On the occasion of Holi, Northern Railway, an arm of Indian Railways, has announced special trains. "In order to clear the extra rush of passengers, during Holi festival-2019, railways have decided to run the Holi special trains," said Northern Railway on its website, nr.indianrailways.gov.in. Railways will run trains on Chandigarh-Gorakhpur, New Delhi-Barauni, Lucknow-Kolkata, Katihar-Firozepur and Chhapra-Delhi routes, among others.
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List of trains introduced by Indian Railways on Holi:
"Train No. & Name " Departure Arrival Period/Date/Trips 04924 Chandigarh-Gorakhpur - Weekly Express Special Train 11.15 p.m. 05.30 p.m. the next day 14.03.2019 & 21.03.2019 (02 trips) 04923 Gorakhpur-Chandigarh Weekly Express Special Train 10.10 p.m. 02.25 p.m. the next day 15.03.2019 & 22.03.2019 (02 trips) 04022 Anand Vihar Trml.-Patna AC Express Special 00.10 a.m. 06.00 p.m. the same day 16.03.2019 & 23.03.2019 (2 trips) 04021 Patna - Anand Vihar Trml AC Express Special 07.35 p.m. 02.20 p.m. the next day 16.03.2019 & 23.03.2019 (2 trips) 04404 New Delhi-Barauni 2 days a week A.C. Special Train 07.25 p.m. 07.45 p.m. the next day 12.03.2019 to 22.03.2019 on every Tuesday & Friday (04 Trips) 04403 Barauni-New Delhi 2 days a week A.C. Special Train 09.35p.m. 10.10 p.m. the next day 13.03.2019 to 23.03.2019 on every Wednesday & Saturday (04 Trips) 04418 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Pune Weekly A.C. Superfast Exp. Special 09.35p.m. 09.25 p.m. the next day 12.03.2019 to 26.03.2019 on every Tuesday (03 trips) 04417 Pune-Hazrat Nizamuddin Weekly A.C. Superfast Exp. Special 05.15 a.m. 05.35 a.m. the next day 14.03.2019 to 28.03.2019 on every Thursday (03 trips) 04206 Lucknow-Kolkata weekly Express Special 11.45 p.m. 09.45 p.m. the next day 11.03.2019 to 25.03.2019 on every Monday (03 trips) 04205 Kolkata-Lucknow weekly Express Special 11.55p.m 10.15 p.m. the next day 12.03.2019 to 26.03.2019 on every Tuesday (03 trips) 04052 Anand Vihar Terminal-Kamakhaya weekly Special 11.45 a.m. 02.45 p.m. the Third Day 13.03.2019 to 20.03.2019 (02 trips) 04051 Kamakhya-Anand Vihar Terminal weekly Special 05.35 a.m. 06.15 p.m. the next day 16.03.2019 to 23.03.2019 (02 trips) 04918 Firozepur-Katihar weekly special train 10.40 a.m. 07.00 p.m. next day 16.03.2019 23.03.2019 (02 trips) 04917 Katihar-Firozepur weekly special train 11.00 p.m. 08.40 a.m. third day 17.03.201924.03.2019 (02 trips) 05101 Chhapra-Delhi weekly Jansadharan unreserved special 04.00 p.m. 12.30 p.m.next day 17.03.2019, 24.03.2019, 31.03.2019 (03 trips) 05102 Delhi – Chhapra weekly Jansadharan unreserved special 02.00 p.m. 10.55 a.m.next day 18.03.2019, 25.03.2019, 01.04.2019 (03 trips) 05097 Gorakhpur -Anand Vihar Terminal Special "02.30 p.m. " 06.00 a.m. the next day 17.03.2019, 19.03.2019, 22.03.2019 (03 trips) 05098 Anand Vihar Terminal- Gorakhpur Special 08.00 a.m. 10.55 p.m. the next day 18.03.2019, 20.03.2019 & 23.03.2019 (03 trips) 09451 Gandhidham-Bhagalpur weekly special train 05.40 p.m. 06.00 p.m. a.m. the third day 15.03.2019 (01 trip) 09452 Bhagalpur - Gandhidham-weekly special train 06.30 a.m. 08.00 a.m. the third day 18.03.2019 (01 trip) (Also Read: All you need to know about IRCTC ticket booking)
Additionally, Railways will also run special trains between Bathinda-Varanasi, Anand Vihar Terminal-Lucknow, Nangal Dam-Lucknow, Anand Vihar Terminal- Vaishno Devi Katra, & Vaishno Devi Katra-Varanasi, it said on its portal.
The 04998 Bathinda-Varanasi weekly express special train will depart from Bathinda at 08.50 p.m. on every Sunday till March 24, 2019. The 04414 Anand Vihar Terminal-Lucknow two-days-a-week express special train will depart from Anand Vihar Terminal at 09.05 p.m. on every Tuesday and Thursday till March 21.
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