Northern Railway To Run Vande Bharat Particular Practice For Mahakumbh On These Dates | India Information

New Delhi: With over 500 million devotees taking a holy dip on the Triveni Sangam, the confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna, and Saraswati on Friday and tens of millions extra devotees are anticipated to descend for Mahakumbh 2025, Northern Railway introduced to function a particular Vande Bharat prepare on February 15, 16, and 17 for devotees. 

For the comfort of devotees intending to go to the Maha Kumbh Mela, Railways will run Vande Bharat Particular prepare No. 02252/02251 on February 15, 16 and 17 between New Delhi and Varanasi (by way of Prayagraj). 

The Vande Bharat Particular Practice no 02252 will depart from New Delhi at 5.30 hrs (by way of Prayagraj at 12.00 hrs) to achieve Varanasi at 14.20 hrs. 

Within the return route, Vande Bharat Particular prepare no 02251 will depart from Varanasi at 15.15 hrs (Prayagraj at 17.20 hrs) to achieve New Delhi at 23.50 hrs. the identical day. 

“To supply particular amenities to the individuals going to the Maha Kumbh on weekends to take a holy dip, Indian Railways is working a particular Vande Bharat prepare. This prepare will run on fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth February…This Vande Bharat particular prepare will go away from New Delhi station at 5.30 am and can attain Varanasi at 2.20 pm by way of Prayagraj. After this, this prepare will go away Varanasi station at 3.15 pm and can attain New Delhi at 11.50 pm,” mentioned Chief Public Relations Officer of Northern Railway, Himanshu Shekhar Upadhyay. 

Based on the Uttar Pradesh administration, the Mahakumbh has turn into the primary occasion on this planet to have greater than 500 million direct individuals. 

This quantity exceeds the inhabitants of a number of main international locations, together with the US, Russia, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, making the Mahakumbh the biggest religious gathering on this planet. 

The native administration reported that 17 million devotees took a dip on Paush Purnima, adopted by 35 million on Makar Sankranti, 76.4 million on Mauni Amavasya, 25.7 million on Basant Panchami, and 14 million on Magh Purnima. As of 4:00 PM on Friday, over 7.9 million devotees had taken a dip within the Triveni Sangam. 

The Uttar Pradesh authorities additionally famous that greater than 200,000 Kalpavasis and roughly 7.7 million devotees attended the Mahakumbh Mela on Friday. Over 400,000 individuals travelled by means of 140 trains to attend the occasion, as per official knowledge. 

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has issued strict directives on site visitors administration throughout the Mahakumbh, stressing that officers shall be held accountable in case of congestion. 

The 2025 Mahakumbh, which started on Paush Purnima (January 13, 2025), is the world’s largest religious and cultural gathering, attracting devotees from throughout the globe. The grand occasion will proceed till Mahashivratri on February 26.