Owing to the upcoming festive season in India, the Indian Railways has announced more special trains across the country. According to latest reports, a total of 39 special trains will be started by the Indian Railways soon. The trains will commence at the earliest possible date. It is believed that most of these special trains will be air-conditioned ones, such as the Rajdhani, Shatabdi, and Duronto.
Apart from the 39 special trains, there have been more developments in the railway sector. The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited, which is also known as IRCTC, has announced that Tejas Express will resume its operations soon. The train was suspended due to the outbreak of the pandemic, but will restart from October 17. This is mainly to meet the demand of passengers during the festive season.
IRCTC, which is a PSU of the Ministry of Railways has gone through extensive training in order to help adapt to the times, so that operations can be run smoothly without any hiccups. Standard Operation Procedure has been put in place in order to ensure the safety of passengers during their journeys.
Here is a list of the 39 special trains that are expected to run during the festive season –
Kamakhya to Loymanya Tilak – Weekly
Kamakhya to Yesvantpur – Weekly
Nizamuddin to Pune – Weekly
New Delhi to Katra – Daily
Barmer to Yesvantpur – Weekly
Loymanya Tilak Terminus to Haridwar – Bi-weekly
Loymanya Tilak Terminus to Lucknow – Weekly
Ajni to Pune – Weekly
Ligampalli to Kakinada town – Tri-weekly
Secundrabad to Vizag – Weekly
Nagpur to Amritsar -Weekly
Anand Vihar to Naharlagun – Weekly
Secunderabad to Shalimar – Weekly
Chennai to Madurai – Tri-weekly
Bandra Terminus to Bhuj – Tri-weekly
Santragachi to Chennai – Bi-weekly
Howrah to Yesvantpur – Weekly
Bhubaneswar to Anand Vihar – Weekly
Bhubaneswar to Delhi – Weekly
Nizamuddin to Pune – Bi-weekly
Howrah to Pune – Bi-weekly train
Bengaluru to Chennai – All days, except Tuesday
Mumbai Central to Ahmedabad – All days, except Sunday
Chennai to Coimbatore – All days, except Tuesday
New Delhi to Habibganj – Daily
Chennai to Nizamuddin – Bi-weekly
Dibrugarh to New Delhi – Weekly
Visakhapatnam to Tirupati – Tri-weekly
Dibrugarh to New Delhi – Bi-weekly
Mumbai Central to Nizamuddin – Daily
Bandra to Nizamuddin – Weekly
Howrah to Ranchi – All days, except Sunday
New Delhi to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra – All days, except Tuesday
Jaipur to Delhi Sarai Rohilla – Daily
New Delhi to Amritsar – Daily
New Delhi to Dehradun – Daily
New Delhi to Amritsar – All days, except Thursday
Ahmedabad to Mumbai Central – All days, except Sunday
Chennai to Bengaluru – Daily
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