Railways is operating 6,369 special trips to ensure smooth and comfortable travel for the passengers during this summer season.
Railways is running 1,770 more trips this year as compared to total summer special trains (4,599 trips by 348 trains) run in 2022.
 While an average 13.2 trips per train was run in last summer, 16.8 trips per special train are being operated in the current year. The major destinations connected are Patna to Secunderabad, Patna to Yesvantpur, Barauni to Muzaffarpur, Delhi-Patna, New Delhi-Katra, Chandigarh to Gorakhpur, Anand Vihar to Patna, Visakhapatnam to Puri-Howrah, Mumbai-Patna, Mumbai-Gorakhpur.
In totality, these 380 special trains making 6,369 trips have 25794 general coaches and 55243 sleeper coaches. General coaches have a capacity of 100 passengers whereas sleeper coaches have a capacity of 72 passengers in ICF and 78 in LHB.
In order to cater to the summer rush, all the zonal Railways spread across the country have geared up to run special trips.
Through these special trains, connectivity from various states like Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi is being ensured. South Western Railway catering to majorly Karnataka region is running maximum trips of 1,790 this summer season in comparison to 779 trips last year whereas Western Railway catering majorly to the state of Gujarat has also geared up to run 1,470 trips in comparison to 438 trips last year.
It is also pertinent to mention that this year, South Central Railway is running 784 trips which is 80 trips more than last year. To deal with the heavy rush in northern part of the country, North Western Railway is running 400 trips, East Central Railway is running 380 trips. Northern Railway has also planned to run 324 trips this year.
However, neither the number of trains nor the number of trips run by specific special trains is static for the entire season. Planning and running of special trains is a continuous process for which inputs are taken from all the communication channels 24x 7 like media reports, social media platforms, Railway Integrated helpline number 139, apart from details of waitlist passengers in PRS system to assess demand of trains on a particular route. Based on this requirement, number of trains and number of trips are augmented.
