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The Times of India
The Times of India
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Somit Sen | TNN

Central Railway runs highest ever festival trains in its history this season

Central Railway Mumbai

MUMBAI : The Central Railway is running the highest ever Puja, Diwali and Chhath festival special trains in its history, a senior official announced on Sunday.

Apart from regular trains, Central Railway has arranged 258 special trains for Puja, Diwali and Chhath puja to clear the extra rush of passengers.

This excludes 16 festival special trains run by other railways between Jaynagar and Mumbai; Nanded and Pune & Chhapra and Panvel. Central Railway has planned special trains to various destinations like Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Malda town, Ballia, Danapur, Patliputra, Madgaon, Nagpur, etc, said CR chief spokesperson Shivaji Sutar.

"Of the 258 special trains, 103 trains have already ferried passengers to their destinations and the remaining 155 will serve passengers till November end. Of this, 14 festival specials are running as totally unreserved," Sutar added.

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