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South Central Railway (SCR) and Eastern Coastal Railway (ECoR) whose administrative area includes the new states of Telengana and Seemandhra which constituted the erstwhile united Andhra Pradesh have announced Special Trains to be run during the summer holiday season months of April, May and June 2014. These trains operated by…

Summer Special trains run by South Western Railway zone of Indian Railways from Bangalore through the state of Karnataka during the summer holiday months of 2014 (March, April, May, June). This includes a huge surprise in the form of a Yeshwantpur – Mumbai CST special train, two special trains between…

NOTE: These are summer special trains for last year (2014). Click Here for details of Summer Special Trains for this year 2015. Central Railway (CR) has announced a slew of special trains to be run during the Summer Holiday season months of April, May and June 2014. These trains will…

NOTE: These are special trains which were announced for Holi last year (2014). Click Here to view Holi special trains for this year 2015. On the occasion of the festival of Holi Northern Railway, Central Railway, Northeast Frontier Railway and Eastern Coastal Railways will run a number of holiday special…

NOTE: This is about Winter Special trains for Last Year (2013-14). For details of this year (2014-15) Winter Special Trains Click Here. Central Railway (CR), Northern Railway (NR) and Konkan Railway (KRCL) have announced Winter special trains for November and December 2013 and January 2014 to be run from Mumbai and…

NOTE: Given here are Sabarimala Trains announced for last year, 2013-14. Click Here to View Sabarimala Special Trains from Andhra/Telangana for this year, 2014-15. South Central Railway (SCR) has announced a slew of special trains for the Sabarimala pilgrimage season. These trains will run from all parts of Andhra Pradesh and a…

Southern Railway will run special trains for the winter season 2013-14 between Coimbatore and Thiruchirappalli (Trichy) and also to Melmaruvathur and Chengalpattu Jn on account of the Thaipoosam festival, Irumudi festival and Pongal and also Christmas and New Year, to cater to the extra rush of passengers. The trains will…

The annual pilgrimage season (Mandalakkaalam) for 2013 – 2014 to the Sabarimala Sree Dharma Shastha temple (dedicated to Lord Ayyappa) in Kerala has started and Southern Railway (SR) has announced special train services for the benefit of Sabari pilgrims in November, December 2013 and January 2014. These trains will run through…

Northern Railway (NR) and North Eastern Railway (NER) are running special trains between states in the Northernmost sectors of the country such as Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Bihar bypassing Delhi to clear extra rush of passengers on occasion of the 2013 Diwali/Chhath Puja festival…

North Western Railway (NWR), Indian Railways’ zone with least percentage of electrified track after SWR and the zone with the most single line track will run a lot of special trains this festival season, mostly short or overnight services between towns and cities in Rajasthan and surrounding states. Click on the…