New Delhi. Railways has decided to run five festival special trains during the festive season to ferry the passengers of UP, Bihar to and from home. Railways says that in view of the heavy rush of passengers during this festive season, festival special trains will be operated from New Delhi/Anand Vihar Terminal to Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga, Barauni, Saharsa and Jaynagar stations of East Central Railway. All coaches in these special trains will be of reserved category and passengers traveling in these will have to follow the norms of Kovid-19.
Rajesh Kumar, Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) of East Central Railway said that Train No. 01676/01675 Anand Vihar-Muzaffarpur-Anand Vihar Terminal Festival Special Express will run between Anand Vihar Terminal and Muzaffarpur two days a week from October 11 to October 17. will be operated.
Train No. 01676 Anand Vihar – Muzaffarpur Festival Special Express will leave Anand Vihar at 22.50 hrs on every Monday and Wednesday from 11 October to 17 October and will reach Muzaffarpur at 22.00 hrs the next day. In return direction, Train 01675 Muzaffarpur – Anand Vihar Festival Special train will leave Muzaffarpur at 23.45 hrs on every Tuesday and Thursday from 12 October to 18 October and will reach Anand Vihar at 23.30 hrs the next day.
This special train will stop at Hajipur, Chhapra, Gorakhpur, Barabanki, Lucknow, Chandausi and Moradabad stations in Up and Down direction between Muzaffarpur and Anand Vihar Terminal. Similarly, Train No. 01670/01669 New Delhi-Darbhanga-New Delhi Festival Special Express will run twice a week from October 11 to October 18. 01670 New Delhi – Darbhanga Express will depart New Delhi at 19.25 hrs on Mondays and Thursdays twice a week from 11 October to 18 October and will reach Darbhanga at 16.00 hrs the next day.
In return direction, Train No. 01669 Darbhanga – New Delhi train will leave Darbhanga at 18.00 hrs on Tuesdays and Fridays twice a week from 12 October to 19 October and will reach New Delhi at 16.40 hrs the next day. This special train will stop at Sitamarhi, Raxaul, Narkatiaganj, Gorakhpur, Lucknow, Bareilly and Moradabad stations in up and down direction between Darbhanga and New Delhi.
Similarly, superfast festival special train will be operated between New Delhi and Barauni twice a week from October 12 to October 20, while between Anand Vihar Terminal and Saharsa, festival special train will be operated twice a week from October 11 to October 19. will be operated.
Apart from this, two days a week festival special train will be operated between Anand Vihar and Jayanagar from October 12 to October 20. Train No. 01668 Anand Vihar - Jaynagar Festival Special Express will leave Anand Vihar at 10.30 hrs on Tuesdays and Fridays and will reach Jaynagar at 13.35 hrs, twice a week from 12 October to 19 October.
In return direction, Train No. 01667 Jaynagar – Anand Vihar Festival Special train will leave Jaynagar at 15.30 hrs on Wednesdays and Saturdays to reach Anand Vihar at 19.00 hrs, twice a week from 13th October to 20th October.