Indian Railways Announces Special Trains for Holi

Rejoice, train travellers!

The Indian Railways has announced new special trains, keeping in mind the spike in travel during the festive season.

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> The South Central Railway has decided to run Holi special trains on the following routes –

Train no. 02575 Hyderabad – Gorakhpur Weekly Festival Special will operate on 11th, 18th and 25th March. It will run only on Fridays.

Train no. 02576 Gorakhpur – Hyderabad Weekly Festival Special will operate on 13th, 20th and 27th March. It will run only on Sundays.

Another weekly special train will run between Ernakulam Jn – Barauni – Ernakulam Jn.

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> The Central Railway has announced 22 trips of Holi special trains between Mumbai and Ballia. Here are the train details –

Train no. 01001 Mumbai – Balia Tri-weekly Special will operate from 7th to 30th March on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. 

Train no. 01002 Balia – Mumbai Tri-weekly Special will operate from 9th March to 1st April on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. 

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> The Western Railway will run two special trains on special fare between Surat – Madgaon – Surat. Here are the train details –

Train no. 09193 Surat – Madgaon Special will run on 17th March.

Train no. 09194 Madgaon – Surat Special will run on 18th March.

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