The Railway Ministry said in a statement that to ensure the convenience of passengers and keeping in mind the estimated increase in travel demand during summer, the Railways is going to operate a record 9,111 trips of trains in the summer season.
Due to the grounding of Go First last year and the subsequent issue of pilots in Vistara, there has been a lot of impact on air flights. Due to high demand, air fares have skyrocketed in summer. Because of which many people have started turning to trains. Sensing this problem, Railways has made such planning that there will not be much load on the trains and the common people will also not face any problem. This means that you will be able to get a confirmed ticket. Let us also tell you what kind of preparations have been made by the Railways.
43 percent increase
In view of the estimated increase in travel demand this summer, the Railway Ministry is going to increase the number of additional trains by 43 percent. This will help in reaching more passengers conveniently to their desired destinations. The Railway Ministry said in a statement that to ensure the convenience of passengers and keeping in mind the estimated increase in travel demand during summer, the Railways is going to operate a record 9,111 trips of trains in the summer season. The ministry said this represents a substantial increase compared to summer 2023 when a total of 6,369 additional trains were offered.
There will be an increase in trips
In this way, the number of trips of trains has increased by 2742 which demonstrates the commitment of Indian Railways to effectively meet the demands of passengers. The Railway Ministry said that additional trains have been carefully planned to connect major destinations across the country to ensure seamless travel on major railway routes. Out of these 9,111 additional trains, Western Railways will operate the maximum number of 1,878 trains. After this, North Western Railway will run 1,623 additional trains while South Central Railway will operate 1,012 and East Central Railway will operate 1,003 trains.
Zonal Railways geared up
The Railway Ministry said that all the zonal railways spread across the country have announced these additional journeys during the summer from Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Delhi, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. Geared up to operate. The Ministry has taken this decision on the basis of information received from media reports, social media forums and railway helpline number 139 besides details of waitlisted passengers in the PRS system.
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