WR announces Holi special trains, extends Rajkot-Mahbubnagar service

Western Railway WR on Friday announced six pairs of special trains on special fares across key routes along with the extension of the RajkotndashMahbubnagar weekly specialThe extra services are made to manage the festive rush during HoliAccording to WR Chief Public Relations Officer Vineet Abhishek the special services will connect Mumbai Gujarat Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan with Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand Delhi and West Bengal offering additional capacity during the peak travel seasonKey special trains announcedMumbai Central ndash Kathgodam Superfast Weekly Special 10 tripsServices will operate between February 25 and March 26 2026 connecting Mumbai with UttarakhandMumbai Central ndash Kanpur Anwarganj Superfast Weekly Special 12 tripsThe train will run between February 22 and March 30 2026 linking Mumbai with key cities in Uttar PradeshBandra Terminus ndash Palitana Weekly Special 2 tripsA special service will run at the end of February catering to passengers travelling to GujaratUdhna ndash Malda Town Weekly Special 8 tripsThis service will operate between late February and March connecting Gujarat with eastern IndiaSabarmati ndash Haridwar Weekly Special 10 tripsScheduled between February 23 and March 24 the train will facilitate travel to Uttarakhand via Rajasthan and DelhiIndore ndash Hazrat Nizamuddin BiWeekly Superfast Special 20 tripsRunning from February 22 to March 28 this train will enhance connectivity between Madhya Pradesh and DelhiRajkotndashMahbubnagar special extendedWR has also extended Train No 0957509576 RajkotndashMahbubnagar Weekly Special up to March 3031 2026 offering continued relief to passengers on this routeBooking detailsReservations for Train Nos 09075 09185 09023 09024 03418 09425 09309 and the extended trips of 09575 will open from February 21 2026 at Passenger Reservation System PRS counters and on the IRCTC websiteWestern Railway to operate fourhour night block on Mumbai suburban section details hereWestern Railway WR will not operate a daytime block on Sunday over the suburban section However a fourhour maintenance block will be operated at night affecting Mumbai local train services on certain stretches WR informedThe block will be imposed on the UP and DOWN Slow lines between Vasai Road and Virar from 1215 am to 415 am on the intervening night of SaturdaySunday to carry out maintenance of tracks signalling and overhead equipmentAdditionally a major block on all the lines between Borivali and Dahisar will take place from 210 am to 410 am to facilitate the launching of a new foot over bridge FOB girderDuring this period Slow line suburban trains will run on Fast lines between Vasai Road and Virar Due to the FOBlaunching block some suburban and MailExpress trains will be delayed or cancelled