NEW DELHI, Aug 23: To clear the extra rush of passengers during the upcoming festival season, Northern Railway has decided to run five pairs of AC special trains for Barauni, Darbhanga, Kochuvelli, Durg and Pune.
The railways will also run special two non-AC trains between Jammu and Udaipur and between Gorakhpur and Chandigarh during this time.
Jammu-Udaipur-Jammu Weekly AC Express Garib Rath Special will depart from Jammu every Thursday from September 1 to November 24 at 9.30 AM to reach Udaipur at 9.20 AM the next day.
While returning, the Udaipur-Jammu train will depart from Udaipur every Friday from September 2 to Novemeber 25 at 11.15 AM to reach Jammu at 1.40 PM the next day.
It will comprise 12 AC-3 coaches and the express will halt at Pathankot Cantt., Jalandhar Cantt., Ludhiana, Dhuri, Jakhal, Hisar, Bhiwani, Rewari, Khairthal, Alwar, Bandikui, Dausa, Gandhinagar, Jaipur, Kishangarh, Ajmer, Nasirabad, Vijaynagar, Bhilwara, Chand-eria, Mavli and Rana Pratap Nagar stations enroute in both the directions.
The Chandigarh-Gorakhpur Weekly Express special train will depart from Chandigarh every Thursday from September 1 to November 24 at 11.15 PM to reach Gorakhpur at 5.30 PM the next day.
In the return direction, the Gorakhpur-Chandigarh service will leave Gorakhpur every Friday from September 2 to November 25 at 10.10 PM to reach Chandigarh at 2.25 PM the next day.
One First AC, one AC-2, two AC-3, 10 Sleeper Class, five General Class and two Second class-cum-luggage van coaches will be there in the Chandigarh-Gorakhpur-Chandigarh special and it will stop at Ambala Cantt., Saharanpur, Moradabad, Bareilly, Lucknow and Gonda stations enroute in both directions. (PTI)
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