Festive Special Trains: Railways to now run 2561 trips of special train services till Chhath Puja festival - DETAILS

Festive Special Trains: The Ministry of Railways on Tuesday announced that the Indian Railways has added 32 special services in this ongoing festive season, as per the official release. For the convenience of rail travelers and to clear the extra rush of passengers, the Railway Ministry has taken the decision.

"@RailMinIndia notifies additional 32 special services to ensure smooth and comfortable travel for passengers during this festive season," PIB tweeted.

.@RailMinIndia notifies additional 32 special services to ensure smooth and comfortable travel for passengers during this festive season

A total of 211 Special Services will make 2,561 Trips - 179 special services were notified earlier

Details: https://t.co/34JU8TTfj5

— PIB India (@PIB_India) October 18, 2022

The national transporter is running 2561 trips of 211 special trains (in pairs) till Chhath Puja this year. "Special Trains have been planned to connect major destinations across the country on railway routes, like Darbhanga, Azamgarh, Saharsa, Bhagalpur, Muzaffarpur, Firozpur, Patna, Katihar and Amritsar etc," the official release said.

To cater to the extra rush of passengers during the festive season, Railways is running 2,561 trips of 211 special trains (in pairs) till Chhath Puja, connecting major destinations across the country.https://t.co/LOUMDfKxlM pic.twitter.com/hMIqtVuAHM

— Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) October 18, 2022

It is worth noting that, 179 special services were also notified earlier.

The Indian Railways also cautioned passengers about the malpractice and said that measures would be taken to control the crowd. "A watch on any malpractices – like cornering of seats, over-charging and touting activity etc. is being done and strictly monitored," said the release.

"Crowd controlling measures by forming queue at the terminus stations under the supervision of RPF staff for orderly entry of passengers in unreserved coaches is being ensured," it added.