Indian Railways Announces Special Trains: Routes, Timings And Other Details

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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March 9, 2019

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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