Indian Railways Commissions 110 Special Trains To Clear Festival Rush

Aiming at ensuring smooth and comfortable travel to passengers during the festive season, Indian Railways is running 668 trips of 110 special trains till Chhath Puja this year.

In the ongoing festive season, the Railways is sharing the joy of festivities with passengers by ensuring special arrangements for passengers travelling to their native places to celebrate festivals including Diwali and Chhath Puja with their families.

Also, augmentation of coaches in regular trains is being done to ensure berth availability during this festive rush.

Special trains have been planned to connect major destinations across the country on railway sectors. Crowd controlling measures by forming a queue at stations with the supervision of RPF staff for orderly entry of passengers in unreserved coaches is being ensured.

Additional RPF personnel have been deployed in 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 to any disruption in train service on priority. Measures have been taken for frequent and timely announcement of arrival/departure of trains with platform numbers.

“May I Help You” booths are kept operational at important stations where RPF Personnel and TTEs are deputed for proper assistance and guidance of the passengers.

Medical Teams are available at major stations on call. Ambulances with paramedical teams are also being made available.

A watch on any malpractices — like cornering of seats, over charging and touting activity etc — by the Security and Vigilance Department staff is done and strictly monitored.

Instructions for maintaining cleanliness at waiting halls, retiring rooms, passenger amenity areas in particular, and at stations in general, have been issued by zonal headquarters.