Indian Railways Festival Offer: Good news! This Diwali, Dussehra and Chhath, travel in these specials trains; check out their list and routes

Are you planning to go somewhere this festive season via train then a good news for you that Indian Railways will be going to run special trains for the upcoming festivals i.e. Durga Puja, Dusshera, Diwali, Chhath Puja.

Yes, Indian Railways will run some special trains for the passengers so as to clear the rush of passengers during the festivals. During the festival season, commuters find difficulties to travel from one destination to other and also unable to get the reservation.

The special trains that will be run by the Railways are from Bathinda, Hazrat Nizamuddin, Anand Vihar, Nangaldam, Saharanpur, Jammu, Delhi, Vaishno Devi and Chandigarh railway station to all other parts of the country.

With this special trains facility, there will be around 2 lakh number of seats would be generated, said Dainik Bhaskar report. There will be 8 superfast special trains and one DEMU as well as one MEMU trains. Passengers will also get the air conditioner compartments i.e. AC1, AC2, AC3 and there will be a sleeper and general class coaches as well.

People who are willing to have the benefit of these special trains can book their online ticket on the IRCTC website or through a ticket counter.

Check out the trains names:

Hazrat Nizamuddin-Lucknow-Hazrat Nizamuddin Weekly AC Express:

This train running between Hazrat Nizamuddin and Lucknow will have the facility of First AC, five AC two-tier & nine AC three-tier coaches and will the train make 10 trips in total. Train number is 04420. The Express will depart from Hazrat Nizamuddin at 8:50 PM every Monday from 15 October to 12 November to reach Lucknow at 5:40 AM the next day. In the return direction, train number 04419 Lucknow- Hazrat Nizamuddin Weekly AC Express will depart from Lucknow at 6:50 PM on every Thursday from 18 October to 15 November to reach Hazrat Nizamuddin at 5:10 AM the next day.

Anand Vihar Terminal-Lucknow-Anand Vihar Terminal Weekly AC Express:

The train running between Anand Vihar and Lucknow will have one First AC, five AC two-tier and nine AC three-tier coaches and it will make 10 trips. The train number is 04422. It will run every Wednesday at 9:05 PM from  17 October to 14 November to reach Lucknow at 5:40 AM the next day. In the return direction, train number is 04421. It will depart from Lucknow at 6:50 PM on every Tuesday from 16 October to 13 November to reach Anand Vihar Terminal at 4:55 AM the next day

Bathinda-Varanasi – Bathinda Weekly Express:

The train running between Bathinda and Varanasi will have one AC three-tier, four sleeper class, four general class, and two disabled friendly second class cum luggage van coaches and it will make 12 trips in total. Train number 04998 Bathinda-Varanasi weekly express will depart from Bathinda at 8:50 PM every Sunday from 14 October to 18 November to reach Varanasi at 7:20 PM the next day. In the return direction, train number 04997 Varanasi – Bathinda weekly express will depart from Varanasi at 9:20 PM on every Monday from 15 October to 19 November to reach Bathinda at 7:00 PM the next day.

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