Diwali and Chhath 2026 special trains
145 festival special trains still to run or running now, grouped by where they go. Copied from the zonal railways' own notices and checked on 26 Oct.
Covers 9 of the 17 railway zones. A train missing here may still exist: check the notice on your zone's website or IRCTC before you plan around it.
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Jump to: Bihar (39) · Uttar Pradesh (25) · NCT of Delhi (21) · West Bengal (14) · Maharashtra (13) · Karnataka (12) · Andhra Pradesh (4) · Chandigarh (3) · Gujarat (3) · Assam (2) · Odisha (2) · Punjab (2) · Haryana (1) · Jharkhand (1) · Madhya Pradesh (1) · Rajasthan (1) · Uttarakhand (1)
To Bihar (39)
- 05220 Anand Vihar Terminal-Muzaffarpur Jn Express Special
Leaves 12:00 · Sat · 12 Sept to 28 Nov · railway notice - 04014 Anand Vihar Terminal-Laukaha Bazar Reserved Festival Special
Leaves 15:40 · Daily · 16 Sept to 29 Nov · railway notice - 06571 Yesvantpur-Katihar Weekly Special
Tue · 22 Sept to 24 Nov · railway notice - 03254 Charlapalli-Patna Special
Wed · 23 Sept to 2 Dec · railway notice - 03255 Charlapalli-Patna Special
Fri · 25 Sept to 27 Nov · railway notice - 04072 New Delhi-Supaul Jn Reserved Daily Special
Leaves 21:35 · Daily · 1 Oct to 28 Nov · railway notice - 04096 Anand Vihar Terminal-Patliputra Reserved Special
Leaves 00:05 · Daily · 1 Oct to 29 Nov · railway notice - 04098 Shakurbasti-Darbhanga Reserved Festival Special
Leaves 09:20 · Sun, Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat · 1 Oct to 29 Nov · railway notice - 04512 Chandigarh-Patna Jn Reserved Weekly Festival Special
Leaves 23:35 · Thu · 1 Oct to 26 Nov · railway notice - 04090 New Delhi-Danapur Reserved Superfast Special
Fri · 2 Oct to 20 Nov · railway notice - 07091 Hyderabad-Danapur Special
Leaves 12:00 · Sat · 3 Oct to 28 Nov · railway notice - 04616 Firozpur Cantt-Patna Jn Reserved Weekly Festival Special
Leaves 12:00 · Tue · 6 Oct to 24 Nov · railway notice - 05086 Anand Vihar Terminal-Chhapra Weekly Festival Special (via Gorakhpur)
Leaves 10:50 · Wed · 7 Oct to 25 Nov · railway notice - 07041 Charlapalli-Sasaram Weekly Festival Special
Thu · 8 Oct to 26 Nov · railway notice - 01143 LTT-Danapur Daily Festival Special
Leaves 10:30 · Daily · 9 Oct to 21 Nov · railway notice - 04008 Anand Vihar Terminal-Jogbani Reserved Weekly Festival Special
Leaves 08:30 · Sat · 10 Oct to 7 Nov · railway notice - 04062 Anand Vihar Terminal-Bhagalpur Reserved Festival Special
Leaves 12:00 · Daily · 10 Oct to 25 Nov · railway notice - 06581 Yesvantpur-Saharsa Weekly Express Special
Leaves 07:00 · Sun · 11 Oct to 29 Nov · railway notice - 01043 LTT-Samastipur Weekly AC Festival Special
Leaves 12:15 · Tue · 13 Oct to 17 Nov · railway notice - 03135 Sealdah-Patna Puja Special
Leaves 00:20 · Tue · 13 Oct to 24 Nov · railway notice - 03185 Kolkata-Madhubani Puja Special
Leaves 23:50 · Tue · 13 Oct to 24 Nov · railway notice - 04028 Anand Vihar Terminal-Muzaffarpur Jn Reserved Bi-Weekly Festival Special
Leaves 09:15 · Tue, Fri · 13 Oct to 24 Nov · railway notice - 07315 SSS Hubballi-Muzaffarpur Weekly Express Special
Leaves 16:45 · Tue · 13 Oct to 24 Nov · railway notice - 03041 Howrah-Raxaul Puja Special
Leaves 23:00 · Thu · 15 Oct to 26 Nov · railway notice - 04010 Delhi-Sitamarhi Reserved Weekly Festival Special
Leaves 23:05 · Thu · 15 Oct to 19 Nov · railway notice - 03133 Sealdah-Sitamarhi Puja Special
Leaves 23:40 · Fri · 16 Oct to 27 Nov · railway notice - 03187 Kolkata-Madhubani Puja Special
Leaves 23:50 · Fri · 16 Oct to 27 Nov · railway notice - 03043 Howrah-Raxaul Puja Special
Leaves 23:00 · Sat · 17 Oct to 28 Nov · railway notice - 03511 Asansol-Patna Puja Special
Leaves 13:20 · Sun · 18 Oct to 29 Nov · railway notice - 04640 Chheharta-Muzaffarpur Weekly Festival Special (via Gorakhpur)
Leaves 08:35 · Mon · 19 Oct to 30 Nov · railway notice - 01207 Nagpur-Samastipur Weekly Festival Special (via Gorakhpur)
Leaves 10:40 · Wed · 21 Oct to 11 Nov · railway notice - 02252 New Delhi-Patna Vande Bharat Festival Special
Leaves 08:35 · Mon, Wed, Sat · 21 Oct to 25 Nov · railway notice - 02254 New Delhi-Patna Vande Bharat Festival Special
Leaves 08:35 · Tue, Thu, Sun · 22 Oct to 26 Nov · railway notice - 04536 Chandigarh-Barauni Weekly Reserved Festival Special (via Gorakhpur)
Leaves 23:45 · Fri · 23 Oct to 27 Nov · railway notice - 06211 Mysuru-Darbhanga Weekly Express Special
Leaves 20:05 · Tue · 27 Oct to 24 Nov · railway notice - 04404 Shakurbasti-Patna Jn Unreserved Festival Special
Leaves 15:15 · Specific dates · 5 Nov to 14 Nov · railway notice - 04406 Shakur Basti-Mansi Unreserved Festival Special
Leaves 19:10 · Specific dates · 5 Nov to 14 Nov · railway notice - 04410 Shakur Basti-Jhanjharpur Jn Unreserved Festival Special
Leaves 13:00 · Specific dates · 5 Nov to 14 Nov · railway notice - 05090 Lalkuan-Chhapra Festival Special (via Gorakhpur)
Leaves 12:35 · Sat · 5 Dec to 12 Dec · railway notice
To Uttar Pradesh (25)
- 04136 Yesvantpur-Subedarganj Weekly Express Special
Leaves 07:00 · Mon · 14 Sept to 7 Dec · railway notice - 04214 Anand Vihar Terminal-Ayodhya Cantt Bi-Weekly Festival Special
Leaves 09:00 · Mon, Fri · 2 Oct to 30 Nov · railway notice - 04228 Chandigarh-Varanasi Reserved Bi-Weekly Festival Special
Leaves 06:00 · Mon, Fri · 2 Oct to 30 Nov · railway notice - 05302 Ambala Cantt-Mau Weekly Festival Special (via Gorakhpur)
Leaves 05:45 · Fri · 2 Oct to 27 Nov · railway notice - 04150 Yesvantpur-Prayagraj Special
Sat · 3 Oct to 12 Dec · railway notice - 04210 Delhi-Varanasi Reserved Festival Special
Leaves 18:50 · Tue, Thu, Sat · 3 Oct to 28 Nov · railway notice - 04823 Jodhpur-Mau Weekly Festival Special
Leaves 17:00 · Sun · 4 Oct to 29 Nov · railway notice - 09111 Vadodara-Gorakhpur Weekly Puja Special
Leaves 19:00 · Mon · 5 Oct to 23 Nov · railway notice - 09097 Udhna-Ayodhya Cantt Special
Tue · 6 Oct to 24 Nov · railway notice - 04132 SMVT Bengaluru-Kanpur Central Special (via Jolarpettai)
Wed · 7 Oct to 18 Nov · railway notice - 09183 Mumbai Central-Mau Special
Wed · 7 Oct to 25 Nov · railway notice - 04186 Asansol-Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi Bi-weekly Festival Special
Leaves 17:10 · Mon, Thu · 8 Oct to 30 Nov · railway notice - 01123 LTT-Mau Bi-Weekly Festival Special
Leaves 12:15 · Fri, Sun · 11 Oct to 20 Nov · railway notice - 01431 Hadapsar-Ghazipur City Bi-Weekly Festival Special
Leaves 06:55 · Tue, Fri · 13 Oct to 20 Nov · railway notice - 03131 Sealdah-Gorakhpur Puja Special
Leaves 23:40 · Tue, Thu · 13 Oct to 26 Nov · railway notice - 01051 LTT-Banaras Bi-Weekly Festival Special
Leaves 12:15 · Wed, Thu · 14 Oct to 19 Nov · railway notice - 01079 CSMT Mumbai-Gorakhpur Daily Festival Special
Leaves 22:30 · Daily · 16 Oct to 16 Nov · railway notice - 01415 Hadapsar-Gorakhpur Daily Festival Special
Leaves 07:05 · Daily · 16 Oct to 16 Nov · railway notice - 03527 Asansol-Gorakhpur Puja Special
Leaves 13:20 · Fri · 16 Oct to 27 Nov · railway notice - 09093 Udhna-Ayodhya Cantt Special
Fri · 16 Oct to 13 Nov · railway notice - 05168 LTT-Banaras Weekly Festival Special
Leaves 18:10 · Sun · 18 Oct to 29 Nov · railway notice - 01045 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus-Ayodhya Cantt Bi-weekly Amrit Bharat Special
Leaves 07:35 · Mon, Fri · 19 Oct to 27 Nov · railway notice - 04184 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Prayagraj Jn Weekly Festival Special
Leaves 15:45 · Wed · 21 Oct to 2 Dec · railway notice - 04211 LTT Mumbai-Sultanpur Weekly Special
Leaves 15:00 · Thu · 22 Oct to 12 Nov · railway notice - 04225 LTT Mumbai-Varanasi Weekly Special
Leaves 15:00 · Fri · 23 Oct to 13 Nov · railway notice
To NCT of Delhi (21)
- 05219 Muzaffarpur Jn-Anand Vihar Terminal Express Special
Leaves 13:30 · Fri · 11 Sept to 27 Nov · railway notice - 04013 Laukaha Bazar-Anand Vihar Terminal Reserved Festival Special
Leaves 21:30 · Daily · 17 Sept to 30 Nov · railway notice - 04213 Ayodhya Cantt-Anand Vihar Terminal Bi-Weekly Festival Special
Leaves 18:20 · Thu, Sun · 1 Oct to 29 Nov · railway notice - 04095 Patliputra-Anand Vihar Terminal Reserved Special
Leaves 00:45 · Daily · 2 Oct to 30 Nov · railway notice - 04097 Darbhanga-Shakurbasti Reserved Festival Special
Leaves 14:00 · Sun, Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat · 2 Oct to 30 Nov · railway notice - 04209 Varanasi-Delhi Reserved Festival Special
Leaves 22:15 · Mon, Wed, Fri · 2 Oct to 27 Nov · railway notice - 04071 Supaul Jn-New Delhi Reserved Daily Special
Leaves 07:45 · Daily · 3 Oct to 30 Nov · railway notice - 04089 Danapur-New Delhi Reserved Superfast Special
Sat · 3 Oct to 21 Nov · railway notice - 04051 Howrah Jn-New Delhi Reserved Festival Special
Leaves 01:40 · Sun · 4 Oct to 29 Nov · railway notice - 05085 Chhapra-Anand Vihar Terminal Weekly Festival Special (via Gorakhpur)
Leaves 13:05 · Tue · 6 Oct to 24 Nov · railway notice - 04007 Jogbani-Anand Vihar Terminal Reserved Weekly Festival Special
Leaves 18:30 · Sun · 11 Oct to 8 Nov · railway notice - 04061 Bhagalpur-Anand Vihar Terminal Reserved Festival Special
Leaves 16:30 · Daily · 11 Oct to 26 Nov · railway notice - 04027 Muzaffarpur Jn-Anand Vihar Terminal Reserved Bi-Weekly Festival Special
Leaves 06:15 · Wed, Sat · 14 Oct to 25 Nov · railway notice - 04009 Sitamarhi-Delhi Reserved Weekly Festival Special
Leaves 00:45 · Sat · 17 Oct to 21 Nov · railway notice - 04183 Prayagraj Jn-Hazrat Nizamuddin Weekly Festival Special
Leaves 15:25 · Tue · 20 Oct to 1 Dec · railway notice - 01913 Khajuraho-Hazrat Nizamuddin Tri-weekly Festival Special
Leaves 22:15 · Mon, Wed, Sat · 21 Oct to 18 Nov · railway notice - 02251 Patna-New Delhi Vande Bharat Festival Special
Leaves 10:00 · Tue, Thu, Sun · 22 Oct to 26 Nov · railway notice - 02253 Patna-New Delhi Vande Bharat Festival Special
Leaves 10:00 · Mon, Wed, Sat · 24 Oct to 28 Nov · railway notice - 04403 Patna Jn-Shakurbasti Unreserved Festival Special
Leaves 15:40 · Specific dates · 6 Nov to 15 Nov · railway notice - 04409 Jhanjharpur Jn-Shakur Basti Unreserved Festival Special
Leaves 18:15 · Specific dates · 6 Nov to 15 Nov · railway notice - 04405 Mansi-Shakur Basti Unreserved Festival Special
Leaves 04:30 · Specific dates · 7 Nov to 16 Nov · railway notice
To West Bengal (14)
- 06565 SMVT Bengaluru-Malda Town Weekly Special
Sun · 20 Sept to 22 Nov · railway notice - 04052 New Delhi-Howrah Jn Reserved Festival Special
Leaves 18:15 · Fri · 2 Oct to 27 Nov · railway notice - 04185 Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi-Asansol Bi-weekly Festival Special
Leaves 09:20 · Wed, Sun · 7 Oct to 29 Nov · railway notice - 03136 Patna-Sealdah Puja Special
Leaves 16:30 · Tue · 13 Oct to 24 Nov · railway notice - 03132 Gorakhpur-Sealdah Puja Special
Leaves 20:35 · Wed, Fri · 14 Oct to 27 Nov · railway notice - 03186 Madhubani-Kolkata Puja Special
Leaves 16:55 · Wed · 14 Oct to 25 Nov · railway notice - 03042 Raxaul-Howrah Puja Special
Leaves 17:45 · Fri · 16 Oct to 27 Nov · railway notice - 03134 Sitamarhi-Sealdah Puja Special
Leaves 17:00 · Sat · 17 Oct to 28 Nov · railway notice - 03188 Madhubani-Kolkata Puja Special
Leaves 16:55 · Sat · 17 Oct to 28 Nov · railway notice - 03465 Malda Town-Digha Puja Special
Leaves 13:10 · Sat · 17 Oct to 28 Nov · railway notice - 03528 Gorakhpur-Asansol Puja Special
Leaves 06:00 · Sat · 17 Oct to 28 Nov · railway notice - 03044 Raxaul-Howrah Puja Special
Leaves 17:45 · Sun · 18 Oct to 29 Nov · railway notice - 03466 Digha-Malda Town Puja Special
Leaves 23:40 · Sun · 18 Oct to 29 Nov · railway notice - 03512 Patna-Asansol Puja Special
Leaves 21:55 · Sun · 18 Oct to 29 Nov · railway notice
To Maharashtra (13)
- 09184 Mau-Mumbai Central Special
Fri · 9 Oct to 27 Nov · railway notice - 01144 Danapur-LTT Daily Festival Special
Leaves 00:10 · Daily · 10 Oct to 22 Nov · railway notice - 01124 Mau-LTT Bi-Weekly Festival Special
Leaves 04:15 · Sun, Tue · 13 Oct to 22 Nov · railway notice - 01044 Samastipur-LTT Weekly AC Festival Special
Leaves 03:00 · Thu · 15 Oct to 19 Nov · railway notice - 01052 Banaras-LTT Bi-Weekly Festival Special
Leaves 20:30 · Thu, Fri · 15 Oct to 20 Nov · railway notice - 01432 Ghazipur City-Hadapsar Bi-Weekly Festival Special
Leaves 04:00 · Thu, Sun · 15 Oct to 22 Nov · railway notice - 01416 Gorakhpur-Hadapsar Daily Festival Special
Leaves 17:30 · Daily · 17 Oct to 17 Nov · railway notice - 05167 Banaras-LTT Weekly Festival Special
Leaves 09:50 · Sat · 17 Oct to 28 Nov · railway notice - 01080 Gorakhpur-CSMT Mumbai Daily Festival Special
Leaves 14:30 · Daily · 18 Oct to 18 Nov · railway notice - 01046 Ayodhya Cantt-Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Bi-weekly Amrit Bharat Special
Leaves 13:50 · Tue, Sat · 20 Oct to 28 Nov · railway notice - 04212 Sultanpur-LTT Mumbai Weekly Special
Leaves 04:00 · Wed · 21 Oct to 11 Nov · railway notice - 04226 Varanasi-LTT Mumbai Weekly Special
Leaves 01:35 · Thu · 22 Oct to 12 Nov · railway notice - 01208 Samastipur-Nagpur Weekly Festival Special (via Gorakhpur)
Leaves 03:00 · Fri · 23 Oct to 13 Nov · railway notice
To Karnataka (12)
- 02811 Bhubaneswar-Yesvantpur Weekly Express Special
Sat · 5 Sept to 28 Nov · railway notice - 04135 Subedarganj-Yesvantpur Weekly Express Special
Leaves 21:20 · Fri · 11 Sept to 4 Dec · railway notice - 06566 Malda Town-SMVT Bengaluru Weekly Special
Leaves 16:00 · Wed · 23 Sept to 25 Nov · railway notice - 06572 Katihar-Yesvantpur Weekly Special
Leaves 05:15 · Fri · 25 Sept to 27 Nov · railway notice - 04149 Prayagraj-Yesvantpur Special
Wed · 30 Sept to 9 Dec · railway notice - 04131 Kanpur Central-SMVT Bengaluru Special (via Jolarpettai)
Sun · 4 Oct to 15 Nov · railway notice - 05952 New Tinsukia-SMVT Bengaluru Weekly Festival Special
Leaves 18:45 · Thu · 8 Oct to 12 Nov · railway notice - 06582 Saharsa-Yesvantpur Weekly Express Special
Leaves 05:55 · Wed · 14 Oct to 2 Dec · railway notice - 08637 Hatia-SMVT Bengaluru Weekly Puja Special
Leaves 09:00 · Wed · 14 Oct to 11 Nov · railway notice - 07316 Muzaffarpur-SSS Hubballi Express Special
Leaves 08:40 · Fri · 16 Oct to 27 Nov · railway notice - 06560 Rangapara North-SMVT Bengaluru Weekly Express Special
Leaves 04:30 · Sat · 24 Oct to 28 Nov · railway notice - 06212 Darbhanga-Mysuru Weekly Express Special
Leaves 07:05 · Sat · 31 Oct to 28 Nov · railway notice
To Andhra Pradesh (4)
- 03253 Patna-Charlapalli Special
Mon, Wed · 21 Sept to 30 Nov · railway notice - 07028 Berhampur-Charlapalli Festival Special
Leaves 13:00 · Sat · 3 Oct to 28 Nov · railway notice - 07092 Danapur-Hyderabad Special
Leaves 03:00 · Mon · 5 Oct to 30 Nov · railway notice - 07042 Sasaram-Charlapalli Weekly Festival Special
Fri · 9 Oct to 27 Nov · railway notice
To Chandigarh (3)
- 04227 Varanasi-Chandigarh Reserved Bi-Weekly Festival Special
Leaves 11:05 · Thu, Sun · 1 Oct to 29 Nov · railway notice - 04511 Patna Jn-Chandigarh Reserved Weekly Festival Special
Leaves 23:15 · Fri · 2 Oct to 27 Nov · railway notice - 04535 Barauni-Chandigarh Weekly Reserved Festival Special (via Gorakhpur)
Leaves 02:35 · Sun · 25 Oct to 29 Nov · railway notice
To Gujarat (3)
- 09098 Ayodhya Cantt-Udhna Special
Wed · 7 Oct to 25 Nov · railway notice - 09112 Gorakhpur-Vadodara Weekly Puja Special
Leaves 05:00 · Wed · 7 Oct to 25 Nov · railway notice - 09094 Ayodhya Cantt-Udhna Special
Sat · 17 Oct to 14 Nov · railway notice
To Assam (2)
- 05951 SMVT Bengaluru-New Tinsukia Weekly Festival Special
Leaves 00:05 · Mon · 12 Oct to 16 Nov · railway notice - 06559 SMVT Bengaluru-Rangapara North Weekly Express Special
Leaves 23:40 · Tue · 20 Oct to 24 Nov · railway notice
To Odisha (2)
- 02812 Yesvantpur-Bhubaneswar Weekly Express Special
Mon · 7 Sept to 30 Nov · railway notice - 07027 Charlapalli-Berhampur Festival Special
Leaves 15:00 · Fri · 2 Oct to 27 Nov · railway notice
To Punjab (2)
- 04615 Patna Jn-Firozpur Cantt Reserved Weekly Festival Special
Leaves 20:20 · Wed · 7 Oct to 25 Nov · railway notice - 04639 Muzaffarpur-Chheharta Weekly Festival Special (via Gorakhpur)
Leaves 16:00 · Tue · 20 Oct to 1 Dec · railway notice
To Haryana (1)
- 05301 Mau-Ambala Cantt Weekly Festival Special (via Gorakhpur)
Leaves 04:40 · Thu · 1 Oct to 26 Nov · railway notice
To Jharkhand (1)
- 08638 SMVT Bengaluru-Hatia Weekly Puja Special
Leaves 00:30 · Fri · 16 Oct to 13 Nov · railway notice
To Madhya Pradesh (1)
- 01914 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Khajuraho Tri-weekly Festival Special
Leaves 12:30 · Tue, Thu, Sun · 22 Oct to 19 Nov · railway notice
To Rajasthan (1)
- 04824 Mau-Jodhpur Weekly Festival Special
Leaves 04:00 · Tue · 6 Oct to 1 Dec · railway notice
To Uttarakhand (1)
- 05089 Chhapra-Lalkuan Festival Special (via Gorakhpur)
Leaves 11:40 · Sun · 6 Dec to 13 Dec · railway notice
Dates and days come from each notice. A special can be cancelled or rescheduled after it is published.