- By Priyanka Koul
- Sat, 06 Dec 2025 08:07 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
The Railways announced 84 special trains across all zones for Saturday to assist passengers affected by the widespread IndiGo flight cancellations. In a coordinated effort by the Railway Ministry, the trains scheduled for 104 trips were arranged quickly after evaluating the train traffic situation in major cities such as New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Patna, and Howrah, among others.
"The number of special trains and their trips might increase further depending on the traffic scenario. All zones have been instructed to utilise all available resources, including rolling stock and manpower, to safely operate these trains for the convenience of lakhs of passengers stranded at different parts of the country due to flight cancellations," stated Dilip Kumar, Executive Director, Information & Publicity, Railway Board.
Officials mentioned that steps are being taken to inform people about the special trains, with some divisions even sharing details at nearby airports to assist passengers.
South Eastern Railway has issued a press release and informed the Airport Authority to display information regarding the newly introduced special train services.
"Western Railway will run seven special trains on a special fare between Mumbai Central-New Delhi, Mumbai Central-Bhiwani, Mumbai Central-Shakur Basti, Bandra Terminus-Durgapura, Valsad-Bilaspur, Sabarmati-Delhi and Sabarmati-Delhi Sarai Rohilla stations," a press note said.
Similarly, South Central Railway on Saturday announced that it would run four special trains to manage the surge in passengers resulting from the large-scale cancellation of IndiGo flights.
Central Railway and Northern Railway have planned 14 and 10 special trains respectively, and officials said these numbers are being further reviewed to meet any rising requirements.Other zones have also issued notifications regarding special trains along with their schedules.
( With PTI Inputs )