Indian Railways operating 6369 special trips during this summer season
Mangalore Today News Network
New Delhi, 19 May 2023: During this summer season this year, for the convenience of railway travelers and to clear extra rush of passengers, Indian Railways is running 6369 trips of 380 special trains. Indian Railways is running 1770 morr trips this year as compared to total summer special trains (4599 trips by 348 trains) run in 2022. While an average 13.2 trips per train was run in last summer, 16.8 trips per special train are being made in the current year. The major destinations connected are Patna-Secunderabad, Patna-Yesvantpur, Barauni-Muzaffarpur, Delhi-Patna, New Delhi-Katra, Chandigarh-Gorakhpur, Anand Vihar- Patna, Visakhapatnam-Puri-Howrah, Mumbai-Patna, Mumbai-Gorakhpur.
In totality, these 380 special trains making 6369 trips have 25794 General Coaches and 55243 Sleeper Coaches. General Coaches have a capacity of 100 passenger whereas Sleeper Coaches have a capacity of 72 passengers in ICF and 78 in LHB.
In order to cater the summer rush, all the zonal Railways spread across the country have geared up to run special trips. Through these special trains, connectivity from various states like Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi is being ensured. South Western Railway catering to majorly Karnataka region is running maximum trips 1790 this summer season in comparison to 779 trips last year whereas Western Railway catering majorly to the state of Gujarat has also geared up to run 1470 trips in comparison to 438 trips last year. It is also pertinent to mention that this year, South Central Railway is running 784 trips which is 80 trips more than the last year. To deal with the heavy rush in northern part of the country, North Western Railway is running 400 trips, East Central Railway is running 380 trips. Northern Railway has also planned to run 324 trips this year.
However, neither the number of trains nor the number of trips run by specific special train(s) is static for the entire season. Planning and running of special trains is a continuous process for which inputs are taken from all the communication channels 24x 7 like media reports, Social media platforms, Railway Integrated helpline number 139, apart from details of waitlist passengers in PRS system to assess demand of trains on a particular route. Based on this requirement, number of trains and number of trips are augmented.
A watch on any malpractices – like cornering of seats, over-charging and touting activity etc. is being kept by the team of commercial and RPF Staff.
Change in train services
Due to track maintenance at Mahe and Vadakara, following train services will be regulated as detailed below:
1. The service of Train No. 10215 Madgaon Junction – Ernakulam Junction Weekly Superfast Express journey commencing on 21st May 2023 will be regulated by One hour.
2. The service of Train No. 06338 Ernakulam Junction – Okha Bi-weekly Festival Special journey commencing on 24th May 2023 will be regulated by 30 minutes on 24th May 2023
3. The service of Train No. 12082 Thiruvananthapuram Central - Kannur Jan Shatabdi Express journey commencing on 24th May 2023 will be regulated by 30 minutes.
4. The service of Train No 12224 Ernakulam Junction- Mumbai Lokmanya Tilak Duronto Express journey commencing on 24th May 2023 will be regulated by 30 minutes.
5. The service of Train No. 06041 Tambaram – Mangaluru Junction Weekly Special journey commencing on 30th May 2023 will be regulated by 45 minutes.
Note: Passengers are requested to verify the change in train timings/ current status of the train services with the National Train Enquiry System(NTES) Website or Railway Helpline: 139.