Indian Railway News: Holi is just a week away and many people will have started preparing to go home. For this, the stampede of tickets will have started because the trains are not running on the tracks at full capacity and there are no seats according to the number of passengers in them. In such a situation, the Railways has started operating Holi special trains. This has greatly facilitated the passengers going from Delhi towards UP-Bihar. Apart from this, the railways have expanded the operations of many trains and the trains which were supposed to run till the end of March or the first week of April, will now run till the end of June or the first week of July. The list of all trains started by Railways is given below. Apart from this, the list of trains whose operating period has been extended is also being given.
Complete list of Holi special trains of East Central Railway
- Train 04040 New Delhi-Barauni Holi Special will depart from New Delhi on March 19, 23, 26 and 30 at 07:25 pm and reach Barauni at 03:00 pm the next day via Moradabad, Bareilly, Lucknow, Gorakhpur, Siwan, Chapra and Hajipur.
- Train 04039 Barauni-New Delhi Holi Special will leave Barauni at 07:30 pm on 20, 24, 27 and 31 March and reach New Delhi at 04:15 the next day via Hajipur, Siwan, Gorakhpur, Lucknow, Bareilly and Moradabad.
- Train 04412 Anand Vihar Terminal-Gaya Holi Special will open Anand Vihar Terminal at 23:10 on 19, 22, 26 and 29 March and reach Kanpur, Allahabad, New West Kabin and Pandin Dayal Upadhyay at Gaya at 03:30 pm the next day.
- Train 04411 Gaya-Anand Vihar Terminal Holi Special departed from Gaya at 23:45 pm on March 20, 23, 27 and 30 at Pandit Dayal Upadhyay, New West Kabin, Allahabad and Kanpur, Anand Vihar Terminal the next day at 03:25 pm Will arrive.
- Train 04046 Anand Vihar Terminal-Patna Holi Special departs from Anand Vihar on 21, 23, 26 and 28 March at 2:55 pm via Kanpur Central, Allahabad Junction, Pandin Dayal Upadhyay, Buxar, Ara and Danapur at 9 am the next day Will reach Patna
- Train 04045 Patna-Anand Vihar Vihar Terminal Holi Special will leave Patna at 12 noon on March 22, 24, 27 and 29 and will reach Anand Vihar Terminal at 5 am the next day. This train will pass through Danapur, Ara, Buxar, Pandin Dayal Upadhyay, Prayagraj and Kanpur Central.
- Train 04036 Anand Vihar Terminal-Jogbaniholi Special, leaving Anand Vihar Terminal on 19 and 30 March at 08:10 AM, Ghaziabad, Aligarh, Tundla, Kanpur Central, Prayagraj, Mirzapur, Pandin Dayal Upadhyay, Dildarnagar, Danapur, Pataliputra, Begusarai, Khagaria , Naugachia, Katihar, Purnia, Araria Court and Farbisganj will reach Jogbani at 07:50 am the next day.
- Train 04035 Jogbani-Anand Vihar Terminal Holi Special departs from Jogbani at 08:30 pm on 20 and 31 March at Farbisganj, Araria Court, Purnia, Purnia, Katihar, Naugachia, Khagaria, Begusarai, Pataliputra, Danapur, Dildarnagar, Pand Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, The next day will reach Anand Vihar Terminal at 8:45 pm via Mirzapur, Prayagraj, Kanpur Central, Tundla, Aligarh and Ghaziabad.
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East Central Railway expanded many special trains
- Train 05048 Gorakhpur-Kolkata Pooja Special opens four days a week on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Friday and now this train will run till June 29.
- Train 05047 Kolkata-Gorakhpur Pooja Special opens four days a week on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays and now this train will run till July 1.
- Train 05050 Gorakhpur-Kolkata Pooja Special opens on Wednesday and Saturday, two days a week and now this train will run till June 30.
- Train 05049 Kolkata-Gorakhpur Pooja Special opens on Wednesday and Sunday, two days a week and now this train will run till June 30.
- Train 05052 Gorakhpur-Kolkata Pooja Special opens on Thursday, one day a week and now this train will run till June 24.
- Train 05051 Kolkata-Gorakhpur Pooja Special opens on Friday, one day a week and now this train will run till June 25.
- Train 05028 Gorakhpur-Hatia Pooja Special runs daily and now it will run till June 30.
- Train 05027 Hatia-Gorakhpur Pooja Special runs daily and now it will run till 1 Gorakhpur.
- Train 05022 Gorakhpur-Shalimar Pooja Special runs on Monday and now it will run till 28th June.
- Train 05021 Shalimar-Gorakhpur Pooja Special runs on Tuesday and now it will run till June 29.
- Train 05097 Bhagalpur-Jammu Tawi Pooja Special runs on Thursday and now it will run till July 1.
- Train 05096 Jammu Tawi-Bhagalpur Pooja Special runs on Tuesday and now it will run till June 29.
- Train 02530 Lucknow-Pataliputra Pooja Special runs for the remaining five days in a week except Thursday, Sunday and it will continue as per the scheduled schedule till June 30.
- Train 02529 Pataliputra-Lucknow Pooja Special runs for the remaining five days a week except Thursday, Sunday and will continue to run as per the scheduled schedule till June 30.
- Train 05080 Pataliputra-Gorakhpur Special runs for the remaining five days a week except Tuesday, Saturday and it will continue as per the schedule scheduled till June 30.
- Train 05079 Pataliputra-Gorakhpur Special runs for the remaining five days a week except Tuesday, Saturday and it will continue as per the scheduled schedule till June 30.
- Train 05001 Muzaffarpur-Dehradun Special opens every Monday and will run till 28 June.
- Train 05002 Dehradun-Muzaffarpur Special opens every Monday and will run till 26 June.
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Northeast Railway has increased the operations of these trains
- Train 01033 and 01034 running between Pune to Darbhanga will run till June 30 in Up and July 2 in Down.
- The train running between Pune and Lucknow will run from 01407 and 01408 up to June 29 and down in July 1.
- Trains running between Lokmanya Tilak Terminal to Lucknow will run on 02107 and 02108 up to 30 June and down in 1 July.
- Trains running between Lokmanya Tilak Terminal from Gorakhpur 02165 and 02166 will run till June 28 in Up and June 29 in Down.
- Trains running between Pune and Gorakhpur two days a week will run on 02031 and 02032 up to June 29 and down in July 1.
- Trains running between Lokmanya Tilak Terminal to Gorakhpur on a day a week will run on 01079 and 01080 up to 1 July and down in 3 July.
- Trains running between Pune and Gorakhpur on a single day a week will run on 01115 and 0116 up to 1 July and down in 3 July.
- Trains running between Pune and Manduadih one day a week will run on 02135 and 02136 up to 28 June and down in 30 June.
- Trains running daily between Howrah to Kathgodam 03019 and 03020 will run till June 30 in up and July 2 in down.
- Trains running between Sambalpur to Manduadih two days a week, 08311 and 08312, will run up to June 30 and Down in July 1.
- Trains running between Tata to Chhapra four days a week, 08181 and 08182 will run till June 28 in Up and June 30 in Down.
Northeast Railway has decided to increase the operation of some more trains, which are given below.