NORTHERN RAILWAY PRESS RELEASE
New Delhi.
Dated 09.11.2012
ARRANGEMENTS MADE BY NORTHERN RAILWAY TO MEET FESTIVAL RUSH
For the convenience of rail passengers and in order to clear extra rush during this festival season, including Chhat Puja, 80 Special trains are running on Northern Railway which will make 1762 trips.
CONVENIENCE FOR BOOKING OF TICKETS:
In order to allow passengers to purchase their tickets conveniently, additional counters have been provided over entire Northern Railway. Of these, 25 extra booking counters for reserved tickets have been made functional in Delhi Area, of which 7 are in IRCA. For unreserved tickets, 7 additional counters each have been provided at New Delhi Railway Station and Anand Vihar Terminal, while 4 have been provided at Delhi Jn.
PUNCTUALITY: Special efforts are being made to ensure that all special trains, along with regular trains, are run punctually, this includes departure as scheduled, monitoring the train through its run and timely arrival at the destination.
CROWD MANAGEMENT MEASURES:
Special trains have been distributed at the 4 major terminals to avoid overcrowding at any one particular station. To avoid last minute changes, platforms for all the trains including specials, are fixed during entire festival rush period. Change, if required, will be done only with the prior approval of DRM.
SPECIAL TRAINS:
80 pairs of special trains will make 1762 trips during the festival season of the current year, which is more than the 55 pairs run last year which made 1219 trips, these include thespecial trains planned during Chhat puja.
EXTRA COACHES ATTACHED:
In order to enhance the capacity of existing, popular trains, 15 pairs of trains have been augmented with 177 coaches to clear extra rush.
Northern Railway is running the following special trains for the convenience of passengers during the festival season:
·04033/04034-Udhampur -Delhi Sarai Rohilla-Udhampurm Tri- Weekly,
·04051/04052-Anand Vihar-Jammu Tawi- Anand Vihar Tri- Weekly,
·04203/04204-Varanasi -Delhi Jn.-Varanasi Tri- Weekly,
·04201/04202-Lucknow -New Delhi-Lucknow Tri- Weekly,
·04031/04032-Panipat- Delhi Jn.-Panipat Daily,
·04022/04021-Patna- Delhi Jn.-Patna Daily,
·04024/04023-Darbhanga- Delhi Sarai Rohilla-Darbhanga Bi- Weekly,
·04602/04601-Amritsar-Barauni- Amritsar Weekly,
·04642/04641-Firozpur- Saharsa- Ambala Weekly,
·04502/04501-Ludhiana- Saharsa- Ambala Cantt. Weekly,
·04012/04011-H. Nizamuddin-Shirdi Sai Nagar-H. Nizamuddin Weekly,
·03685/03686-Delhi-Gaya-Delhi Weekly,
·02393/02394-Anand Vihar T-Patna-Anand Vihar T.(Six days a week),
·05101/05102-Delhi-Kanpur-Delhi Weekly,
·05027/05028-Anand Vihar T-Gorakhpur-Anand Vihar Tri- Weekly,
·03125/03126-Anand Vihar -Kolkata-AnandVihar Weekly,
·03113/03114-New Delhi-Sealdah-New Delhi Weekly,
·04113/04114-Allahabad- Udhampur- Allahabad Weekly,
·09005/09006 New Delhi -Mumbai Central- New Delhi Bi- Weekly,
·09407/09408-Lucknow Jn.-Ahmedabad- Lucknow Jn. Weekly,
·04734/04733-Pathankot-Bikaner-Pathonkot Weekly,
·09022/09021 Jammu Tawi-Bandra Terminus-Jammu Tawi Daily,
·04009/04010 Delhi Sarai Rohilla-Bhatinda-Delhi Sarai Rohilla Daily,
·02448/02447&02449/02450 H.Nizamuddin-Manikpur/ H.Nizamuddin-Khajuraho Weekly,
·02438/0237 H.Nizamuddin- Nagpur- Hazrat Nizamuddin A.C.Superfast Weekly,
·04314/04313 Bareilly-Darbhanga-Bareilly Weekly,
·02422/02421 Jammu Tawi-Nanded-Jammu Tawi Weekly,
·02207/02208 Ahmedabad- Jammu Tawi- Ahmedabad A.C.Weekly,
·04055/04056 New Delhi- Udhampur- New Delhi Weekly,
·05213/05214 Lok Manya Tilak-Darbhanga-Lok Manya Tilak Weekly,
·09807/09808 Kota- Hazrat Nizamuddin Daily,
·05023/05024 Gorakhpur-Pune- Gorakhpur Weekly,
·05031/05032 Gorakhpur- Lok Manya Tilak- Gorakhpur Weekly,
·05033/05044 Bandra Terminus- Gorakhpur-Bandra Terminus Weekly,
·03015/03016 Howrah- Haridwar- Howrah Weekly,
·04208/04207 New Delhi- Lucknow- New Delhi Weekly,
·02397/02398 Anand Vihar-Gaya- Anand Vihar,
·02452/02451 Hazrat Nizamuddin- Madgaon- Hazrat Nizamuddin A.C. Weekly,
·03189/03190 Sealdah-Anand Vihar(T)- Sealdah Superfast Weekly,
·04725/04726 Bikaner- Delhi Sarai Rohilla- Bikaner Superfast (Four days a week)
·09003/09004 Mumbai Central- New Delhi- Mumbai Central Bi- Weekly Superfast,
·03686/03685 Delhi- Gaya Weekly Superfat,
·05903/05904 Dibrugarh – Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Weekly
·05653/05652 Guwahati – Varanasi-Guwahati Weekly
·04008/04007 New Delhi-Howrah-New Delhi,
·02281/02282 Bhubaneshwar- New Delhi- Bhubaneshwar Superfast Weekly
·01071/01072 Pune- H.Nizamuddin- Pune Special( 1 trip),
·08033/08034 Santragachi- Anand Vihar- Santragachi Weekly
·04006/04005 New Delhi- Sealdah- New Delhi A.C. Superfast
·04002/04001 Between Patna-Anand Vihar Terminal Super Fast A.C. Express
·04642/04641 Firozpur- Saharsa- Ambala Express
·04502/04501 Ludhiana- Saharsa- Ambala Express
·04504/04503 Chandigarh- Varanasi- Chandigarh Tri- Weekly
·04209 Lucknow- Delhi Sadar Jang
·09310/09309 Delhi Safdar Jang- Indore- Delhi Safdar Jang
·04091 Bandra Terminus- New Delhi Superfast A.C. Express
·04013 Lokmanya Tilak T.- Hazrat Nizamuddin Superfast express
·04642/04641 Firozpur- Saharsa- Ambala Express
·04502/04501 Ludhiana- Saharsa- Ambala Express
·01077 Pune- Hazrat Nizamuddin (one way) special and 01072 Hazrat Nizamuddin- Lokmanya Tilak T. (one way).
·04028/04027 Delhi Guwahati weekly
·02456/02455New Delhi- Madgaon weekly
·04014/04013 Hazrat Nizamuddin – Lokmanya Tilak( one Trip)
·04026/04025 New Delhi-Lucknow (5 trips each)
·04094/04093 New Delhi- Mumbai Central( 5 trips each)
·03685/03686 Gaya- Delhi Jn. weekly.
·05043/05044 Yashwantpur-Gorakpur Bi –weekly.
·01027/01028 Lokmanya Tilak- Varanasi weekly.
·01005/01996 Lokmanya Tilak- Delhi Jn (one trip each)
·02501/02502 Guwahati-New Delhi weekly.
·01655/01656 Habibganj- Nizamuddin (one trip each)
·04117/04118 Allahabad-Anand Vihar Terminal( 3 trips each)
·03209/03210 Patna –Anand Vihar Tri-weekly
·09407/09408 Ahmedabad-Lucknow Jn. weekly
·05213-05214 Dibrugarh- Lokmanya Tilak weekly.
·05034/05033 Bandra Terminus- Gorakhpur weekly
·05023/05024 Gorakhpur-Pune weekly
·05031/05032 LokmanyaTilak-Gorakhpur weekly
·01047/01048 Lokmanya Tilak- Gorakhpur weekly
·01057/01058 Lokmanya Tilak-Muzaffarpur weekly.
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