Indian Railways has announced the operation of 196 special trains to connect major destinations across the country during the festive season of Holi. These special services will make a total of 491 trips. The railways are also prioritizing crowd management at major stations and have deployed additional personnel to ensure security and the smooth running of trains. Measures have been taken for frequent and timely announcement of arrival and departure of trains with platform numbers.
Special Trains planned to connect major destinations across the country on railway routes
Ministry of Railways
During this festive season of Holi, Indian Railways notified 196 special services so far to ensure smooth and comfortable travel to the passengers
These 196 special services will make 491 Trips
Crowd management at major stations is being prioritized
Special Trains planned to connect major destinations across the country on railway routes
06 MAR 2023
In this ongoing festive season of Holi, for the convenience of rail travelers and to clear extra rush of passengers, Indian Railways is running 491 trips of 196 special trains.
Special Trains have been planned to connect major destinations across the country on railway routes like Delhi- Patna, Delhi- Bhagalpur, Delhi-Muzaffarpur, Delhi-Saharsa, Gorakhpur- Mumbai, Kolkata-Puri, Guwahati- Ranchi , New Delhi- Sri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, Jaipur- Bandra Terminus, Pune- Danapur etc.
SUMMARY OF HOLI SPECIAL -2023 (as on 06.03.23)
| S.NO. | RAILWAY | NOTIFIED TRAIN | NOTIFIED TRIPS |
| 1 | CR | 29 | 122 |
| 2 | ECR | 16 | 58 |
| 3 | ER | 8 | 14 |
| 4 | ECoR | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | NCR | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | NER | 10 | 22 |
| 7 | NFR | 6 | 22 |
| 8 | NR | 35 | 75 |
| 9 | NWR | 14 | 38 |
| 10 | SCR | 6 | 6 |
| 11 | SER | 9 | 9 |
| 12 | SECR | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | SR | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | SWR | 8 | 10 |
| 15 | WCR | 12 | 18 |
| 16 | WR | 36 | 84 |
| 17 | KR | 0 | 0 |
| G.Total | 196 | 491 |
Crowd controlling measures by forming queue at the terminus stations under the supervision of RPF staff for orderly entry of passengers in unreserved coaches is being ensured.
Additional RPF personnel have been deployed at major stations to ensure security of passengers. Officers are deployed on Emergency Duty at major stations to ensure smooth running of trains. Staff are deployed in various sections to attend any disruption of train service on priority.
Measures have been taken for frequent and timely announcement of arrival/departure of trains with platform numbers.
Source: PIB