The railway authorities have decided to run special trains from Una to Prayagraj, the epicenter of Maha Kumbh, starting Jan. 17. A Railways spokesman said the booking for the tickets has begun. The first special train (04528) will run from Una on Jan. 17 for the Maha Kumbh starting Jan. 13 in the pilgrimage city of Prayagraj. This train will have 18 coaches, which include sleeper, general and AC three-tier coaches.
The Railways has fixed the fare of sleeper coaches at Rs 620 and AC three-tier at Rs 1,670. This special train will have five sleeper coaches, 10 general and one AC three-tier coach. The remaining two coaches will be for guard and luggage.
The booking for 10 general coaches will start two hours before the train departs.
The special train (04528) will depart from Una at 10:05 pm on Jan. 17 and it will reach Prayagraj's Phaphamau Junction at 6 pm the next day.
The train will depart for Una from Phaphamau Junction at 10:30 pm on Jan. 18.
The second train from Una will run on Jan. 20 and return from Prayagraj the next day.
Similarly, the third train will run from Una on Jan. 25, the fourth train on Feb. 9 and the fifth train on Feb. 15.
The sixth and last train will leave from Una on Feb. 23 and arrive from Prayagraj at 10:30 pm the next day.
During this time, the train will have stoppages at Nangal Dam, Anandpur Sahib, Roop Nagar, Morinda, Chandigarh, Ambala Cantt, Yamunanagar Jagadhri, Saharanpur, Roorkee, Najibabad, Moradabad, Bareilly, Shahjahanpur, Lucknow and Rae Bareli.
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