Mumbai: Central Railway ran 862 Holi special trains in addition to its regular services to facilitate passengers travelling to celebrate Holi with their near and dear ones.The CR transported 24 lakh passengers through its regular and special trains, including Holi specials, in the last four days preceding the festival of Holi, from Feb 27 to March 2. This included seven lakh passengers from Mumbai.The CR ran Holi special trains to various states as follows: As many as 409 trains for intra-state travel within Maharashtra, 142 trains to Uttar Pradesh, 82 trains to Bihar, and 21 trains to Goa.The special trains were planned to connect key destinations across the country, catering to the Holi festival rush. The special services included fully air-conditioned specials, unreserved specials, and other trains with a combination of AC, sleeper, and general second class coaches, scheduled to various popular destinations across the country.Of the total, 670 Holi special trains run by Central Railway recorded an occupancy of 105%.Planning and running of additional trains was a continuous process, for which inputs were taken from communication channels 24×7, including media reports, social media platforms, railway integrated helpline number 139, and details of waitlist passengers in the PRS system, to assess demand for trains on a particular route. Based on this requirement, the number of trains and the number of trips were augmented.
