Railways has given a big relief to the passengers during the festive season. For better travel convenience of the passengers during Durga Puja, Durga Puja Special train will be operated for 5 rounds between Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose (Itwari) and Shalimar. Train number 08865 Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose (Itwari)-Shalimar Puja Special train will run from Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose (Itwari) from 27 September to 1 October and train number 08866 Shalimar-Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose (Itwari) Puja Special train will run from Shalimar from 28 September to 2 October. Their stoppage will be at Itwari, Gondia, Dongargarh, Rajnandgaon, Durg, Raipur, Bhatapara, Bilaspur, Champa, Raigarh, Jharsuguda, Rourkela, Chakradharpur, Tatanagar, Kharagpur, Santragachi, Shalimar stations. Puja special train will have a total of 18 coaches including 2 SLRD, 5 general, 8 sleeper, 2 AC-3, 01 AC-2.

2 pairs of Teeja festival trains also

South East Central Railway will operate 2 pairs of Teeja Festival Fast MEMU trains keeping in mind the convenience of women passengers on Teeja festival. These trains will run between Raipur-Anuppur-Raipur and Raipur-Tadoki-Raipur. Train number 06803/06804 Raipur-Anuppur-Raipur Teeja Festival Fast MEMU will run on 24 and 28 August and train number 06805/06806 Raipur-Tadoki-Raipur Teeja Festival Fast MEMU will run on 25 and 29 August.

Festival Special Train

Railways is running Festival Special train number 08760 and 08761 between Durg-Nizamuddin. This train will run for 8 trips from Durg every Sunday from 5 October to 23 November and from Nizamuddin every Monday from 6 October to 24 November with 20 LHB coaches of all classes. The timetable of these trains has also been released.