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SCR to operate 1400 special Trains during Dussehra & Deepavali festival season

Hyderabad, Oct 10 (UNI) The South Central Railway (SCR) on Thursday announced that it would run 1400 special train services between various destinations to meet the demands of the travelling public during the Dussehra and Deepavali festival season.
South Central Railway (SCR) accords top priority for providing best possible passenger transport facility by operating special trains for important occasions during the holiday & festival seasons to cater to the needs of rail passengers by pooling available resources.
During the months of October & November in view of Dussehra and Deepavali festive season, the demand for travel between the two Telugu states is high and also there is a high demand for travelling to North Indian States like Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Eastern States like West Bengal, SCR Chief Public Relations Officer A. Sridhar said in a release here.
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