Northeast Railway is preparing to run Vande Bharat Express between Lucknow and Bhopal. A proposal in this regard has been sent to the Railway Board by Lucknow Division.
Lucknow: A Vande Bharat Express is being run between Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh, and Patna. This train runs between Lucknow’s Gomti Nagar Railway Station and Patna. Now the railways are preparing to gift another Vande Bharat Express to the people of Lucknow soon. There is a plan to run this train between Gomti Nagar Railway Station and Bhopal. A proposal in this regard has been sent to the Railway Board by the Lucknow Division of Northeast Railway.
According to Aditya Kumar, DRM of Northeast Railway Lucknow, a Vande Bharat Express is already running between Lucknow and Patna. Apart from this, a proposal has also been sent to the Railway Board for Puri, Kota and Katna.
He said that in view of the movement of people on Diwali and Chhath festival, there is a preparation to run record special trains this time. In view of the crowd, there is also an order that unreserved special trains should be run immediately if needed.
He informed that this year 172% special trains have been increased as compared to last year. Out of 2,950 trains in Northern Railway, about 83% festival special trains will be run for states like UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Assam etc. In this, most of the trains will be operated in areas like Lucknow, Barauni, Samastipur, Saharsa, Varanasi, Ayodhya, Gorakhpur, Jaynagar, Darbhanga, Jogbani, Patna, Kolkata, Guwahati, Howrah, Muzaffarpur, Katihar, Tatanagar etc.
Trains will run from the designated platform
Keeping in view the facilities of the passengers, the Railway Board has directed to set a platform for special trains, so that people do not have to face inconveniences. Apart from this, the platform should not be changed at the last moment.
QR code at every station
DRM Aditya Kumar of North Eastern Railway Lucknow Division said that the facility of QR code has been provided at all the stations. So that passengers can pay the ticket online. It was told that 41 special trains will run from North Eastern Railway Lucknow Division.
