list of Special Trains for the festive season: Indian Railways is one of the largest railway networks in the world. Moreover, many people in India prefer traveling by trains for their daily works as well as going home or holidays. Thus, it is also considered as the lifeline of the Indian traveling system. Moreover, for the middle-class people, it acts as the backbone of travel. However, due to the Covid19 lockdown, Indian Railways suffered a lot. Many routes and trains are been cut off due to Coronavirus. Also, this impacted a lot in the traveling of people.
But as the upcoming festive season in India is arriving, the need for some Special Trains for the festive season breaks out. Moreover, to facilitate traveling during the festive season, IRCTC announced a list of Special Trains for the festive season. Also, the trains by the Indian railways help in making their festival memorable. As the charm of the festival always increase at home.
List of Special Trains for the festive season
The festival season is on. In this season, fasting festivals are celebrated one after another. Especially from Durga Puja to Chhath Puja, the movement of people increases. Also during this, Durga Puja, Karva Chauth, Deepawali, Bhai-do Govardhan and Chhath Puja are celebrated. Moreover, there is a lot of reverence and enthusiasm among people about Deepawali and Chhath Puja. However, the rail operation came to a standstill this year due to the corona virus epidemic. Due to this, people have not been able to book tickets from the past.
While getting confirmed tickets also becomes difficult this season. Moreover, people who want to go home are facing very difficulties for the upcoming Chhath Puja and Deepawali. Also, in view of this, Railways has announced to run more than two dozen special trains for the convenience of passengers. However, if you also want to visit your home during the festival season, then you can book tickets for the journey in these trains.
04404/04403 Bhagalpur-Anand Vihar Super Fast Special Train
04406/04405 New Delhi-Barauni Super Fast Special
04408/04407 New Delhi-Darbhanga Super Fast Special
04092/04091 New Delhi-Jayanagar Super Fast Special
04030/04029 New Delhi-Muzaffarpur Weekly Super Fast Special Express
04410/04409 New Delhi-Patna Super Fast Special Express
04412/04411 Saharsa-Delhi Weekly Super Fast Special Express
04624/04623 Amritsar-Saharsa Weekly Super Fast Special Express
02422/02421 Jammu-Ajmer Super Fast Express Special – This train is daily.
02237/02238 Varanasi-Jammuutvi Super Fast Express Special Train
04041/04042 Delhi-Dehradun Janata Express Special
02231/02232 Lucknow-Chandigarh Weekly Super Fast Special Express
02448/02447 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Manikpur Super Fast Special Express – This train is daily.
04503/04504 Kalka-Shimla Express Special-This train is daily.
04519 / 04520 Delhi-Bhatinda Delhi Special-Daily
02471/02472 Sriganganagar-Delhi Special-Daily.
09611/09612 Ajmer-Amritsar Express Special
Note- In addition to this, many more special trains have been run which will run on other routes. Also, check the IRCTC website for more information.
List of Currently Running trains by IRCTC
01016/15 Kushinagar Express Gorakhpur Lokmanyatilak (T)
01019/20 Konarka Express Mumbai CST Bhubaneswar
01061/62 Darbhanga Express Lokmanyatilak (T) Darbhanga
01071/72 Kamayani Express Lokmanyatilak (T) Varanasi
01093/94 Mahanagri Express Mumbai CST Varanasi
01139/40 Mumbai CST Gadag Express Mumbai CST Gadag
01301/02 Udyan Express Mumbai CST KSR Bengaluru
02156/55 Bhopal Express Hazrat Nizamuddin Habibganj
02230/29 Lucknow Mail New Delhi Lucknow Jn
02296/95 Sanghmitra Express Danapur KSR Bengaluru
02377/78 Padatik Express Sealdah New Alipurduar
02392/91 Shramjevi Express New Delhi Rajgir
02394/93 Sampoorn Kranti Express New Delhi Rajendra Nagar
02418/17 Prayagraj Express New Delhi Prayagraj
02420/19 Gomti Express New Delhi Lucknow
02407/08 Karambhumi Express Amritsar New Jalpaiguri
02801/02 Purushottam Express Puri New Delhi
02810/09 HWH-Mumbai Mail Howrah Mumbai CST
02833/34 Ahmedabad Howrah Express Ahmedabad Howrah
02904/03 Golden Temple Mail Amritsar Mumbai Central
02916/15 Ashram Express Delhi Ahmedabad
02926/25 Paschim Express Amritsar Bandra (1)
02933/34 Karnavati Express Mumbai Central Ahmedabad
02963/64 Mewar Express Hazrat Nizamuddin Udaipur City
08183/84 Tatanagar Danapur Express Tatanagar Danapur
05484/83 Mahananda Express Delhi Alipurduar
06345/46 Netrvati Express Mumbai (LTT) Thiruvananthapuram Central
02806/06 AP Express Vishakapatnam New Delhi
02182/81 Nizamuddin Jabalpur Express Hazrat Nizamuddin Jabalpur
02418/17 Mahamana Express New Delhi Varanasi
02955/56 Mumbai Central Jaipur Express Mumbai Central Jaipur
07201/02 Golconda Express Guntur Secunderabad
02793/94 Rayalseema Express Tirupati Nizamabad
02357/58 Amritsar Kolkata Express Amritsar Kolkata
02452/51 Shram Shakti Express New Delhi Kanpur
02463/64 Samprak Kranti Jodhpur Delhi S Rohilla
02477/78 Jaipur Jodhpur Express Jaipur Jodhpur
02479/80 Suryanagri Express Bandra (T) Jodhpur
02533/34 Pushpak Express Lucknow 1n Mumbai CST
02555/56 Gorakhdham Express Hisar Gorakhpur
02560/59 Shivganga Express New Delhi Manduadih
02618/17 Mangla Express Hazrat Nizamuddin Ernakulam
04009/10 Champaran Satyagrah Express Anand Vihar Bapudham Motihari
02629/30 Karnataka Samprak Kranti Express New Delhi Yesvantpur
02701/02 Husain Sagar Express Mumbai CST Hyderabad
02703/04 Falaknuma Express Howrah Secunderabad
02715/16 Sachkhand Express H. S. Nanded Amritsar
02724/23 Telangana Express New Delhi Hyderabad
02792/91 Danapur Secunderabad Express Danapur Secunderabad
05955/56 Brahmputra Mail Dibrugarh Delhi
02149/50 Pune Danapur Express Pune Danapur
02947/48 Azimabad Express Ahmedabad Patna
05645/46 Lokmanyatilak Guwahati Express Lokmanyatilak (T) Guwahati
02727/28 Godavari Express Hyderabad Visakhapatnam
Special Train Ahmedabad Muzaffarpur (Via Surat)
Special Train Ahmedabad Gorakhpur (Via Surat)
Duronto trains having NON AC Coaches
02245/12246 Howrah (1050) Yasvantpur (1600) Duronto Express
02201/22202 Sealdah (2000) Puri (0435) Duronto Express
02213/22214 Shalimar (2200) Patna (0640) Duronto Express
02283/12284 Emakulam (2325) Nizamuddin (1940) Duronto Express
02285/12286 Secundarabad (1310) Nizamuddin (1035) Duronto Express
09165/66 Sabarmati Express Ahmedabad Darbhanga
09167/68 Sabarmati Express Ahmedabad Varanasi
09045/46 Ganga Express Surat Chhapra Tapti
03201/02 Patna Lokmanyatilak Express Patna Lokmanyatilak (T)
02553/54 Vaishali Express Saharsa New Delhi
02307/08 Howrah Jodhpur/Bikaner Express Howrah Jodhpur/Bikaner
02381/82 Poorva Express Howrah New Delhi
02303/04 Poorva Express Howrah New Delhi
02141/42 Lokmanyatilak Patliputra Express Lokmanyatilak (T) Patliputra
02557/58 Sapt Kranti Express Muzaffarpur Anand Vihar
05273/74 Satyagrah Express Raxaul Anand Vihar
02419/20 Suhaildev Express Anand Vihar Ghazipur
02433/34 Anand Vihar Ghazipur Express Anand Vihar Ghazipur
09041/42 Bandra (T) Ghazipur Express Bandra (T) Ghazipur
04673/74 Shaheed Express Amritsar Jaynagar
04649/50 Saryu Yamuna Express Amritsar Jaynagar
02541/42 Gorakhpur Lokmanyatilak Express Gorakhpur Lokmanyatilak (T)
JAN SHATABDI TRAINS
02073/74 Howrah Jn (1325) Bhubaneswar (2020) Jan Shatabdi Express
02023/24 Howrah Jn (1405) Patna Jn (2245) Jan Shatabdi Express
02365/66 Patna (0600) Ranchi (1355) Jan Shatabdi Express
02091/92 Dehradun (1545) Kathgodam (2335) Jan Shatabdi Express
02067/68 Guwahati (0630) Jorhat Town (1320) Jan Shatabdi Express
02053/54 Haridwar (1445) Amritsar (2205) Jan Shatabdi Express
02055/56 New Delhi (1520) Dehradun (2110)) Jan Shatabdi Express
02057/58 New Delhi (1435) Una Himachal (2210) Jan Shatabdi Express
02065/66 Ajmer (0540) Delhi Sarai Rohilla (1135) Jan Shatabdi Express
02069/70 Raigarh (0620) Gondia (1325) Jan Shatabdi Express
02021/22 Howrah (0620) Barbil (1305) Jan Shatabdi Express
02075/76 Calicut (1345) Trivandrum (2135) Jan Shatabdi Express
02081/82 Kannur (0450) Trivandrum (1425) Jan Shatabdi Express
02079/80 Bengaluru (0600) Hubli (1345) Jan Shatabdi Express
02089/90 Yashwantpur (1730) Shivamoga Town (2155) Jan Shatabdi Express
Note:- However, please recheck the name and number of the train from the IRCTC website also.
By:-
Prakhar Sharma
Founder, Upgrading India
