Indian Railways to run 72 Ganesh Chaturthi festival special trains, bookings to start from July 8

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Assam, June 30 (ANI): Trains are seen parked at a yard as the Assam Government imposed the complete lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus, in Guwahati on Tuesday. (ANI Photo)

Ahead of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, the Indian Railways has announced to run 72 special trains in order to clear the extra rush of passengers. The Ganapati Festival Special trains will be run by the Central Railway between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus / Panvel and Sawantwadi Road / Ratnagiri.

The bookings for these specials trains will start from July 8 at all PRS centres and on www.irctc.co.in.

This is to be noted that only passengers having confirmed tickets will be permitted to board these trains adhering to all COVID-19 norms and SOPs.

Check the complete list of special trains:
CSMT-Sawantwadi Road Daily Special (36 trips)

The Central Railway said that the 01227 special will leave Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus at 00.20 hours daily from September 5 to September 22 and arrive at Sawantwadi Road at 14.00 hours the same day. The 01228 special will leave Sawantwadi Road at 14.40 hours daily from September 5 to September 22 and arrive at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus at 04.35 hours the next day.

Halts: Dadar, Thane, Panvel, Roha, Mangaon, Veer, Khed, Chilpun, Sawarda, Aravali Road, Sangameshwar Road, Ratnagiri, Adavali, Vilavade, Rajapur Road, Vaibhavwadi Road, Kankavali, Nandgaon Road, Sindhudurg and Kudal.

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