Special Train: In view of the crowd of people going home on Holi, Railways has taken a big decision. 75 pairs of special trains are being run by Northern Railway. 842 additional coaches have been installed in 39 regular trains. Passenger facilities have been increased with several steps being taken. About five lakh additional seats have been arranged by installing additional coaches in special trains and regular trains.
New Delhi. The crowd of people going home on Holi has started increasing at railway stations. There is more crowd in trains from Delhi to Bihar and in the eastern direction, but it is difficult to get confirmed tickets in trains of other routes also. Keeping this in mind, 75 pairs of special trains are being run by Northern Railway. 842 additional coaches have been installed in 39 regular trains.
Arrangement of 5 lakh additional seats
Along with taking several steps for crowd management at railway stations, passenger facilities have been increased. Shobhan Chaudhuri, General Manager, Northern Railway, reviewed the steps taken to handle the rush of passengers on Holi. He said that there will be 354 trips of special trains, out of which 243 are of eastbound trains. About five lakh additional seats have been arranged by installing additional coaches in special trains and regular trains.
To prevent crowding on the platform, a temporary waiting room has been constructed at New Delhi Railway Station towards Ajmeri Gate and at Anand Vihar Terminal in which necessary facilities like drinking water, catering stall, booking counter, inquiry counter, announcement system, toilets have been provided. Is. A control room has also been set up to monitor the situation at both the stations.
Arrangements made in stations and trains
- All booking and inquiry counters will remain open during peak hours.
- Additional reservation and booking counters will be opened as per need.
- Teams of commercial/vigilance inspectors and RPF and police personnel will be deployed at the reservation offices to monitor the activities of ticket brokers and anti-social elements.
- Additional ticket checking staff monitoring reserved coaches.
- Apart from security personnel, adequate number of scouts and guides and civil defense volunteers will be available at railway stations.
- They will also manage the rush of passengers on platforms and footover bridges.
- Special security checking of important passenger trains.
- Arrangements for deployment of duty officers and doctors and ambulances at New Delhi, Old Delhi, Anand Vihar Terminal and Hazrat Nizamuddin.
- Availability of adequate number of wheel chairs for the convenience of senior citizens and disabled people.
