In view of the increasing crowd of passengers during festivals, Railways has decided to run several Puja special trains. The running of these trains will provide a lot of relief to the passengers going to Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Maharashtra. According to the information released by Northern Railway, a tri-weekly AC special train will be run between Rajendra Nagar Terminal and New Delhi.
According to information received from Railways, a one-way special train will also run from Lucknow to Lokmanya Tilak Terminus. At the same time, two pairs of Vande Bharat special trains will also be run between New Delhi and Patna. Railways has released the schedule and stop information of these trains.
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Rajendra Nagar to New Delhi
According to Railways, train number 02309 will run between Rajendra Nagar Terminal and New Delhi from November 11 to November 20. This train will make a total of 5 trips on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. The train will depart from Rajendra Nagar Terminal at 8:10 pm and reach New Delhi at 3 pm the next day. In return, train number 02310 will run from New Delhi from 12th November to 21st November.
This train will make a total of 5 trips on Thursday, Saturday and Monday. This train will leave from New Delhi at 7 pm and will reach Rajendra Nagar Terminal at 2 pm the next day. AC coaches will be installed in this train. En route, there will be stoppages at Patna, Danapur, Arrah, Buxar, Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Junction, Prayagraj and Govindpuri stations.
Lucknow to Mumbai
Apart from this, Railways has decided to run a one-way reserved special train number 04258 between Lucknow and Lokmanya Tilak Terminus. This train will leave from Lucknow on November 10 at 9:45 pm. Next day it will reach Lokmanya Tilak Terminus via Unnao, Kanpur Central, Orai, Veerangana Laxmibai Jhansi, Bina, Bhopal, Itarsi, Khandwa, Bhusaval, Manmad, Nashik Road, Igatpuri, Kalyan and Thane. The train's arrival time there is scheduled at 3:35 am on the third day. This train will have the facility of AC, sleeper and general coach.
Vande Bharat will run from Delhi to Patna
Railways has also decided to run two pairs of Vande Bharat reserved special trains between New Delhi and Patna for the passengers going to Bihar during festivals. The first train number 02258 will leave from New Delhi on November 11 at 5 am and reach Patna at 6:30 pm. In return, train number 02257 will leave from Patna on November 12 at 8 am and reach New Delhi at 9:30 pm. Whereas, the second train number 02436 will depart from New Delhi on November 13 at 8:35 am and reach Patna at 9:30 pm. Its return train number 02435 will leave from Patna on November 14 at 8 am and reach New Delhi at 9:30 pm.
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At which stations will Vande Bharat stop?
Both Vande Bharat Special trains will have stoppages at Aligarh Junction, Kanpur Central, Prayagraj Junction, Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Junction, Buxar and Arrah. Railways says that these trains are being run to reduce the extra crowd of passengers during festivals and to make the journey convenient.