Raipur
Keeping in mind the Mahakumbh being held in Prayagraj, Railways has provided great facilities to the devotees taking bath in Sangam. Five Mahakumbh special trains running from Southern Railway will pass through Gondia, Balaghat and Nainpur of South East Central Railway. More than 13,000 trains, including 3,000 special trains, will run during Mahakumbh. Three Kumbh Mela special trains are being operated by South East Central Railway for three trips between Raigarh-Varanasi, Durg-Varanasi and Bilaspur-Varanasi. Train No. 08251/08252 Raigarh-Varanasi-Raigarh Kumbh Mela Special, Train No. 08791/08792 Durg-Varanasi-Durg Kumbh Mela Special and Train No. 08253/08254 Bilaspur-Varanasi-Bilaspur Kumbh Mela Special Train via Bilaspur, Katni, Prayagraj routes. Is being run from.
Trains will pass through these stations
Train No. 08530/08529 Visakhapatnam-Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay-Vishakhapatnam and Train No. 08562/08561 Visakhapatnam-Gorakhpur-Vishakhapatnam Kumbh Mela Special train are running through South East Central Railway. All these trains will stop at Raipur, Bilaspur, Uslapur, Raigarh, Champa, Pendra Road, Anuppur, Shahdol and Umaria stations and reach their destination.
Similarly, five Maha Kumbh Mela special trains running from Southern Railway include 06005/06006 Kanyakumari-Gaya-Kanyakumari Weekly Kumbh Mela Special, Train No. 06021/06022 Kochuveli-Gaya-Kochuveli Weekly Kumbh Mela Special, Train No. 06001/06002 Chennai Central-Gomati. Nagar-Chennai Central Weekly Kumbh Mela Special, Train No. 06003/06004 Kanyakumari-Banaras-Kanyakumari Weekly Kumbh Mela Special and Train No. 06007/06008 Kochuveli-Banaras-Kochuveli Weekly Kumbh Mela Special.
Itwari-Tatanagar canceled
Railways has taken mega block for FOB girder launching at Rajgangpur station yard of Chakradharpur division. Due to this, train number 18110/18109 Itwari Express leaving from Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Itwari and Tatanagar on 29th December will remain cancelled.
At the same time, train number 07051 Hyderabad-Raxaul Special Express, scheduled to depart from Hyderabad on December 28, will depart four hours late from its scheduled time. Similarly, train number 17007 Secunderabad-Darbhanga Express departing from Secunderabad Junction on December 28 will run one hour late from its scheduled time. At the same time, train number 13287 Durg-Ara South Bihar Express, scheduled to depart from Durg on December 29, will depart five hours late from its scheduled time. Railways has appealed to the passengers to get information about the exact status of trains from inquiry service 139 to avoid inconvenience.
