Central Railway on Thursday said it will operate over 2,100 summer special trains from Mumbai and Pune to ease passenger rush during the holiday season. Of these, 735 will be unreserved special trains while 624 will be reserved services, Central Railway said in a social media post on X. For destinations outside Maharashtra, the special trains will run on routes such as Mumbai-Ballia, Mumbai-Gorakhpur, Daund-Kalaburagi and Solapur-Kalaburagi/Anakapalle," it said in a statement in March. The summer special services include trains already running as 'Trains on Demand' as well as additional special trains introduced for the peak travel period, the statement had said. In the financial year which completed yesterday, a record 76,352 special trains were run.

Source: Mint April 02, 2026 17:47 UTC