Special trains to clear east bound rush

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Oct 27 2016 | 7:42 PM IST
Northern Railway in coordination with other zones has pressed into service several east bound festival special trains from here for Patna, Barauni, Saharsa, Varanasi, Lucknow and Gorakhpur to clear extra rush of passengers during the festival season on October 28.
The New Delhi-Barauni special train having AC 2 Tier and AC 3 Tier accommodation and stoppages at Moradabad, Bareilly, Lucknow, Gonda, Basti, Gorakhpur, Deoria Sadar, Siwan, Chhapra, Hajipur, Muzaffarpur and Samastipur stations enroute will be start from here tomorrow at 7.25 PM, according to a release.
There will be a fully unreserved Anand Vihar-Saharasa train having stoppages at Kanpur, Allahabad, Mughalsarai, Buxar, Ara, Danapur, Patna, Barauni, Begusarai and Khagaria stations enroute which will leave at 11 PM .
The Anand Vihar-Patna special train having AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier, Sleeper and General Class accommodation and stoppages at Aligarh, Kanpur, Allahabad, Mughalsarai, Buxar and Ara stations enroute will leave at 6.45 PM here.
The Anand Vihar-Varanasi special train having Ist AC, AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier, Sleeper and General Class accommodation and stoppages at Ghaziabad, Moradabad, Bareilly, Shahjahanpur, Lucknow and Sultanpur stations enroute will leave at 9.50 PM from here.
The Anand Vihar-Lucknow having AC 2 Tier-cum-AC 3 Tier, Sleeper and General class accommodation and stoppages at Shahjhanpur, Bareilly, Moradabad, Hapur and Ghaziabad stations enroute will leave at 8.30 PM here.
The Anand Vihar-Gorakhpur having unreserved class accommodation and stoppages at Ghaziabad, Moradabad, Bareilly, Sitapur Cantt., Burhwal, Gonda and Basti stations enroute will leave at 11.15 PM from here.
Northern Railway has planned and commenced running of total 78 pairs of special trains with total of 1761 trips to cater to extra rush during festival period. Northern Railway has also enhanced passenger carrying capacity of many trains augmenting with an additional of 89 coaches marking 2410 trips in all to cater the enhanced demand.
Northern Railway will also run additional special trains in more number of unreserved special trains would be started from Anand Vihar Terminal, Old Delhi, New Delhi on short notices, keeping in view the real time demand.

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First Published: Oct 27 2016 | 7:42 PM IST

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