Central Railway on Monday said that it will run 156 Ganpati special trains in view of Ganpati festival in September 2023. In a statement issued by the Central Railway, it has been said that its booking will start from June 27.
Earlier, the Railways had announced to run 857 special trains during the Jagannath Rath Yatra this year for around 20 lakh pilgrims towards Puri and back.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said that all arrangements have been made at Puri station for the pilgrims coming here for the Rath Yatra. This year, the Puri Rath Yatra will take place on June 20 and end on June 28, 2023.
“All arrangements have been made at Puri station for the pilgrims coming here for the Rath Yatra. For around 20 lakh pilgrims (expected to come for the yatra), 857 special trains have been arranged,” Vaishnav said.
Rath Yatra Special Trains
The East Coast Railway said in a release on June 18 that Rath Yatra special trains will be operated for passengers visiting Puri during the nine-day festival. Special trains will be operated till June 30.
The special trains will be operated from various cities of Odisha as well as neighboring states like Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal. According to the East Coast Railway, the trains will operate from Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Berhampur, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Keonjhar, Paradip, Gunupur, Sambalpur, Jagdalpur, Rourkela and Angul in Odisha and Visakhapatnam to Puri in Andhra Pradesh.
Visakhapatnam-Puri special train number 08901 will start its journey from Visakhapatnam at 2:30 pm on 19th & 27th June. It is scheduled to reach Puri at 1:15 am the next day. On the return journey, Puri-Visakhapatnam train, number 08902, will depart Puri at 10:55 pm on June 20 and 28, to reach Visakhapatnam at 7:30 am the next day.
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