Chhath Puja Special Trains: Northern Railway has announced extra unreserved festival special trains to handle the rush of passengers heading to Uttar Pradesh and Bihar for Diwali and Chhath Puja. Demand has gone up sharply, so officials have been keeping an eye on how full the regular trains are and adding services where needed. Two of these new unreserved trains will link Punjab and Delhi with Bihar.

Sirhind-Saharsa Unreserved Festival Special (04568)

This train will start from Sirhind at 2 PM. It stops at Rajpura Junction, Ambala Cantt Junction, Yamuna Nagar Jagadhri and Saharanpur Junction. After Saharanpur, it will follow the same path and halt pattern as the Purnea Court Jan Sewa or Saharsa Festival Special (14618/04528).

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Anand Vihar Terminal-Bhagalpur Unreserved Festival Special (04456)

Leaving Anand Vihar Terminal at 1:30 PM, this service will run on the route of the Vikramshila Express (12368). Key stops include Ghaziabad, Aligarh, Tundla, Kanpur Central, Prayagraj Junction and Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Junction. From there, it continues through Buxar, Ara, Patna, Fatuha, Bakhtiyarpur, Barh, Mokama, Hathidah Junction, Lakhisarai Junction, Kiul, Jamalpur and Sultanganj before ending at Bhagalpur.

More Festival Special Trains Across Delhi-NCR

Besides the unreserved ones, Northern Railway has also put on extra reserved specials between New Delhi and Gorakhpur, and between Anand Vihar Terminal and Chhapra. A few more unreserved trains will run from Hazrat Nizamuddin to Jhansi and from Ghaziabad to Aligarh. These trains will operate only on selected dates in November. Some will run between 3 and 17 November, while others are scheduled from 5 to 14 November.

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How To Check Festival Special Train Details

You can look up the latest timings and book tickets on the official IRCTC website or its authorised apps. Before you plan your trip, always check the train number, departure time, date of journey, stoppages and availability of seats. These specials only run on certain days, so check to make sure the train is running on the date you want to travel.