Indian Railways to run URS special trains for Ajmer Sharif, Rajasthan from today

According to a PIB release, Ministry of Railways has decided to run several Urs special trains from 18 different locations in the country. This initiative has been decided upon as a special gesture to facilitate movement of devotees from different parts of the country to Ajmer Sharif, Rajasthan for participating in 798th Urs of Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddun Chishti. Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee has taken keen interest and initiative in planning of these trains for the convenience of lakhs of devotees visiting Ajmer Sharif for the Annual Urs.

These trains will operational from today till June 25, 2010 from 18 major cities which include: Mumbai, Saharanpur, Sultanpur, Haridwar, Chennai, Delhi, Ongole, Hyderabad, Ernakulam, Chhapra, Barauni, Kamakhya, New Jalpaiguri, Jaipur, Asansol, Sealdah, Jamshedpur and Patna. There will be in all 84 trips by these special trains during this period.

These trains have been allotted suitable numbers and the ticket bookings for them can be done from any reservation centre situated across the country. Time table and broad routes of these trains are also being released by the Indian Railways through public notices being published in national and regional newspapers.