Festive rush at Udhna Railway Station: 43,500 passengers travel on 12 trains overnight

Surat: Udhna railway station witnessed a massive festive rush, with more than 43,500 passengers travelling on 12 trains over a 15-hour period from Saturday night to Sunday afternoon.

According to railway officials, 12 trains, including nine special services and three regular trains, were operated from Udhna to accommodate the surge in passengers travelling to various destinations.

The special services connected passengers to destinations such as Jaunpur, Madhubani, Jhanjharpur, Kanpur, Hasanpur, Muzaffarpur, Brahmapur and Jaynagar, besides several other stations across Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Odisha.

The services operated at regular intervals from 10 pm on Saturday, with several trains carrying between 4,000 and 4,500 passengers each. The 09045 Udhna-Madhubani Special and 09047 Udhna-Jaynagar Special alone carried approximately 4,400–4,500 passengers each.

Railway officials attributed the smooth handling of the extraordinary rush to coordinated operations involving special and regular train services. DeshGujarat