Vande Bharat Train
New Delhi: There is good news for railway passengers going from Delhi to Bihar on the occasion of Diwali and Chhath. According to sources, in view of the rush of passengers, Railways has decided to run Vande Bharat Special train. According to the information, Railways will run Vande Bharat special train with 20 coaches from Delhi to Bihar. For the first time, Vande Bharat train will be run as a special train during the festive season. These special trains will run from Delhi to Patna, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Bhagalpur and Gorakhpur.
Keeping in view the convenience of passengers, Railways has decided to increase general coaches in 108 trains. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said that this time general coaches have been increased in 108 trains in the festive season. Provision of 12,500 coaches has been made for Chhath Puja and Diwali special trains. So far, 5,975 trains have been notified in the year 2024-25. This time during the festive season, more than 1 crore passengers will have the facility to go home.
Last year, a total of 4,429 special trains were run during the festival season in 2023-24. Compared to last year, more than one thousand trains will be run this year. Railways released the list to all the zones to run special trains during Diwali and Chhath. Maximum 130 trains will be run from Northern Railway. 104 special trains will be run from SCR zone. 99 trains will be run from ECR zone. In this way, Railways has decided to run special trains from all zones.
(Report-Anamika Gaur)
