The Indian Railways is always ready with something for every festival, since Holi is just around the corner; the Northern Railways has already started running weekly exclusive trains. Read on to know more details: –

The railway line will run a weekly exclusive train from Gorakhpur to Bandra Terminus from the 3^rd March to the 31^st. This train is scheduled for every Thursday while the one from Bandra to Gorakhpur will be on every Saturday. An official press release stated that this weekly special will halt at several stations like Lucknow, Barabanki, Basti, Khalilabad, Kanpur Central, Kannauj, Mathura Jn, Kota, Bharatpur, Vadodara, Nagda, Surat, Virar, Borivali and many other stations.

There are two other trains from Bhubaneswar to Patna and Puri to Bhanjapur too, which will run during this festive time. The former train will be running on March 18^th and 25^th while the latter will be running on March 19^th and 26^th.

The Bhubaneswar to Patna train will be stopped at stations like Jaipur, Asansol, Cuttack, Bhadrak, Hijli, Mokama and many others. The Puri to Bhanjapur train will stop at stations like Khurda Road, Jajpur, Rupsa, Balasore, Soro, Bhubaneswar, and many others. Also, this train will be discontinued on March 26^th.

All these trains are meant to lessen the berserk crowd during this festive time.

While the Northern, Eastern and Central Railway lines are already running weekly special trains for the Holi time, Konkan Railway is not stepping behind. The railway line will be running an exclusive train for the Holi festival for passengers. The route will be from Madgaon to Mumbai CST to Madgaon again. This is to keep the rush of passengers in control during this time.

The Madgaon to Mumbai CST train will be running on March 8^th and will come back on March 9^th to CST again. This will go back to Madgaon on the same day. So, if you want to travel to Madgaon for few hours and return, you have this incredible option. The train will be halting at several important stations like Ratnagiri, Khed, Karmali, Kudal, Dadar, Thane, Roha, Madgaon, Chiplun, Sawantwadi and many others.

This train will be helpful for those who just want to travel within a span of 2 days to Madgaon and come back to Mumbai.