Prayagraj
The Uttar Pradesh government is finalizing the preparations for the Mahakumbh to be held in Prayagraj. Crores of people from across the country will participate in this huge religious event. For Mahakumbh, Railways has decided to run 3,000 special trains from across the country. However, only two special trains will run from North Western Railway—one from Udaipur and the other from Barmer. Apart from this, five other special trains will pass through several stations of North Western Railway including Jaipur.
Around 40-45 crore devotees and tourists are expected to come to Mahakumbh 2025. Indian Railways has made extensive preparations for their smooth movement. In view of Mahakumbh 2025, this time Railways will operate more than 13000 trains along with 3000 special trains.
Railways has spent more than Rs 5000 crore in the last 2 years in Prayagraj alone on the preparations for Mahakumbh 2025. This information has been given by Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav who reached Prayagraj.
More trains will run from Ardh Kumbh
He said, 21 road over bridges and road under bridges have been constructed for smooth rail operations in Prayagraj region. In the Kumbh Mela held in the year 2019, 7000 trains were operated, whereas this time more than 16000 trains will be operated.
More than 48 Kumbh special trains will run from Madhya Pradesh
In this, more than 48 trains will run from various stations of Madhya Pradesh including Bhopal Railway Division with stoppages. 01661-01662 Kumbh special train will be run for Rani Kamlapati-Varanasi.
Know the complete list of times and stoppages
Trains from Rani Kamalapati will run on 16 January, 20 January, 23 January, 6 February, 17 February and 20 February. Whereas, trains from Varanasi will run on 17 January, 21 January, 24 January, 7 February, 18 February and 21 February.
This train passes through Mandideep, Aubedullaganj, Budhni, Narmadapuram (Hoshangabad), Itarsi, Sohagpur, Pipariya, Gadarwara, Kareli, Narsinghpur, Shridham, Madanmahal, Jabalpur, Deori, Sihora, Katni, Jukehi, Maihar, Satna, Majhgawan in Madhya Pradesh. Via Manikpur, Prayagraj, Mizarpur Will go to Varanasi.
Shridham Express nine, Mangala Lakshadweep Express reached Bhopal eight hours late
Passengers had to wait for hours at Bhopal and Rani Kamlapati railway stations late on Sunday night and Monday morning. The main reason for this is the ongoing construction work of the third line in Jhansi division of North Central Railway.
Cut and connection work is going on on the up line between Sandalpur-Antari stations, due to which trains passing through many stations of the division including Bhopal were being run on the diverted route till December 22. Along with this, fog is also affecting the timing of train movement.
Due to fog, the speed of many trains has slowed down, due to which these trains are reaching their destinations much later than their scheduled time. Some trains reached Bhopal with a delay of one and a half hours to nine hours. In such a situation, passengers have to wait for hours at the stations.
These trains arrived late
Train 12191 Shridham Express arrived late by 9:35 hours.
Train 12618 Mangala Lakshadweep Express arrived late by 8:06 hours.
Train 12644 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Thiruvananthapuram Express was late by 5:10 hours.
Train 12724 Andhra Express arrived late by 2:15 hours.
Train 12780 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Vasco da Gama Express arrived late by 2:10 hours.
Train 12626 New Delhi-Trivandrum Kerala Express was late by 1:52 hours.
Train 12722 Dakshin Express arrived late by 1:30 hours.
Train 12616 GT Express arrived late by 1:35 hours.
Train 11058 Amritsar Express arrived late by 1:20 hours.
Train 12002 Shatabdi Express arrived late by 36 minutes.
first time memu train
In view of Mahakumbh 2025, for the first time a large number of MEMU trains are being arranged for short distances. Engines will be installed on both sides in the regular trains of Mahakumbh 2025, which will save time. At the same time, devotees and railway passengers will get a lot of convenience.
The speed of trains has increased due to the doubling of the railway track between Banaras and Prayagraj. In this section, after 100 years, a new railway bridge has been completed on the Ganga river between Jhunsi and Daraganj. Doubling between Phaphamau-Janghai has increased the train operating capacity.
For better facilities during Mahakumbh 2025, 43 permanent holding areas have been constructed at various stations. One-way traffic has been arranged on all foot over bridges at all stations in Prayagraj area. At the same time, 21 road over bridges and road under bridges have been constructed for smooth rail operations in Prayagraj area.
PM Modi may come to Prayagraj on 13th
Prime Minister Narendra Modi may come to Prayagraj on 13 December. Keeping this in mind, Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav had reached Prayagraj on Sunday to inspect the preparations for Mahakumbh. In Prayagraj, he first inspected the ongoing development works at Jhunsi Railway Station and the preparations for Mahakumbh 2025.
After this, inspected the new bridge number 111 built under the doubling work of Prayagraj-Varanasi railway route on river Ganga near Jhunsi station. During the inspection, Phaphamau station and Prayag Junction were also inspected and preparations for Mahakumbh 2025 were examined. During this, the Railway Minister also took information about the safety of the railway track while doing window trailing from Phaphamau to Prayag and from Prayag to Prayagraj Junction.
On this occasion, he met the public representatives and local citizens present at both these stations. During this, Chairman Railway Board Shri Satish Kumar along with General Managers of North Central Railway, Northern Railway and North Eastern Railway and respective Divisional Railway Managers along with other officers and employees were present.
