Now 14 trains including Sangam Express will run from Phaphamau instead of Prayag, efforts are on to reduce the pressure of crowd
After the accident at New Delhi Railway Station, Northern Railway has made some more major changes for crowd management amid the emergency plan. After the closure of Sangam Station, the nearest railway station to the Maha Kumbh area, the large number of crowds gathering at Prayag Station, and the traffic jams there, now the passengers will be taken to Phaphamau Railway Station.
14 major trains including Sangam Express will now be run from Phaphamau instead of Prayag. This station is in the northern part of the city across Ganga. In such a situation, devotees will move towards Phaphamau through Ganga Path and the passengers who come inside the city will be sent via Bank Road via Telierganj, some passengers will be sent towards Uptran from Mazar Square, from Chhota Baghada via Salori towards Shivkuti and then from Gangapath via Pipa Bridge or Phaphamau Bridge, they will reach Phaphamau Station.
Although daily trains and special trains will continue to operate from Prayag Station, but an attempt will be made to get rid of the problem of traffic jam inside the city by diverting the flow of crowd towards Phaphamau. If the crowd goes to Phaphamau then this strategy will be effective. However, it will be difficult for the passengers to walk 12 kilometers to Phaphamau, in such a situation, if shuttle buses and other means of transport are available, then the benefits of the scheme will be visible in a day itself.
These trains will be operated from Phaphamau till 28 February
- Alamnagar-Prayagraj Sangam Kumbhmela Special (04201)
- Ayodhya Cantt – Prayagraj Sangam Mela Special (04205)
- Jaunpur – Prayagraj Sangam Mela Special (04209)
- Kanpur Central – Prayagraj Sangam Express (14102)
- Basti-Prayagraj Sangam Express (14232)
- Mankarpur Junction – Prayagraj Sangam Express (14234)
- Bareilly – Prayagraj Sangam Express (14308)
- Kanpur Anwarganj – Prayagraj Sangam Passenger (54102)
- Jaunpur – Prayagraj Sangam Passenger (54214)
- Lucknow – Prayagraj Sangam Passenger (54254)
- Jaunpur – Prayagraj Sangam Passenger (54376)
- Ayodhya Cantt-Prayagraj Sangam MEMU (64222)
- Gazipur City – Prayagraj Sangam MEMU (65117)
- Ayodhya Dham Junction Prayagraj Junction Mela Special (04252)
- Prayagraj Sangam – Kanpur Anwarganj Passenger (54101)
- Prayagraj Sangam – Jaunpur Passenger (54213)
- Prayagraj Sangam – Lucknow Passenger (54253)
- Prayagraj Sangam – Jaunpur Passenger (54375)
- Prayagraj Sangam – Ayodhya Cantt MEMU (64221) will depart from
- Phaphamau.
13 trains including Lucknow Intercity will be available from Prayag till 28 February
Prayagraj Sangam railway station will now be closed till 28 February. Senior DCM Kuldeep Tiwari of Lucknow division issued this information on Monday. He said that now the trains running from Prayagraj Sangam will be operated from Prayag station.
This includes Prayagraj Sangam – Alamnagar Kumbh Mela Special (04202), Prayagraj Sangam – Ayodhya Cantt Mela Special (04206), Prayagraj Sangam – Jaunpur Mela Special (04210), Prayagraj Sangam – Kanpur Central Express (14101). Apart from this, Prayagraj Sangam – Lucknow Intercity Express (14209), Ganga Gomti Express (14215), Unchahar Express (14217), Prayagraj Sangam – Haridwar Express (14229) will also be available in Prayagraj. While Manwar Sangam Express (14231), Saryu Express (14233), Nauchandi Express (14241), Prayagraj Sangam – Bareilly Express (14307), Prayagraj Sangam – Ghazipur City MEMU (65118) will operate from Prayagraj Railway Station.
Special train will run between Delhi and Phaphamau tomorrow
Special train 04408/04407 will be operated from Delhi to Phaphamau during Maha Kumbh.
It will run from Delhi on 19 February, while on 20 February it will leave from Phaphamau station. This train will stop at Ghaziabad, Hapur, Garhmukteshwar, Gajraula, Amroha, Moradabad, Rampur, Bareilly, Shahjahanpur, Hardoi, Lucknow and Rae Bareli stations.
