Festival Special Trains: In order to provide comfortable travel to the passengers during the festive season and keeping in mind the huge number of them, Northern Railway has implemented a concrete action plan with 2,950 special trains. This information was given by Northern Railway on Monday.
Northern Railway said that compared to last year, this year they have increased the number of festival special trains by about 172 percent between October 1 and October 30. Talking about this, Northern Railway Chief Public Relations Officer Himanshu Shekhar Upadhyay said that out of 2,950 trains, about 83 percent of the festival special trains are for passengers from eastbound states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Assam. Will be.
Steps also taken regarding security
Upadhyay said that cities like Barauni, Samastipur, Saharsa, Varanasi, Ayodhya, Gorakhpur, Jaynagar, Darbhanga, Jogbani, Patna, Kolkata, Guwahati, Howrah, Muzaffarpur, Katihar, Tatanagar and Lucknow are some of the popular destinations of these special trains running from the national capital. are the destination. The official also informed about various steps taken to enhance passenger safety and amenities, such as strict measures to prevent unauthorized entry into reserved coaches, smoking in trains and station premises along with ban on carrying of inflammable substances and Taking steps to stop spreading garbage.
1,082 special trains were run last year
Northern Railways said in a statement that it is worth noting that Northern Railways, in collaboration with other zonal railways, is operating more than 2,950 festival special trains during the festive season from October 1 to October 30. The statement said that during the same period last year, a total of 1,082 special trains were arranged by Northern Railways. This year there will be an increase of about 172 percent in such trains as compared to last year.
Deployment of RPF personnel was also increased
Upadhyay says that Northern Railway will also run unreserved special trains on a timely basis to deal with the crowd. According to him, other steps taken by Northern Railway amid the festive rush include increased deployment of ticket checking staff and RPF personnel to control crowd at footover bridges, entry and exit gates, platforms, booking offices and other areas. .
