firozpur Weekly Special will leave Agartala at 3:00 pm on every Tuesday whereas train no. 04494 Firozpur – Agartala Weekly Special will depart from Firozpur at 1:25 pm on every Monday.


3) The Indian Railways has decided to run train no.s  04075/04076 Naharlagun – Anand Vihar – Naharlagun AC Express Special from 29/08/21 until further advice.

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4) The Western Railway has announced the extension of several train services which include:

  • Train no. 02929 which runs between Bandra Terminus – Jaisalmer will be extended from 03/09/21 until further notice.
  • Train no. 02930 which runs between Jaisalmer – Bandra Terminus will be extended from 04/09/21 until further notice.
  • Train no. 09057 which runs between Udhna – Manduadih will be extended from 03/09/21 until further notice.
  • Train no. 09058 which runs between Manduadih – Udhna will be extended from 05/09/21 until further notice.
  • Train no. 09424 which runs between Gandhidham – Tirunelveli will be extended from 06/09/21 until further notice.
  • Train no. 09325 which runs between Tirunelveli – Gandhidham will be extended from 09/09/21 until further notice.
  • Train no. 09205 which runs between Porbandar – Howrah will be extended from 01/09/21 until further notice.
  • Train no. 09206 which runs between Howrah – Porbandar will be extended from 03/09/21 until further notice. 
  • Train no. 02905 which runs between Okha – Howrah will be extended from 05/09/21 until further notice.
  • Train no. 02906 which runs between Howrah – Okha will be extended from 07/09/21 until further notice. 

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