Photo gallery: Railways all prepared for Kumbh Mela 2019

The Indian railways has proposed to run 800 special trains from various stations of Allahabad district, to facilitate pilgrims arriving in large numbers during the Kumbh Mela in 2019. These trains would be in addition to the regular trains run by the North Central Railway (NCR). The branding of the Kumbh Mela will be done on 1,400 coaches of special trains and the originating trains of the NCR by vinyl wrapping, to take the message about the religious fair across the country. The coaches will have colourful and attractive images of Kumbh Mela and landmark structures of Allahabad.

 

Additionally railways has also planned to operate four to five special trains to ferry 5,000 Pravasi Bhartiyas from Allahabad to New Delhi. They will be in Allahabad to participate in the Kumbh Mela after attending the Pravasi Bhartiya Divas at Varanasi. The Pravasi Bhartiyas will be taken to New Delhi for Republic Day celebrations. The government had earlier instructed the railways to activate its vast resources and scale up deployment of such trains to carry up to 5,000 delegates who will be at Prayagraj in Allahabad. Six special trains will come to Allahabad from different railway zones of the country for pilgrims and tourists participating in the Kumbh Mela.

Four big enclosures to house about 10,000 pilgrims have been constructed at Allahabad Junction railway station.

These will have vending stalls, water booths and ticket counters, LCD TVs, public address system, CCTV cameras and separate toilets blocks for men and women.

Similar passenger enclosures have also been built at other stations.