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Second Modi Express Train Eases Ganeshotsav Travel To Konkan
Many people travel from Mumbai to Konkan during Ganeshotsav to celebrate with their families.
This creates a very busy travel period.
Nitesh Rane helped organize a special train called the Modi Express.
The second train left Dadar Railway Station on September 13, 2026.
The first train had left two days earlier.
The trains are described as free services for people travelling to their hometowns.
Families, children, and older people were shown boarding the train.
Rane said the service was meant to help Konkan residents and devotees travel more easily.
Maharashtra Minister Nitesh Rane flagged off the second Modi Express from Dadar Railway Station on September 13, 2026.
The special train is intended to help devotees and families travel from Mumbai to their hometowns in Konkan for Ganeshotsav.
The first Modi Express of the season departed on September 11, 2026.
Rane said services were being provided on a large scale to support Konkan residents during the festival rush.
Rane said earlier efforts included arranging 100 buses and that the group had served Konkan people for 14 years.
- Who
- Maharashtra Minister and BJP leader Nitesh Rane organized and flagged off the service for Konkan residents and Ganesh devotees.
- What
- The second special Modi Express train departed to help people travel to Konkan during Ganeshotsav.
- Where
- The second train departed from Platform 14 at Dadar Railway Station in Mumbai and travelled toward Konkan.
- When
- September 13, 2026; the first seasonal train departed on September 11, 2026.
- Why
- The service was organized to ease the festive travel rush and help people reach their hometowns for Ganeshotsav.
Key facts
- Organizer
- Nitesh Rane, Maharashtra Minister and BJP leader
- Service
- Second Modi Express special train
- Departure station
- Dadar Railway Station, Platform 14, Mumbai
- Destination
- Konkan
- Occasion
- Ganeshotsav
- First departure
- September 11, 2026
- Earlier assistance
- 100 buses were previously arranged, according to Rane
Quotes
Nitesh Rane
BJP leader and Maharashtra minister who organized the special trains
“We have been serving the people of Konkan for the past 14 years. Earlier, we had arranged 100 buses, and now we are providing train services under the name of Modi Express. This is our second train, with the first departing on the 11th.”
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“On the occasion of Ganeshotsav, the second ‘Modi Express’ departed today towards Konkan, carrying office-goers for the service of Konkan residents.”
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Sources
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