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SER’S INITIATIVE FOR HOLI FESTIVAL
RUNNING OF HOLI SPECIAL TRAINS BETWEEN VISAKHAPATNAM AND SHALIMAR
Kolkata, 15th March, 2025
It has been decided to run Visakhapatnam-Shalimar-Visakhapatnam Holi Special trains as per following schedule:
08577/08578 Visakhapatnam-Shalimar-Visakhapatnam Special:
08577 Visakhapatnam-Shalimar Special will leave Visakhapatnam on 16.03.2025 at 11.20 hrs and will arrive Shalimar at 03:00 hrs, the next day. In the return direction, 08578 Shalimar-Visakhapatnam Special will leave Shalimar on 17.03.2025 at 05.00 hrs and will reach Visakhapatnam at 20.50 hrs, the next day.
The Special train will have stoppages at Santragachi, Kharagpur and Baleshwar in SER jurisdiction.
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March, 2025
Keeping in view the demands and to clear additional rush pf passengers in regular trains running over important routes, South Eastern Railway has decided to run Special Trains during Holi festival.
South Eastern Railway is always ready to serve for convenience of passengers. South Eastern Railway is running 32 Holi Special Trains towards different directions.
- Ranchi-Gorakhpur-Ranchi Special (one pair)
- Shalimar-Charlapalli-Shalimar Special (two pairs)
- Santragachi-Charlapalli-Santragachi Special (two pairs)
- Santragachi-Darbhanga-Santragachi Special (one pair)
- Santragachi-MGR Chennai-Santragachi Special (two pairs)
- Santragachi-SMVT Bengaluru-Santragachi Special (two pairs)
- Tatanagar-Katihar-Tatanagar Special (one pair)
- Kolkata-Puri-Kolkata Special (three pairs)
- Tatanagar-Buxar-Tatanagar Special (one pair)
- Ranchi-Jaynagar-Ranchi Special (one pair)
This apart some Special Trains are also running over SER jurisdiction i.e Podanur-Barauni-Podanur Special (two pairs), Gondia-Patna-Patna Special (two pairs), Malda Town-Charlapalli-Malda Town Special (one pair), Charlapalli-Naharlagun-Charlapalli Special (four pairs) and 01929/01930 Gwalior-Puri-Gwalior (four pairs).
In order to facilitate the rail users, the railway has made special arrangements at major stations. Additional help desks, drinking water, cleanliness, first aid and other necessary facilities have been provided at the stations to ensure that passengers do not face any inconvenience.
Additionally, special teams of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Government Railway Police (GRP), along with railway staff, Scouts and Guides, and Civil Defence volunteers, managed the crowd efficiently. Monitoring of crowd by CCTV surveillance at major stations and the patrolling system at stations and trains was strengthened. The Railway administration deployed extra staff for punctual operation of special trains during the festive rush. Miking through Public Address System is being arranged to sensitize the passengers not to assemble un-necessarily at station premises and on platforms and also to follow safety protocols.
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CONTINUATION OF TRAINS AS PER EXISTING SCHEDULE
Kolkata, 12th March, 2025
Change in timings of the following trains which were earlier notified to be changed, are now treated as cancelled:
1) 68442 Puri-Jaleswar MEMU Passenger
2) 68184 Baripada-Rupsa MEMU Passenger
3) 68175 Rupsa-Bhanjpur MEMU Passenger
4) 68176 Bhanjpur-Rupsa MEMU Passenger
5) 68177 Rupsa-Baripada MEMU Passenger
6) 68179 Baripada-Bangriposi MEMU Passenger
7) 68178 Bangriposi-Baripada MEMU Passenger
8) 68180 Baripada-Baleshwar MEMU Passenger
9) 08007/08008 Shalimar-Bhanjpur-Shalimar Special
10) 18007/18008 Shalimar-Bhanjpur-Shalimar Express
11) 68173 Rupsa-Bhanjpur MEMU Passenger
Therefore, the service of above trains will continue to run as per its existing schedule.
