To accommodate festival rush,four special trains to run from the city today

Starting October 18,a special weekly train from Chandigarh to Indore will make seven trips till November 29. Halting at 10 stations en route,this train will cover a distance of 1,098 km in around 22 hours.

Another special weekly train to Dibrugarh will make seven trips between October 20 and December 1.

Anticipating a huge festival rush,the Ambala Division of Northern Railways also plans to augment its capacity by adding extra coaches to the seven existing trains.

“We have introduced these new trains and have added coaches to the existing trains to ensure that maximum people who want to travel get berths. This is to ensure hassle-free and safe journey for commuters,” said Ambala Division’s Divisional Railways Manager A K Kathpal.

These special trains are drawing a good response. “I have to go to my home which is in Mirzapur. I could not find any ticket in any regular train. But then I found this special train to Varanasi and I have got a ticket for it,” said Vikas Shukla,a student at Panjab University,who had come to catch the train at the railway station.