Indian Railways Seat Upgrade: To help more people travel easily during the busy months of August and September, Indian Railways is adding over 2.50 lakh extra seats. This big step is taken to make sure passengers don’t face long waitlists and can find seats without much trouble. Railways is doing this by adding more coaches and also running some trains for more trips on different routes across the country.
In many zones, special changes are being made to trains. North Western Railway’s CPRO, Shashi Kiran, said they have added around 121 coaches of different types in 46 train pairs to help manage the extra number of passengers. He also shared that they are adding 27 general coaches in 9 pairs of trains just for the Gogamedi Fair, which sees a lot of visitors every year, reported ETV Bharat.
Even North Eastern Railway is getting ready for the rush. Its CPRO, Pankaj Kumar Singh, said that 20 extra coaches will be added to some trains. These include two generator-cum-luggage vans and 18 air-conditioned third economy coaches.
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Indian Railways Seat Upgrade: More Coaches
East Coast Railway is also making big changes. The Puri-Rourkela-Puri Vande Bharat Express, which is one of the fast and modern trains, will now run with 16 coaches instead of eight. This change will start from August 7. The extra coaches include eight AC chair cars.
This step is being taken to handle the rising number of people wanting to travel and also to promote this new semi-high-speed train service in Odisha. The upgraded train will now have 12 AC chair cars, two executive chair cars, and two crew coaches.
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Central Railway is also preparing for large groups of people traveling for religious reasons. They are starting 18 special trains that will run between Sainagar Shirdi and Tirupati during August and September. These trains will make it easier for people to visit Sai Baba’s shrine and Lord Venkateshwar’s temple. Along with that, 302 Ganpati special trains will also run.
Bookings for these trains will begin on August 5 and can be done at any computerized ticket counter.
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South Central Railway is adding more trips to help people get to different places. A Sridhar, who is the CPRO of South Central Railway, shared that they are extending about 10 weekly special trains. These trains will connect cities like Visakhapatnam, Tirupati, Charlapalli, Santragachi, Yesvantpur, Solapur, LTT Mumbai, SMVT Bengaluru, and Bidar.
Even Northern Railway is joining the effort. For those wanting to visit Mata Vaishno Devi in Katra, they will run six special train trips from Delhi between August 14 and 17. Himanshu Shekhar Upadhyay, who is the CPRO of Northern Railway, said this is being done for the comfort of travelers who visit the temple during this time.
On the route between Santragachi and Ajmer, more trips will be added too. The railway will continue to run seven more trips from August 4 to September 18.
