• Source:JND

In view of the upcoming Kanwar Mela, the Railway Department has announced the operation of special trains to facilitate the movement of devotees. These special trains will run from July 11 to July 27.

One of the special trains, the Haridwar Kanwar Special, will depart from Delhi Railway Station at 3:05 am and reach Haridwar at 9:25 am via Shamli. In the return journey, it will depart from Haridwar Railway Station at 1:55 pm and reach Delhi at 8 pm.

Another special train, with the number 64557, will depart from Delhi Railway Station at 4:25 pm and reach Haridwar at 11:50 pm via Saharanpur, Roorkee, and Jwalapur. The return journey will depart from Haridwar at 2 am and reach Delhi at 8:45 am via Jwalapur, Roorkee, and Saharanpur.

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Additionally, a special train will run from Moradabad to Haridwar at 4:15 am, reaching Laksar railway station at 7:15 am via Kanth, Seohara, Dhampur, Nagina, Najibabad, Maujampur Narayan, and Balawali. The return journey will depart from Laksar railway station at 12 noon and reach Moradabad at 3:15 pm.

A special train will also operate from Delhi Shahdara railway station at 4:20 am, reaching Yoganagari Rishikesh at 11 am via Shamli, Tapri, Roorkee, Jwalapur, Haridwar, Motichur, and Raiwala. The return journey will depart from Yoganagari Rishikesh at 8:35 pm and reach Delhi Shahdara railway station at 3:50 am.

Another special train will depart from Alamnagar for Yoganagari Rishikesh at 12:05 pm, reaching Yoganagari Rishikesh at 11 pm via Shahjahanpur, Bareilly, Rampur, Moradabad, Najibabad, Maujampur Narayan, Balawali, Laksar, Jwalapur, Haridwar, Motichur, and Raiwala. The return journey will depart from Yoganagari railway station at 7 pm and reach Alam Nagar railway station at 10:45 am.

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Jwalapur, Motichur To Serve As Additional Halt

To ease congestion, several express trains will make additional stops at Jwalapur, Motichur, and Raiwala railway stations from July 11 to 24. These include trains such as the Subedarganj-Dehradun Link Express, Ujjain-Dehradun Express, Indore-Dehradun Express, Okha-Dehradun Express, Kochuveli-Yoga Nagari Rishikesh Express, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-Yoga Nagari Hemkund Express, and others.