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Central Railway Rolls Out 1,702 Festival Specials as Overcrowding Persists

Authorities deploy holding zones, extra counters, RPF staff, platform ticket curbs to keep flows orderly.

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Visuals captured by Aaj Tak showed people queueing at the railway station.

Overview

  • Central Railway said 1,702 special services are in operation for Diwali and Chhath from hubs including CSMT, Lokmanya Tilak Terminus, Pune, Kolhapur and Nagpur, with over 800 trains headed to Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and the Northeast.
  • Western Railway announced Bandra Terminus–Jodhpur superfast specials on October 22, 23, 29 and 30 with booking opened on October 18 via PRS counters and IRCTC, while a CSMT–Danapur special runs on October 18, 22, 26 and 30.
  • Pune Division introduced a Khadki–Sanganer bi‑weekly superfast on a Train on Demand basis with fares at 1.3 times the normal rate, operating October 18 to November 9.
  • North Western Railway reported 44 pairs of festival specials, 174 extra coaches across nearly 60 regular trains, volunteers and RPF deployment, holding areas at major stations and temporary limits on platform tickets.
  • Despite added capacity and crowd controls, visuals and field reports showed long queues and packed coaches at locations including Surat, Mumbai’s LTT, Jhansi, Kanpur and Pali, with passengers posting complaints and alleging misconduct by onboard staff; Railways said FIRs are being pursued against misleading social‑media posts with 24x7 monitoring.