Central Railway to operate 30 additional special trains for Diwali

Central Railway on Friday announced that it will run 30 additional special trains to cater to the passenger rush during the upcoming Diwali 2025 festive seasonAmong the new services the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus LTTndashMadgaon weekly special will operate six times in OctoberTrain 01003 will depart LTT at 820 am on Mondays October 6 13 and 20 and reach Madgaon at 1040 pm the same dayThe return service 01004 will leave Madgaon at 430 pm on October 5 12 and 19 and reach LTT at 620 am the next dayBoth the trains will halt at Thane Panvel Pen Roha Mangaon Khed Chiplun Sangameshwar Road Ratnagiri and Karmali stationsThe trainrsquos composition will include one airconditioned AC2 tier three AC3 tier two AC3 tier economy eight sleeper class four general secondclass coaches a second seating and guardrsquos brake van and a generator VanBooking for train 01003 will open on Saturday at all computerised reservation centres and on the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation IRCTC websiteIn addition 24 PanvelndashChiplun unreserved special services will operate on Fridays Saturdays and Sundays till October 26Train 01159 will depart Panvel at 440 pm and reach Chiplun at 955 pmTrain 01160 will leave Chiplun at 1105 am and arrive Panvel at 410 pmThese trains will run as unreserved with tickets available through the Unreserved Ticketing System UTS systemThe trains will halt at Somatane Apta Jite Pen Roha Kolad Mangaon Veer and Anjani stationsCentral Railway also announced a change in train numbers for the PunendashDanapurndashSupaul ExpressTrain 12149 will now operate as 11401 and train 12150 will run as 11402 from December 4For detailed timings and halts passengers can visit wwwenquiryindianrailgovin or download the National Train Enquiry System NTES appWestern Railway to run five pairs of festival special trains from October 1 to November 30The Western Railway will operate Festival Special Trains on a special fare the Bandra TerminusndashSanganer Rajasthan IndoreKhadki IndorendashHazrat Nizamuddin SabarmatindashPatna and RajkotndashBarauni Bihar corridors to cater to the high passenger footfall during Durga Puja Diwali and Chhath PujaThe details of the trains are as followsBandra TerminusndashSanganer Superfast Weekly Special Train Nos 0902309024Duration 18 trips from October 2 to November 27Timings 09023 departs Bandra Terminus every Thursday at 445 pm reaching Sanganer at 1230 pm the next day Train 09024 departs Sanganer every Friday at 450 pm arriving Bandra Terminus at 1115 am next dayHalts Borivali Palghar Vapi Valsad Surat Bharuch Vadodara Ratlam Nagda Madhya Pradesh Chaumahla Rajasthan Shamgarh Madhya Pradesh Bhawani Mandi and Ramganj Mandi Rajasthan Kota and Sawai MadhopurCoaches AC 2Tier AC 3Tier AC 3Tier EconomySabarmatindashPatna Weekly Special Train Nos 0942709428Duration 18 trips from October 1 to November 26Timings 09427 departs Sabarmati every Wednesday at 610 pm reaching Patna at 1 am on Friday 09428 departs Patna every Friday at 440 am arriving Sabarmati at 955 am the next dayHalts Mahesana Palanpur Gujarat Abu Road Marwar Ajmer Jaipur Gandhi Nagar Jaipur Dausa Bharatpur Achhnera Idgah Agra Tundla Etawah Kanpur Central Prayagraj Jn Mirzapur Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Buxar Ara DanapurCoaches AC 3TierIndorendashKhadki Weekly Special Train Nos 0932409323Duration 18 trips from October 1 to November 26Timings 09324 departs Indore every Wednesday at 1115 am reaching Khadki at 310 am the next day 09323 departs Khadki every Thursday at 510 am reaching Indore at 1155 pm the same dayHalts Dewas Ujjain Nagda Ratlam Godhra Vadodara Surat Valsad Vapi Vasai Road Kalyan LonavlaCoaches AC 2Tier AC 3TierIndorendashHazrat Nizamuddin BiWeekly Superfast Special Train Nos 0930909310Duration 36 trips from October 3 to November 30Timings 09309 departs Indore every Friday and Sunday at 5 pm reaching Hazrat Nizamuddin at 5 am the next day 09310 departs Hazrat Nizamuddin every Saturday and Monday at 820 pm arriving Indore at 9 pm same dayHalts Dewas Ujjain Nagda Ramganj Mandi Kota Sawai Madhopur Gangapur City MathuraCoaches AC 2Tier AC 3TierRajkot ndash Barauni Weekly Special Train Nos 0956909570Duration 18 trips from October 2 to November 27Timings 09569 departs Rajkot every Thursday at 5 pm reaching Barauni at 5 am on Saturday 09570 departs Barauni every Saturday at 240 pm arriving Rajkot at 440 pm on MondayHalts Wankaner Surendernagar Chandlodiya B Cabin Mahesana Palanpur Abu Road Falna Marwar Beawar Ajmer Kishangarh Jaipur Gandhi Nagar Jaipur Dausa Bandikui Bharatpur Idgah Agra Tundla Govindpuri Prayagraj Jn Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Buxar Ara Danapur Patliputra Sonpur Hajipur Shahpur PatoreeCoaches AC 2Tier AC 3TierThe bookings for the trains will open from Sunday at all passenger reservation system PRS counters and on the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation IRCTC website Passengers can visit wwwenquiryindianrailgovin for detailed information on timings and halts