Western Railways to run Ganpati Special trains between these cities | Full list
PremiumThis year, the Western Railways will run two Ganpati Special trains from Udhna to Madgaon and vice versa.
With an aim to clear extra rush during Ganpati festival, the Western Railways (WR) will run an additional ‘Ganpati Special train’ between Surat's Udhna in Gujarat and Goa's Madgaon. Last year, the Indian Railways operated more than 100 trips to cater to the festive rush during the Ganpati Utsav in Maharashtra.
This year, the Western Railways will run two Ganpati Special trains from Udhna to Madgaon and vice versa. From Udhna, the train will depart at 15.25 hours and will reach Madgaon at 9.30 am the next day, while from Madgaon, it will depart at 10.20 hours and will arrive the next day at 5 am.
The Ganpati Special train from Udhna to Madgaon will be operated on August 27 and 29, while it will run on 28th and 30th August from Madgaon to Udhna, according to information provided by the Western Railways.
Passengers can book the Ganpati Special train from today, August 25, either by visiting at PRS counters or IRCTC official website----irctc.co.in.
Taking to Twitter, the Western Railways wrote, “For the convenience of passengers during Ganpati Festival, Western Railway will run additional Ganpati Special train between Udhna & Madgaon station on Special Fare. Booking of Train Nos.09020 is open from 25th August, 2022 at PRS counters & IRCTC website."
The trains will be halted at these stations in both the directions---Navsari, Valsad, Vapi, Palghar, Vasai Road, Panvel, Roha, Mangaon, Khed, Chiplun, Sawarda, Sangameshwar Road, Ratnagiri, Rajapur Road, Vaibhavwadi Road, Kankavli, Sindhudurg, Kudal, Sawantwadi Road, Thivim and Karmali.
Above trains will run as fully reserved trains. These trains will run as Special Trains on Special Fare.
In total, the Indian Railways will run six additional Ganpati Special trains between Mumbai and Kudal road. It has also announced running of 212 Ganpati Specials and with this, the overall Ganpati Specials this year will be 218.
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