• Source:JND

Indian Railways decided to operate 32 special trains, including Vande Bharat, between New Delhi and Patna via Kanpur to cater to the increased demand of passengers during Diwali, Chhath Puja and other festivals. The frequency of some of these trains has also been increased. This will provide convenience to the passengers and avoid overcrowding during the festive season.

The special trains include reserved, unreserved, superfast, AC and Rajdhani trains. Some of them will also stop at Etawah, Govindpur, Fatehpur, Bilhaur, Kannauj, Farrukhabad and Manikpur. The details of the special trains are as follows:

  • 02252/02251 New Delhi-Patna-New Delhi reserved Vande Bharat Special Express train will operate three trips via Kanpur Central from 11 to 17 November.

  • 09117/ 09118 Surat-Subedarganj-Surat special will operate four more trips from November 3 to November 25.

  • 09045/09046 Udhna-Patna-Udhna Superfast Special will also run four more trips from November 3 to 25.

  • 09185/09186 Mumbai Central-Kanpur Anwarganj-Mumbai Central weekly superfast special has also been increased to three trips from November 12 to November 27.

  • 09025/09026 Valsad-Danapur-Valsad special train will make eight additional trips from November 6 to 26.

  • 04048/04047 Anand Vihar Terminal–Katihar-Anand Vihar Terminal Unreserved Special Express will run four trips from November 8 to November 18.

  • 04058/04057 Anand Vihar Terminal–Jayanagar-Anand Vihar Terminal Festival Special Unreserved Express will run via Kanpur Central from November 9 to 19.

  • 04066/04065 Anand Vihar Terminal-Patna-Anand Vihar Terminal Superfast AC Festival Special Express will run eight trips via Kanpur Central between November 6 and December 1.

  • 04062/04061 Delhi-Barauni-Delhi reserved festival special express will make four trips from November 5 to 27.

  • 01678/01677 New Delhi–Gaya–New Delhi reserved superfast festival special express will make seven trips via Kanpur Central between November 6 to 28.

  • 02250/02249 New Delhi-Patna-New Delhi Reserved Rajdhani Festival Special Express train will make four trips via Kanpur Central between November 10 to 18.

  • 01409/01410 Lokmanya Tilak-Danapur-Lokmanya Tilak Superfast Express will operate 21 trips via Manikpur, four days a week till December 3.

  • 01415/01416 Pune-Danapur-Pune weekly special train from November 10 to December 3 via Manikpur four trips.

  • 01037/01038 Pune-Kanpur Central-Pune weekly from November 1 to 30 via Orai and Kanpur Central five trips.

  • 01039/01040 Pune-Danapur-Pune five trips will be operated weekly from November 4 to December 4 via Manikpur.

  • 03435/03436 Malda Town – Anand Vihar Terminal Chhath Puja special train will run two trips via Govindpuri between November 20 and November 28.