IndiGo Flight Crisis: Railways To Operate 89 Special Trains Across India Until Dec 12 To Accommodate Surge In Passenger

IndiGo Flight Crisis: Indian Railways has introduced 89 special train services over the next three days to accommodate the surge in passenger traffic driven by winter travel, flight cancellations, and higher demand across various routes.

These services, which will include more than 100 journeys, will be operational across several railway zones.

The additional trains are intended to facilitate smooth travel and ensure adequate connectivity for passengers during the peak travel period.

Central Railway will operate 14 special train services to manage the increased demand.

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These services include the Pune-Bengaluru-Pune (01413/01414) on Decembe 7, Pune-Hazrat Nizamuddin-Pune (01409/01410) on December 7 and 9, Lokmanya Tilak Terminus-Madgaon-LTT (01019/01020) on December 7 and 8, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus-Hazrat Nizamuddin-CSMT (01077/01078) on December 6 and 7, LTT-Lucknow-LTT (01015/01016) on December 6 and 7, Nagpur-CSMT-Nagpur (01012/01011) on December 6 and 7, Gorakhpur-LTT-Gorakhpur (05587/05588) on December 7 and 9, and Bilaspur-LTT-Bilaspur (08245/08246) on December 10 and 12.

South Eastern Railway has also scheduled special trains to manage the rush caused by recent flight cancellations. These include the Santragachi-Yelahanka-Santragachi (08073/08074), with departures from Santragachi on December 7 and from Yelahanka on December 9. The Howrah-CSMT-Howrah Special (02870/02869) will operate with a departure from Howrah on December 6 and from CSMT on December 8. The Cherlapalli-Shalimar-Cherlapalli (07148/07149) will depart from Cherlapalli on December 6 and from Shalimar on December 8.

South Central Railway is running three special trains from Saturday, 6 December. These include Cherlapalli-Shalimar (07148), Secunderabad-Chennai Egmore (07146), and Hyderabad-Mumbai LTT (07150), all departing today.

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Eastern Railway will run special trains between Howrah, Sealdah and major destinations. Howrah-New Delhi-Howrah Special (03009/03010) will operate with departures from Howrah on 6 December and New Delhi on 8 December. Sealdah-LTT-Sealdah Special (03127/03128) will run with departures from Sealdah on 6 December and from LTT on 9 December.

Western Railway will run seven special trains to meet increased travel demand. Mumbai Central-Bhiwani Superfast Special (09001/09002) will run twice a week between 9 and 30 December from Mumbai and between 10 and 31 December from Bhiwani, totalling 14 trips. Mumbai Central-Shakur Basti Superfast Special (09003/09004) will run daily except Tuesday and Friday from Mumbai and daily except Wednesday and Saturday from Shakur Basti between 8 and 30 December, totalling 32 trips. Bandra Terminus-Durgapura Superfast Special (09730/09729) will operate with departures from Bandra Terminus on 8 December and Durgapura on December 7. This train has First AC, AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier, Sleeper Class and General Second Class coaches.

Indian Railways will also operate additional services from Gorakhpur. Gorakhpur-Anand Vihar Terminal-Gorakhpur (05591/05592) will run on 7, 8 and 9 December. Gorakhpur-LTT-Gorakhpur (05587/05588) will run on 7 December from Gorakhpur and 9 December from LTT.

From Bihar, East Central Railway will run Patna-Anand Vihar Terminal-Patna (02309/02310) on December 7, 8 and 9. Patna-Anand Vihar Terminal-Patna (02395/02396) will run on December 7 and 8. Darbhanga-Anand Vihar Terminal-Darbhanga (05563/05564) will run on December 7 and 9.

North Western Railway will operate one-trip special trains including Hisar-Khadki-Hisar (04725/04726) on 7 and 8 December, and Durgapura-Bandra Terminus-Durgapura (09729/09730) on December 7 & 8.

North Central Railway will run Prayagraj-New Delhi-Prayagraj specials. Train 02417 will depart Prayagraj on 6 and 8 December, and Train 02418 will return from New Delhi on December 7 and 9. Train 02275 will run from Prayagraj on December 7 and return as Train 02276 from New Delhi on December 8.

Northern Railway will run the New Delhi-Shaheed Captain Tushar Mahajan Udhampur Vande Bharat (02439/02440) on December 6, and New Delhi-Mumbai Central (04002/04001) on 6 and 7 December. It will also operate Hazrat Nizamuddin-Thiruvananthapuram Central (04080) on 6 December. In South Central Railway, train 07703 Chalipalli-Jalimar will run on December 7.

A special train between Durg and Hazrat Nizamuddin will also run, with Train 08760 leaving Durg on December 7 and Train 08761 returning on December 8.

( With ANI Inputs )