Title - Railways to run special puja train to clear passenger rush

LUCKNOW: In order to make travelling convenient for passengers during the festival season, Railways has planned to run several puja special trains. While, two of the special trains, 04203/04204 Varanasi-Delhi Jn. tri-weekly Express and 04201/04202 Lucknow-New Delhi tri-weekly Express will directly cater to passengers from Varanasi and Lucknow, the other special trains will also pass through important districts of the state.The train number 04203/04204 Varanasi-Delhi Jn. tri-weekly Express will depart from Varanasi from October 1 to November 28 (26 trips) on every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 06.15 p.m. to reach Delhi Jn. at 10.40 a.m. the next day. In the return direction, the train number 04204 will depart from Delhi Jn. from October 2 to November 29 (26 trips) on every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday at 02.00 p.m. to reach Varanasi at 05.45 a.m. the next day. The train consisting of 10 sleeper class and two 2{+n}{+d} class cum luggage van coaches will stop at Sultanpur, Lucknow, Moradabad and Ghaziabad stations enroute in both the directions.Another special train number 04201/04202 will run between Lucknow and New Delhi thrice a week. The train 04201 Lucknow-New Delhi tri-weekly Express will depart from Lucknow from October 2 to November 29 (26 trips) on every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday at 10.45 p.m. to reach New Delhi at 08.20 a.m. the next day. However, in the return direction, it will depart from Delhi Jn. from October 3 to November 30 (26 trips) on every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 11.55 p.m. to reach Lucknow at 09.45 a.m. the next day.The train will consist of one AC-2 tier cum AC-3 tier, one AC-3 tier, eight sleeper class and two second class cum luggage van coaches. The train will stop at Moradabad and Ghaziabad stations enroute in both the directions.

Meanwhile, train number 04022/04021 Patna-Delhi Jn. Express will also pass through Lucknow and other cities. The train number 04022 Delhi Jn.-Patna daily Express will depart from Delhi Jn. from October 15 to November 28 (45 trips) at 01.20 p.m. to reach Patna at 11.15 a.m. the next day. In the return direction, the train number 04021 will depart from Patna from October 16 to November 29 (45 trips) at 02.10 p.m. to reach Delhi Jn. at 10.40 a.m. the next day. The train consisting of 14 sleeper class and two second class cum luggage van coaches will stop at Ghaziabad, Moradabad, Bareilly, Lucknow, Sultanpur, Varanasi, Mughalsarai, Buxar, Ara and Danapur stations enroute in both the directions.

The other special trains like 04024/04023 Delhi Sarai Rohilla-Darbhanga bi-weekly Express, starting its run from Delhi from October 15 and from Darbhanga a day after, will stop at New Delhi, Ghaziabad, Moradabad, Bareilly, Shahjahanpur, Seetapur Cantt, Gonda, Basti, Gorakhpur, Deoria Sadar, Siwan, Chhapra, Sonpur, Hajipur, Muzzafarpur and Samastipur stations enroute in both the directions.