New Delhi. The festival season is about to begin in the country. Navratri is going to start from this week and festivals like Dussehra, Diwali and Chhath will be celebrated in the next month. During this, lakhs of people travel by train every year. In such a situation, due to the huge rush of those returning home, it becomes very difficult to get a comfort ticket. People start booking tickets several months in advance, yet their tickets are not confirmed. Keeping these inconveniences to the passengers in mind, the Railways has found a solution for this. This time passengers will not face any inconvenience in booking tickets. Now this time the Railways has decided to run festival special trains in view of the festivals to provide convenience to its passengers. So that passengers can easily get a confirmed seat. Northern Railway gave this information on its official Twitter handle. Railways wrote in its tweet, “Northern Railway is running festival special trains for you. Celebrate the upcoming festivals with your family and friends. Book your berth/seat in these festival special trains at the earliest!!!”
According to the information received, Indian Railways has given approval to run a total of 20 festival special trains in view of the rush on festivals. Most of these trains will be run for the states of UP and Bihar during Diwali and Chhath Puja.
festival special train schedule
1. The special train will run between Gorakhpur and Chandigarh from October 20 to November 11. This train will make four trips in 24 hours.
2.Anand Vihar (Delhi) to Chhapra (01655-56) – 19 October to 10 November.
3.Anand Vihar (Delhi) to Muzaffarpur (01675-76) – Starting from 17 October.
4.Anand Vihar (Delhi) to Saharsa Special train – up to 29 November.
5.Anand Vihar (Delhi) to Jaynagar (01667-68) – will run on 18 October.
6.Anand Vihar (Delhi) to Jogbani – will run from October 18.
7.Gorakhpur (UP) to Anand Vihar Special (04408-7) – will run from October 22.
8.New Delhi-Barauni Express (04040-39) – will run from 18 October to 12 November.
9.New Delhi- Darbhanga(04021-22)- will run on 17th October.
10.Jammu to Barauni Express(04645-46) – will run from 29 October.