Railways To Run 7000 Special trains For Diwali and Chhath Festivals, Check Details

New Delhi: As the Diwali and Chhath Puja festivals approach, Indian Railways has announced that it will operate 7,000 special trains, including clone trains, to accommodate numerous passengers.

Dilip kumar (ED, Information & Publicity Railway Board) said that several facilities are being arranged, and the Railway Ministry has decided to enhance its services to better manage the influx of passengers.

7000 Special Trains To Run For Diwali and Chhath Festivals

"The number of tourists increases in some important areas, important stations. Travellers come to Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in large numbers. And the railway has made a significant arrangement for them this year. We have arranged more than 7,000 trains this time and these trains are being run from all the important stations of the country, from Old Delhi, New Delhi, Anand Vihar, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, and Vishakhapatnam. Previously, we ran 4,300 special trains, so this time to provide better facilities we increased the number of special trains," Kumar was quoted as saying by the news agency ANI. 

Clone Trains To Run For Festivals 

The railway official further said that clone trains will operate along the route to ensure adequate seating arrangements for passengers.

"The railway this time decided to run a clone version of popular trains. So, the most popular trains, which have a high demand, we will run a clone train just after 15 minutes of that train,” the official added. 

Earlier Northern Railway announced that in next two weeks, Northern Railway will operate 65 extra trains per day from Delhi.

“In these 13 days, 1.20 lakhs extra berths shall be made available to passengers,” an official statement said. 

(With inputs from ANI)