The Indian railways has announced to run 283 special trains in 4480 trips this year during the Chhath Puja festival. The East Central Railways plans to operate 42 trips to Bihar with new trains towards Bihar this year ahead of Chhath Puja.
These special trains will be operationalised to manage the huge crowd movement by forming queues at the terminus status under the supervision of RPF staff to manage the orderly movement of all the passengers in unreserved coaches.