The Indian Railways is always ready with something for every festival, since Holi is just around the corner; the Northern Railways has already started running weekly exclusive trains. Read on to know more details: –
The railway line will run a weekly exclusive train from Gorakhpur to Bandra Terminus from the 3rd March to the 31st. This train is scheduled for every Thursday while the one from Bandra to Gorakhpur will be on every Saturday. An official press release stated that this weekly special will halt at several stations like Lucknow, Barabanki, Basti, Khalilabad, Kanpur Central, Kannauj, Mathura Jn, Kota, Bharatpur, Vadodara, Nagda, Surat, Virar, Borivali and many other stations.
There are two other trains from Bhubaneswar to Patna and Puri to Bhanjapur too, which will run during this festive time. The former train will be running on March 18th and 25th while the latter will be running on March 19th and 26th.
The Bhubaneswar to Patna train will be stopped at stations like Jaipur, Asansol, Cuttack, Bhadrak, Hijli, Mokama and many others. The Puri to Bhanjapur train will stop at stations like Khurda Road, Jajpur, Rupsa, Balasore, Soro, Bhubaneswar, and many others. Also, this train will be discontinued on March 26th.
All these trains are meant to lessen the berserk crowd during this festive time.