Holi festival is just around the corner and most of us are all set to visit our relatives for this season. The Indian Railways has already announced a list of exclusive trains to keep the rush comfortable. Northern, Central, Eastern and Konkan railway are all set to run these special trains for the passengers. The idea behind this is to keep the rush in control during the festive time. If you are planning to travel from one of these railway lines, here is more information you need: –

1. Northern Railway –
   
   The Northern railway will be running weekly special trains between the Gorakhpur and Bandra line from the 3^rd to the 31^st of March for Holi. The festival is falling on 23^rd March this year, and since people will start travelling early, the trains are already in action. These weekly trains have several stops in between like, Basti, Barabanki, Kanpur Central, Lucknow, Kannauj. Mathura Jn, Kota, Vodadora, Surat, Borivali, etc. There is also going to be two exclusive trains from Bhubaneswar and Patna, Puri and Bhanjapur. These will run on Fridays, which is the March 18^th and on the 25^th. The Patna – Bhubaneswar one will be on Saturdays, which is the March 19^th and the 26^th. The former train will be discontinued from March 26^th.
2. Central Railway –
   
   The Central Railway will be running from and to Mumbai to various different locations during this festive time. Most of the trains will be halting at Thane station. The railway line has started running trains from March 4^th to Nagpur, Gorakhpur, Bhatni and Karmali. The LokmanyaTilak Terminus to Karmali train will run on March 18^th and 25^th. There are also going to trains from CST station to Karmali to CST again, which are weekly specials. These trains are scheduled from March 19^th to 26^th. On March 21^st and 28^thspecial train from CST to Gorkhapur will run for the people, who are travelling to the north side. From March 18^th to 26^th, weekly specials from LTT to BhatniJn will run and LTT to Nagpur special trains will run on March 22^nd and 29^th…
3. Eastern Railway –
   
   To make the rush a little less, the Eastern Railway too will be running 3 sets of exclusive trains on these routes – Kolkata – Gorakhpur – Asansol, Howrah – RaxaulJansadharan Holi Special and Howrah – Patna Jansadharan Holi Special. The Kolkata- Gorakhpur train will run on March 21^st. The Howrah- Patna train will run on the March 20^th and the Howrah- Raxaul train will run on March 22^nd. All these trains will run back and forth, so passengers can come back to the city or go to another through the same routes.
4. Konkan Railway – The Konkan Railway hasn’t stepped behind in supporting with the rush control during Holi festival. A special train from Madgaon to Mumbai CST to Madgaon will run on the 8^th of March. This train will be halting at several spots in between like Karmali, Kudal, Ratnagiri, Khed, Chiplun, Panvel, Dadar, Thane, etc.

If you are planning to head out of your city for Holi, you have a bunch of incredible trains at your service.