December 8, 2024

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Indian Railways Serves Over 957 Lakh Passengers During Diwali And Chhath Puja 2024

Indian Railways has successfully met the transport demands of over 957 lakh non-suburban passengers (both reserved and unreserved) during the ongoing Diwali and Chhath Puja festive season in 2024. This marks a significant increase in passenger traffic compared to last year, when 923 lakh passengers were served during the same period.

TRAFFIC DURING DIWALI/CHHATH 2024

  1. For the Pooja/ Diwali/ Chath rush 2024, total 7,663 special train services have been notified between 1st October 2024 to 30th November 2024. In the same period last year 4,429 trips were operated. This is 73% more than last year.
  2. Indian Railway fulfilled the transport demand of 957.24 lakh non suburban passengers (in reserved and unreserved segment) during Diwali/Chhath 2024 (24th October to 4th November) as compared to 923.33 lakh passengers in the corresponding period last year (5th November to 16th November 2023). Therefore, 33.91 lakh more passengers travelled in 2024 as compared to 2023.
  3. Total 120.72 lakh (19.43 lakh reserved and 101.29 unreserved non-suburban) passengers were carried on 4th November 2024. This is the highest single day passenger figures for the current year.
  4. Number of Special Trains
    ●on 3rd November : 207
    ●on 4th November : 203

In response to this surge, Western Railway (WR) operated 15 special trains on 5th November 2024, and an additional 18 special trains will be run on 6th November 2024, to further accommodate passengers’ needs. Similarly CR also ran dozens of special trains on this occasion.

According to an official, this year Western Railway is running almost 360 special trains during the festive season to various destinations including trains to Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Orissa. These special trains are operated in addition to the regular trains run to various destinations from WR. Additional coaches are also being augmented in regular trains as per availability and demand. Similarly CR also ran hundreds of special trains on the occasion this year.

Officials further informed that to ensure smooth travel and to monitor punctuality of trains, special control rooms have been set up at all levels i.e. Railway Board, Zonal, Divisional and station levels. All efforts are taken to provide wide publicity of special trains & to ensure proper dissemination of the information to the public.

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