Title - Special trains to cater to rush

Ludhiana: The Railways have introduced 23 pairs of trains to clear the extra rush of passengers during the festival season. Most of the long route trains are running full to capacity for over a month.Passengers from the city will now have more options to travel to distant places like Barauni and Saharsa in Bihar, Ahmedabad in Gujarat, Bandra Terminus (Mumbai), Nanded (Maharashtra), Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Bikaner (Rajasthan) and Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) for Dasehra, Diwali, Durga Pooja and Chhat Pooja.Moreover, additional coaches have been added to several regular trains to enhance the passenger carrying capacity during the festival season.Railway officials said a special train will run between Amritsar and Barauni on Sundays from November 4 to 25 from Amritsar and on Mondays from November 5 to 26. Trains numbers 02207 and 02208 will run between Ahmedabad and Jammu on Fridays from October 5 to November 30 from Ahmedabad and on Thursdays from October 4 to November 29 from Jammu.Similarly, train numbers 04502 and 04501 will run between Ludhiana and Saharsa on October 27, 28, 30 and 31 from Ludhiana and October 28, 29, November 3, 4 from Saharsa. A weekly train 02422/02421 will run between Jammu and Nanded on Mondays from October 1 to November 26 from Jammu and on Wednesdays from October 3 to November 28. Trains nos 04734/04733 will run between Bikaner and Pathankot on Thursdays from September 6 to November 29 from Bikaner and Fridays from september 7 to November 30 from Pathankot.

Yet another weekly train 09021/09022 will be available for travel between Bandra Terminus and Jammu which will run on Mondays from October 1 to November 26 from Bandra and Wednesdays from October 3 to November 28. A bi-weekly train 05043/05044 will run between Gorakhpur and Jammu on Mondays and Wednesdays from October 15 to November 28 from Gorakhpur and Tuesdays and Thursdays from October 16 to November 29 from Jammu.

Senior Divisional Commercial Manager, Northern Railway MM Singh said that 134 additional coaches had been added to 47 pairs of regular trains on different routes to cope with the festival rush of passengers.