Chhath rush: Delhi Division of Northern Railway monitoring crowd of passengers at major railway stations

Delhi Division of Northern Railway has made elaborate arrangements at major stations of Delhi Area for the convenience of passengers, especially those travelling to the Eastern parts of the country to celebrate the festival of Chhath. A permanent Holding area has been commissioned at New Delhi Railway station. Additionally temporary holding area (Tentage) has been setup at New Delhi and Anand Vihar Terminal railway stations.

These holding areas are provided with UTS ticket counters, toilets, ATVMs, Catering stalls, May I Help You Booths, PA system, etc. Adequate railway staff are guiding and helping the passengers.

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Today, 26 Special trains (8 from New Delhi, 3 from Delhi Jn., 9 from Anand Vihar Terminal, 3 from Hazrat Nizamuddin, 1 from Shakurbasti, 1 from Shamli and 1 from Rohtak) were scheduled to originate from the major stations of Delhi area apart from 2 passing Special trains.

Based on monitoring of the rush of passengers at the major stations of Delhi area, 2 unscheduled Special trains (New Delhi-Darbhanga and Anand Vihar Terminal-Bhagalpur) were planned and run today (upto 14 hrs.). DRM, ADRMs and Senior Officers were monitoring the crowd at the major stations.