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Senior authorities are actively monitoring bid waitlists successful existent clip to decently conscionable rider requirements. (Image: FE)
The Indian Railway has announced plans to run 200 peculiar trains during the Diwali and Chhath Puja festivals crossed India successful 2024.
The Ministry of Railways has announced that implicit 120 peculiar trains volition run connected Tuesday, October 29, 2024, with a database of ‘Festival Special Trains’ shared connected X.
Vineet Abhishek, the Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway, announced that peculiar bid services volition run alongside the regular trains already moving connected these routes.
Kind Attention to All Passengers!
Here’s the database of Festival Special Trains acceptable to run connected 29th October 2024. pic.twitter.com/NiJtg01gcj
— Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) October 28, 2024
Of these, the Mumbai Division volition oversee astir 40 trains, including 22 trains that question to fashionable tourer destinations successful Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, and Odisha, arsenic stated successful the property merchandise by the department.
Check the afloat database of ‘Festival Special Trains 2024’ here:
| Train No. | Origin Station | Departure Time | Destination Station | Arrival Time | Days of Run | Period |
| Train 02252 | New Delhi | 08:25 | Patna Jn | 20:00 | Wed, Fri, Sun | 30th Oct– 6th Nov |
| Train 02251 | Patna Jn | 07:30 | New Delhi | 19:00 | Thurs, Sat, Mon | 31st Oct–7th Nov |
| Train 04096 | Anand Vihar Terminal | 09:00 | Ayodhya Cantt | 22:00 | Mon, Wed, Fri | upto 18th Nov |
| Train 04095 | Ayodhya Cantt | 09:00 | Anand Vihar Terminal | 22:10 | Tues, Thurs, Sat | upto 19th Nov |
| Train 04519 | Gorakhpur | 22:05 | Chandigarh | 14:20 | Fri | 25th Oct–15th Nov |
| Train 04498 | Anand Vihar Terminal | 19:30 | Balia | 13:30 | Sun | upto 24th Nov |
| Train 04497 | Balia | 18:40 | Anand Vihar Terminal | 14:25 | Mon | upto 25th Nov |
Source: ixigo.com
Other festival peculiar trains:
| Train No. | Origin Station | Departure Time | Destination Station | Arrival Time | Days of Run | Period |
| 2270 | Lucknow | 14:15 | Chhapra | 21:30 | 6 days but Tuesdays | 25th Oct – 8th Nov |
| 2269 | Chhapra | 23:00 | Lucknow | 6:30 | 6 days but Tuesdays | 25th Oct – 8th Nov |
| 2248 | New Delhi | 8:25 | Patna Jn | 20:30 | Tues, Thurs, Sat | 29th Oct – 5th Nov |
| 2247 | Patna Jn | 7:30 | New Delhi | 19:35 | Wed, Fri, Sun | 30th Oct – 6th Nov |
| 4052 | New Delhi | 14:20 | Jaynagar | 15:40 | Sat, Tues, Fri, Mon | 26th, 29th Oct & 1st, 4th Nov |
| 4051 | Jaynagar | 18:00 | New Delhi | 18:50 | Sun, Wed, Sat, Tues | 27th, 30th Oct & 2nd, 5th Nov |
| 4624 | Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra | 23:45 | Varanasi Jn | 23:55 | Sun | Up to 17th Nov |
| 4623 | Varanasi Jn | 5:30 | Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra | 11:25 | Tues | Up to 19th Nov |
| 4080 | New Delhi | 19:30 | Varanasi Jn | 9:45 | Mon, Thurs, Sat | 24th Oct – 16th Nov |
| 4079 | Varanasi Jn | 18:25 | New Delhi | 8:50 | Tues, Fri, Sun | 25th Oct – 17th Nov |
| 4530 | Bhatinda Jn | 8:50 | Varanasi Jn | 17:30 | Mon, Fri | 25th Oct – 15th Nov |
| 4529 | Varanasi Jn | 20:40 | Bhatinda Jn | 17:00 | Tues, Sat | 26th Oct – 16th Nov |
| 4518 | Chandigarh | 23:15 | Gorakhpur | 18:20 | Thurs | 24th Oct – 14th Nov |
| 4022 | Anand Vihar Terminal | 11:40 | Sitamarhi | 15:45 | Wed, Fri | Up to 29th Nov |
| 4021 | Sitamarhi | 18:00 | Anand Vihar Terminal | 18:05 | Thurs, Sat | Up to 30th Nov |
| 4032 | Anand Vihar Terminal | 5:15 | Saharsha Jn | 10:30 | 5 days but Wednesdays | Up to 30th Nov |
| 4031 | Saharsha Jn | 13:00 | Anand Vihar Terminal | 16:10 | 5 days but Thursdays | Up to 1st Dec |
| 4068 | Delhi Jn | 19:30 | Darbhanga Jn | 16:30 | Tues, Fri | 25th Oct – 15th Nov |
| 4067 | Darbhanga Jn | 18:00 | Delhi Jn | 16:35 | Wed, Sat | 26th Oct – 16th Nov |
Source: ixigo.com
To heighten rider safety, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Government Railway Police (GRP) are contiguous astir the clock.
Their absorption is peculiarly beardown successful wide and sleeper compartments for trains travelling to bluish states.
The RPF and GRP person deployed plainclothes transgression prevention and detection squads to show suspicious behaviour and combat theft effectively.
In airy of the increasing fig of passengers, Western Railway has improved its ticketing services.
Key stations present diagnostic much summons counters and Automatic Ticket Vending Machines (ATVM) operating successful aggregate shifts.
Medical teams are acceptable to assistance successful emergencies, and regular announcements are made to assistance negociate the travel of queues.
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