Seth flags off Kumbh Mela Special train from Ranchi station

nion Minister of State for Defence cum Ranchi MP Sanjay Seth, Rajya Sabha MPs Deepak Prakash,  Mahua Maji, Ranchi MLA Chandreshwar Prasad Singh in the presence of Divisional Railway Manager Jasmeet Singh Bindra flagged off train number 08067 Ranchi - Tundla Kumbh Mela Special train from Ranchi station.

On this occasion, Senior Divisional Commercial Manager cum Chief Public Relations Officer Nishant Kumar, Senior Divisional Operations Manager Shreya Singh, Senior Divisional Mechanical Engineer Balram Prasad Sahu, other officers of the division and a large number of public representatives, representatives of Railway Consumer Advisory Committee, media representatives, railway employees, passengers and others were present at Ranchi Railway Station.

A total of 10 trains will be operated from Ranchi Railway Division from January 16 to March 1 for the Maha Kumbh Mela organized in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. Coming from different areas, these trains will pass through Ranchi Railway Station, where a large number of people of Ranchi will be able to visit Kumbh.

For the purpose of running as many trains as possible from Ranchi or via Ranchi for Kumbh, Minister of State for Defence and Ranchi MP Sanjay Seth met Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav and discussed with him. He was requested to run the Kumbh train from the Ranchi route. With this, people from many districts including Ranchi, Ramgarh, Khunti, Hazaribagh, Lohardaga, Gumla, Simdega, Koderma, Chatra, Latehar, Purulia, Jamshedpur, Saraikela Kharsawan will be able to travel to Kumbh.

The special train running for Kumbh on different dates will facilitate the pilgrimage of the passengers here. The Minister of State for Defence has expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav for the operation of these trains.

Seth said that this is the first time that Ranchi has received such a large number of trains for Kumbh Mela. Every train will run via Ranchi station and adequate number of seats will also be provided from here. Indian Railways is making every arrangement so that passengers do not face any kind of problem. General class, sleeper class and AC class bogies will also be available in all these trains. Adequate reserved seats will be arranged for passengers traveling from Ranchi. The Minister of State for Defence has urged the people that more and more Sanatanis should go to this Maha Kumbh being held after 12 years and participate in this great festival of Sanatan.

Kumbh Mela Special from Ranchi to Tundla (08067/08968) will run on January 19, while Kumbh Mela Special from Bhubaneswar to Tundla (08425) on January 22, February 5, February 19 and February 25.

 Tundla to Bhubaneswar (08426) Kumbh Mela Special 24 January, 7 February, 21 February and 28 February, while Titlagarh to Tundla (08314) Kumbh Mela Special 16 January, 23 January, 6 February, 20 February and 25 February.

Tundla to Titlagarh (08313) Kumbh Mela Special 18 January, 25 January, 8 February, 22 February and 01 March, while Tirupati to Banaras (07107) Kumbh Mela Special 18 January, 8 February, 15 February and 22 February.

Banaras to Vijayawada (07108) Kumbh Mela Special 20 January, 10 February, 17 February and 24 February, while Narsapur to Banaras (07109) Kumbh Mela Special 26 January, 2 February. Banaras to Narsapur (07110) Kumbh Mela Special will run on 27 January and 3 February.