{"id":1509,"date":"2016-03-14T17:34:02","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T12:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelkhana.com\/rail-info\/?p=1509"},"modified":"2016-03-31T16:08:15","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T10:38:15","slug":"railways-announced-special-trains-for-holi-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelkhana.com\/rail-info\/railways-announced-special-trains-for-holi-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Railways Announced Special Trains for Holi 2016!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Holi festival is just around the corner and most of us are all set to visit our relatives for this season. The Indian Railways has already announced a list of exclusive trains to keep the rush comfortable. Northern, Central, Eastern and Konkan railway are all set to run these special trains for the passengers. The idea behind this is to keep the rush in control during the festive time. If you are planning to travel from one of these railway lines, here is more information you need: –<\/p>\n

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  1. Northern Railway –
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    \nThe Northern railway will be running weekly special trains between the Gorakhpur and Bandra line from the 3rd<\/sup> to the 31st<\/sup> of March for Holi. The festival is falling on 23rd<\/sup> March this year, and since people will start travelling early, the trains are already in action. These weekly trains have several stops in between like, Basti, Barabanki, Kanpur Central, Lucknow, Kannauj. Mathura Jn, Kota, Vodadora, Surat, Borivali, etc. There is also going to be two exclusive trains from Bhubaneswar and Patna, Puri and Bhanjapur. These will run on Fridays, which is the March 18th<\/sup> and on the 25th<\/sup>. The Patna \u2013 Bhubaneswar one will be on Saturdays, which is the March 19th<\/sup> and the 26th<\/sup>. The former train will be discontinued from March 26th<\/sup>.\"modified-1400-hp-engine\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Central Railway –
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    \nThe Central Railway will be running from and to Mumbai to various different locations during this festive time. Most of the trains will be halting at Thane station. The railway line has started running trains from March 4th<\/sup> to Nagpur, Gorakhpur, Bhatni and Karmali. The LokmanyaTilak Terminus to Karmali train will run on March 18th<\/sup> and 25th<\/sup>. There are also going to trains from CST station to Karmali to CST again, which are weekly specials. These trains are scheduled from March 19th<\/sup> to 26th<\/sup>. On March 21st<\/sup> and 28th<\/sup>special train from CST to Gorkhapur will run for the people, who are travelling to the north side. From March 18th<\/sup> to 26th<\/sup>, weekly specials from LTT to BhatniJn will run and LTT to Nagpur special trains will run on March 22nd<\/sup> and 29th<\/sup>…<\/li>\n
  3. Eastern Railway –
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    \nTo make the rush a little less, the Eastern Railway too will be running 3 sets of exclusive trains on these routes \u2013 Kolkata \u2013 Gorakhpur \u2013 Asansol, Howrah \u2013 RaxaulJansadharan Holi Special and Howrah \u2013 Patna Jansadharan Holi Special. The Kolkata- Gorakhpur train will run on March 21st<\/sup>. The Howrah- Patna train will run on the March 20th<\/sup> and the Howrah- Raxaul train will run on March 22nd<\/sup>. All these trains will run back and forth, so passengers can come back to the city or go to another through the same routes.<\/li>\n
  4. Konkan Railway – <\/strong>The Konkan Railway hasn\u2019t stepped behind in supporting with the rush control during Holi festival. A special train from Madgaon to Mumbai CST to Madgaon will run on the 8th<\/sup> of March. This train will be halting at several spots in between like Karmali, Kudal, Ratnagiri, Khed, Chiplun, Panvel, Dadar, Thane, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    If you are planning to head out of your city for Holi, you have a bunch of incredible trains<\/a> at your service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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