After the consecration of Ram temple in Ayodhya, Indian Railways will also run a special train from Gorakhpur for the convenience of the large number of devotees going to see Ram Lalla. The timetable of this train is likely to be announced after Republic Day. Apart from this train, three trains are already running for Ayodhya. But an Aastha special train from Bihar will also go to Ayodhya via Gorakhpur. In this way, five trains will be available every day for Ayodhya from next month. Vande Bharat and Amrit Bharat trains from Gorakhpur go via Ayodhya. Apart from this, Bhatni-Ayodhya MEMU train also operates regularly. Ayodhya is a major center of faith in North India, but due to controversy, religious tourism was limited here. Ever since the construction of Shri Ram temple has started here, the movement of people has increased. Now, in view of the increasing crowd of devotees, Railways has decided to run Aastha Special from every zone. In the same sequence, a train will also be run from Gorakhpur to Ayodhya. Initially it will be run for one month only. After this, a decision will be taken on running it further keeping the crowd in mind. Currently, there is a possibility that Aastha Special will have 20 coaches. Ordinary, sleeper and AC coaches will also be installed in it. For the convenience of the devotees, arrangements for vegetarian breakfast and food will also be made by IRCTC.
This is the fare from Gorakhpur to Ayodhya
Let us tell you that two superfast, two express and one general train are to operate from Gorakhpur to Ayodhya. Trains are available on this route according to the capacity of every category. If you want to go to Ayodhya at low fare then Bhatni-Ayodhya passenger is available. With this you can go to Ayodhya for only 35 rupees. The total to and fro fare will be only Rs 70. If you want to spend a little more, then Amrit Bharat Express is available, in which you can buy a general ticket by spending a minimum of Rs 65 and a sleeper class ticket by paying Rs 165. In this way, you can travel in this train for Rs 130 in general class and Rs 230 in sleeper class. Apart from this, if you want to travel comfortably, then there is Vande Bharat, in which the one-way ticket in chair car class is Rs 665. Whereas the ticket for economy class is Rs 1215.
Crowd in Gorakhpur trains will increase after 25
After the consecration ceremony in the Ram temple of Ayodhya on Monday, people associated with the Sangh and the Ram temple movement have been called to Ramnagari for the next three days. After this, common people will be able to do darshan and worship from January 26. Seeing this, people have already started booking train tickets. All the seats of Amritbharat train are full throughout January, whereas in Vandebharat also there are less than 200 seats left. The schedule of Aastha special trains has not been released yet. As soon as the schedule is released, booking will start.