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Rlys to run special trains for festivals

Hemanta Pradhan / Oct 6, 2024, 04:28 IST

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Rlys to run special trains for festivals

Bhubaneswar: Railways will run puja special trains to different destinations across the country to cater to the increased passenger demand during Durga Puja and Diwali. These services will continue till the last week of next month.
As many as 27 pairs of special trains are operating to different destinations from the East Coast Railway (ECoR) jurisdiction. Additionally, 14 special trains will pass through stations under ECoR, enhancing connectivity and easing the burden on regular train services during this high-demand period, according to an official statement.
Altogether 1,134 trips of these special trains will be operational during the festive season.Special trains are departing from Bhubaneswar to Dhanbad and Yesvantpur, from Puri to Patna, Nizamuddin, Udhna (Surat), Kolkata, Gwalior, Santragachhi, Shalimar, and Bhanjapur (Baripada), from Sambalpur to Erode, from Berhampur to Nanded, Secunderabad, Surat, and from Cuttack to Hyderabad. Railways asked passengers to stay updated about the special trains.

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Hemanta Pradhan

Hemanta Pradhan writes for the Times of India on education, hospital issues, transport, agriculture & tribal affairs. He has been working as a journalist since 2011. He has a PG degree in Journalism & Mass Communication from Berhampur University. He has won Laadli Media Awards for gender sensitivity.

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