.png)
To better serve you, we are implementing significant upgrades on our sites. You may experience inconsistency in accessing some sections.
During the festival of Diwali, issuing of platform tickets was stopped at several railway stations of Western Railway including Surat, Udhana. Along with this, a ban was imposed on the loading of goods in the train. But now as the crowd has reduced, platform ticketing has been started and baggage has also started to be loaded into the train. The migrants living in Surat regularly visit their hometown for the festival of Diwali. Now as re-development work is going on at Surat railway station, all trains bound to Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand were run from Udhna. During the week of Diwali, Udhana and Surat railway stations were heavily crowded with lakhs of passengers. At such times the crowd is likely to double if the relatives coming to drop the passengers arrive on the platform. In order to reduce the crowd on the platform, the railway department decided to stop issuing platform tickets at railway stations including Surat, Udhana. Along with this, due to goods lying on the platform, it is difficult to move the passengers and therefore a ban was also imposed on the loading of goods in trains till November 8. ......Cont
