Indian Railways to run special trains to Bihar and Uttar Pradesh from Delhi: Check full list
New Delhi, Apr 20: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday announced a 6-day lockdown in Delhi with immediate effect. As the Chief Minister's announcement came into force, a large number of people mostly from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar gathered at bus stations and railway stations in Delhi to flee from the city, fearing the shutdown of the public transport may force them to walk hundreds of kilometers.
However,
Indian
Railways
said
that
it
will
not
suspend
its
operations
and
that
it
will
run
addition
trains
to
cleat
the
rush.
The
national
transporter
has
announced
five
trains
that
will
take
migrants
to
their
native
destinations
in
Uttar
Pradesh
and
Bihar.
Passengers
with
confirmed
tickets
will
be
allowed
to
travel
in
these
trains
and
passengers
will
have
to
follow
COVID-19
protocols.
Here is a list of five special trains announced by Northern Railways:
04480 New Delhi-Darbhanga Special Train
New Delhi-Darbhanga Special Train will depart from New Delhi on April 22 at 23:55. It will reach Darbhanga at 22:45 the next day. It will halt at Muradabad, Rampur, Bareilly, Shah Jahan Pur, Lucknow, Barabanki, Gonda, Mankapur, Babhnan, Basti, Khalilabad, Gorakhpur, Bhatni, Bhatpar Rani, Mairwa, Devriya Sadar, Sevan, Hajipur, Muzaffarpur, Samastipur, Dholi, Haiyaghat, Lehriya Sarai railway stations.
04478 Anand Vihar Terminal-Raxaul Special Train
This train will depart from Anand Vihar station on April 21 at 23:45. It will stop at Pilkhuwa, Hapur, Amroha, Muradabad, Bareilly, Shah Jahan Pur, Hardoi, Aalamnagar, Lucknow, Barabanki, Rudali, Faizabad, Ayodhya, Goshainganj, Akbarpur, Shah Ganj, Jaunpur, Varanasi, Varanasi City, Gazipur City, Yusufpur, Baliya, Suraimanpur, Chapra, Dighwada, Hajipur, Muzzafarpur, Sitamarhi railway stations.
04474 Anand Vihar-Saharsa Special Train
This special train will depart on April 20 at 23:15 from Anand Vihar Terminal and reach Saharasa at 23:30 the next day. It will stop at Aligarh, Tundla, Itawah, Kanpur, Aishbagh, Gonda, Basti, Khalilabad, Devariya, Gorakhpur, Seewan, Chapra, Sonpur, Hajipur, Muzzafarpur, Samastipur, Barauni, Begusarai, Khagadiya, railway stations.
04476 New Delhi-Bhagalpur Special Train
This train will depart from Anand Vihar Terminal on April 21 at 23:15 and reach the destination at 19:30 the next day. This train will stop at Kanpur, Pandit Deen Dayal Junction, Patna, Patna Sahib, Fatwa, Bakhtiyarpur, Badh, Mokama, Lakhisarai, Hathidah, Kajra, Abhaypur, Dharhara, Jamalpur, Bariyarpur, Sultanganj railway stations.
04482 New Delhi-Rajendra Nagar Special Train
This train will depart from New Delhi on April 20 at 23:15 and will reach the destination the next day at 14:00. The train will stop at Kanpur, Mirzapur, Pandit Deen Dayal Junction, and Patna railway stations.
09521/09522 Rajkot-Samastipur-Rajkot Special Train
This train will depart at 11:00 on April 21 and reach Samastipur at 6:00 the next day. This train will depart from Samastipur at 06:20 and reach Rajkot at 3:00 on Friday. It will stop at Ahmedabad, Chayapuri, Godhra, Ratlam, Nagda, Kota, Bharatpur, Achnera, Mathura, Hathras City, Kannoj, Kanpur, Aishbag, Barabanki, Gonda, Basti, Gorakhpur, Devriya Seewan, Chapra, Hajipur, and Muzzafarpur railway stations.
09073/09107 Bandra Terminus-Gorakhpur-Bandra Terminus Special Train
This train will depart from Bandra on April 21 at 19:25 and reach Gorakhpur on Friday morning at 06:05. This train will stop at Borivali, Vapi, Surat, Vadodara, Ratlam, Kota, Sawai Madhopur, Bayana, Agra Fort, Tundla, Itawah, Kanpur, Lucknow City, Barabanki, and Basti railway stations.