Prayagraj (UP): The Railways will run 3,000 special trains during the Maha Kumbh 2025, out of which 560 trains will operate on ring rail, a senior official said on Monday.
General Manager of North Central Railway Upendra Chandra Joshi told reporters that a total of 560 ticketing points are being made available at nine railway stations — Prayagraj Junction, Subedarganj, Naini, Prayagraj Chheoki, Prayag Junction, Phaphamau, Prayagraj Rambagh, Prayagraj Sangam and Jhunsi — as well as in the fair area.
He informed me that about 10 lakh tickets can be distributed from these counters per day. Because of the Maha Kumbh Mela, the Railways have now started the facility of taking railway tickets 15 days in advance.
Joshi said a plan has been prepared for ring rail on Prayagraj-Ayodhya-Varanasi-Prayagraj, Prayagraj-Sangam Prayag-Jaunpur-Prayag-Prayagraj, Govindpuri-Prayagraj-Chitrakoot-Govindpuri and Jhansi-Govindpuri-Prayagraj-Manikpur-Chitrakoot-Jhansi routes.
The Railways will operate more than 10,000 regular and more than 3000 special trains. Out of these 3,000 special trains, 1800 trains will be run for short distances, 700 trains for long distances and 560 trains will be run on the ring rail.
He informed that given the heavy crowd in Maha Kumbh 2025, more than 18,000 personnel of Railway Protection Force (RPF) and State Railway Police are being brought to Prayagraj on duty from all parts of Indian Railways.
During this time, there will be a system of entry from the city side and exit from the Civil Line side at Prayagraj Junction.
The general manager said a six-bed observation room has been set up at Prayagraj Junction where all types of equipment like oxygen cylinders, concentrators, ECG machines, glucometers, nebulizers and stretchers have been provided to provide medical assistance to the passengers.
Joshi also said 1,186 CCTV cameras will be functional with live footage in CCTV control rooms for the safety of passengers. Out of these, about 116 cameras have AI-based face recognition systems to identify anti-social elements.
