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Festival rush: Railways to run 12,000 special trains for Diwali, Chhath

Railways will operate 12,000 festival trains this year, with the Vande Sleeper set for rollout and a new Rajpura-Mohali line sanctioned to cut travel distance by 66 km

union electronics and information technology minister ashwini vaishnaw said the government was also planning to share the gpu compute capacity with some countries of the global south
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The peak-time rush for the festival season will start around 15 October and continue until the second week of November, Vaishnaw said. | File Image

Dhruvaksh Saha New Delhi

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With the festival season already here and record crowds expected to travel, the Ministry of Railways has increased its target of special festival trains to 12,000 this year, Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Tuesday.
 
“Since there’s a track construction record of over 4,000 kilometres (km) every year, along with steady locomotive and coach production, this year we have set a target of 12,000 special trains during Diwali and Chhath Puja,” Vaishnaw said in a media interaction in the national capital.
 
Last year, 7,724 special trains were operated by Indian Railways, which experienced high footfall at stations during the festival