Indian Railways is running Festival Special Trains for 28 trips between October 26th and November 8th to cater to the increased passenger demand during Diwali and Chhath festivals. Five routes are being served: LTT Mumbai - Banaras (Weekly Special), LTT Mumbai - Danapur (Bi-Weekly Special), LTT Mumbai - Samastipur (Weekly Special),...
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LTT Mumbai - Prayagraj (Weekly Special), and LTT Mumbai - Gorakhpur (Bi-Weekly Special). Each route has its own train numbers, departure/arrival times, days of operation, and halts. All trains have a similar composition of AC-III Tier, Sleeper Class, Second Class, Guard's Brake Van, and Generator Car. Bookings for these special trains opened on October 18th.

Indian Railways is running 28 Festival Special Trains to cater to the increased demand for travel to Northern India during Diwali and Chhath festivals. These special trains will operate on various routes from LTT Mumbai to destinations like Banaras, Danapur, Samastipur, Prayagraj, and Gorakhpur. The special trains have different compositions,...
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including AC-III Tier, Sleeper Class, and Second Class coaches. Reservations for these special trains will open on September 5th, 2024, at all computerized reservation centers and on the IRCTC website.

A weekly special train, 01043/01044, runs between Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) and Samastipur. Departing LTT on July 24, 2024, at 12:15 PM, it reaches Samastipur at 9:15 PM the next day. The return train, 01044, leaves Samastipur at 11:20 PM on July 25, 2024, arriving at LTT at 7:40 AM two...
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days later. The train consists of 24 coaches including 12 sleeper class, 10 general class, and 2 SLR. It stops at Kalyan, Igatpuri, Nasik Road, Bhusaval, Khandwa, Itarsi, Piparia, Jabalpur, Katni, Maihar, Satna, Manikpur, Prayagraj Chheoki, Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay, Buxar, Ara, Danapur, Patliputra, Hajipur, and Muzaffarpur in both directions. Passengers can check detailed information on train schedules at www.enquiry.indianrail.gov.in.

The Railway administration has cancelled several special trains scheduled to run on different dates due to unavoidable circumstances. The cancelled trains include: 01043 (Lokmanya Tilak-Samastipur) on June 27, 01044 (Samastipur-Lokmanya Tilak) on June 28, 01045 (Lokmanya Tilak-Prayagraj) on June 25 and July 2, 01046 (Prayagraj-Lokmanya Tilak) on June 26 and July...
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3, 01053 (Lokmanya Tilak-Banaras) on June 26, 01054 (Banaras-Lokmanya Tilak) on June 27, 01065 (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj-Agartala) on June 27, 01066 (Agartala-Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj) on June 30, 01105 (Pune-Danapur) on June 24, 01106 (Danapur-Pune) on June 26, 01409 (Danapur-Lokmanya Tilak) on June 22, 24 and 29, and 01410 (Lokmanya Tilak-Danapur) on June 23, 25 and 30.

Due to ongoing double-tracking work on the Muzaffarpur-Narkatiaganj rail line at Kumarbagh and Chakia stations, the 19038 Barouni-Bandra Awadh Express departed from Barouni with a delay of 3 hours and 10 minutes on Saturday. This train arrived in Muzaffarpur with a delay of approximately 3 hours and 33 minutes. Passengers at...
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the junction faced discomfort due to the train's delay. Additionally, the 01043 Lokmanya Tilak Terminal-Samastipur special train, which was scheduled to arrive on Friday evening, did not reach Muzaffarpur until late Saturday night. The train, originally scheduled for 6:50 PM on May 31st, was delayed due to a lack of available coaches and was rescheduled to depart for Samastipur at 1:52 PM on June 1st. This train is expected to reach Muzaffarpur around 6:30 AM on Sunday (June 2nd), a delay of approximately 35 hours. The 04073 Saharsa-New Delhi special train also arrived in Muzaffarpur with a delay of 8 hours. The 04060 Anand Vihar-Jaynagar special train also experienced a delay of 2.5 hours.