Lucknow: Keeping in mind the extra rush of passengers during the upcoming festivals, the Railway Administration will operate 05005/05006 Gorakhpur-Amritsar-Gorakhpur Festival Weekly Special train from Gorakhpur every Wednesday from 18 September to 27 November, 2024 and from Amritsar every Thursday from 19 September to 28 November, 2024 for 11 trips as follows.
05005 Gorakhpur-Amritsar Festival Special train will depart from Gorakhpur at 14.40 hrs every Wednesday from 18 September to 27 November, 2024 and will reach Khalilabad at 15.22 hrs, Basti at 15.50 hrs, Gonda at 17.15 hrs, Burhwal at 18.22 hrs, Sitapur Jn.
It will leave at 19.55 hrs, from Bareilly at 23.10 hrs, next day from Moradabad at 00.53 hrs, from Saharanpur at 04.02 hrs, from Yamuna Nagar Jagadhri at 04.27 hrs, from Ambala Cantt at 05.20 hrs, from Dhandari Kalan at 06.55 hrs, from Jalandhar City at 08.10 hrs and from Vyas at 08.45 hrs and will reach Amritsar at 9.30 hrs.
In the return journey, 05006 Amritsar-Gorakhpur Festival Special train will depart from Amritsar every Thursday from 19th September to 28th November, 2024 at 12.45 hrs and will reach Vyas at 13.17 hrs, Jalandhar City at 13.58 hrs, Dhandari Kalan at 15.15 hrs, Ambala Cantt at 16.55 hrs, Yamunanagar Jagadhri at 17.38 hrs, Saharanpur at 18.20 hrs, Moradabad at 21.50 hrs, Bareilly at 23.14 hrs, next day it will leave Sitapur Jn. at 02.18 hrs, Burhwal at 04.42 hrs, Gonda at 05.45 hrs, Basti at 07.15 hrs and Khalilabad at 07.50 hrs and will reach Gorakhpur at 08.50 hrs.
This train has SLRD. A total of 18 coaches will be installed including 02 of AC First Class, 04 of General Second Class, 08 of Sleeper Class and 04 of AC Third Class.