Indian Railways to run 80 new special trains from September 12: Ticket booking starts today

Ticket booking for 80 new special trains started today. The Northern Railways yesterday announced the operation of special trains from September 12 from a few parts of the country including Delhi, Bengaluru, Amritsar, and Dibrugarh. These will be fully reserved trains.
These trains will be in addition to the existing 30 special Rajdhani type trains started in May and 200 Special Mail Express trains introduced in June as part of the total 230 trains.

"For the convenience of rail passengers, the Railways have decided to run special trains," a statement from the Northern Railways said on Wednesday.

It added, "The Bengaluru-New Delhi-Bengaluru air-conditioned (AC) Special train will run from Bengaluru on September 12 and from New Delhi from September 14. It will run in the path and timings of the Bengaluru-Hazrat Nizamuddin-Bengaluru Rajdhani Express. The Delhi-Alipurdwar-Delhi Special train is presently running up to Katihar. Railways have decided to run this train to/from Alipurdwar from September 12."

It further said, "The Dibrugarh-Amritsar-Dibrugarh weekly special train will run from September 15 from Dibrugarh while the Amritsar-Dibrugarh weekly special train will run from September 18."

Here's the complete list of trains that will be in operation from 12th September:


(With inputs from Agencies)