Chandigarh, Feb. 5 -- As many as 152 devotees are on the waiting list for getting a seat in the special train going via Chandigarh to Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, from Himachal Pradesh's Amb Andaura railway station on February 9. The northern railway had announced a train--Amb Andaura Special Fare Mahakumbh Mela Special-- for the devotees.

A PR officer from the railways mentioned that the Mahakumbh special train starting from the Amb Andaura railway station and going to the Phaphamau Junction in Prayagraj has 1,324 seats in total: 360 in five sleeper classes, 900 in the general compartment, and 65 in 1 AC 3-tier.

The train number 04528/04527 is scheduled to depart from Chandigarh on February 9, 15, and 23, and come back on February 10, 16 ...