Central Railway to run 186 special trains, including 94 Holi specials

Central Railway on Monday announced it will operate 186 special train services between Mumbai Pune Nagpur Sawantwadi Road Banaras Gorakhpur Samastipur Danapur and Hazrat Nizamuddin This includes 94 Holi 2026 special trains and 92 regular special trainsThese services are to manage the extra passenger rush during the upcoming Holi festivalThe services cover a mix of daily biweekly and weekly trains connecting major routes in Maharashtra and beyondSpecial servicesCSMTNagpurCSMT Biweekly specials 10 servicesTrain no 02141 Biweekly special will leave CSMT every Sunday and Tuesday at 0020 hrs from 22022026 to 08032026 and will arrive at Nagpur at 1510 hrsTrain no 02142 Biweekly special will leave Nagpur every Sunday and Tuesday at 2000 hrs from 22022026 to 08032026 and will arrive at CSMT at 1330 hrs next dayThese trains will run as Special Trains on 22022026 and 24022026 4 services and as Holi Special Trains on 01032026 03032026 and 08032026 6 servicesComposition 1 AC2 Tier 6 AC3 Tier 9 Sleeper Class 4 General Second Class and 2 General Second Class cum Guardrsquos brake vanHalts Dadar Thane Kalyan Nashik Road Manmad Jalgaon Bhusaval Malkapur Shegaon Akola Murtizapur Badnera Dhamangaon and WardhaCSMTSawantwadi RoadCSMT Weekly specials 4 servicesTrain no 01171 Weekly special will leave CSMT every Thursday at 0020 hrs on 26022026 and 05032026 and arrive at Sawantwadi Road at 1230 hrs same dayTrain no 01172 Weekly special will leave Sawantwadi Road every Thursday at 1720 hrs on 26022026 and 05032026 and arrive at CSMT at 0345 hrs next dayThese trains will run as Special Trains on 26022026 2 services and as Holi Special Trains on 05032026 2 servicesComposition 1 AC2 Tier 6 AC3 Tier 9 Sleeper Class 4 General Second Class and 2 General Second Class cum Guardrsquos brake vanHalts Dadar Thane Panvel Pen Roha Mangaon Veer Khed Chiplun Sawarda Arawali Road Sangameshwar Road Ratnagiri Adavali Vilavade Rajapur Road Vaibhavwadi Road Nandgaon Road Kankavali Sindhudurg and KudalCSMT MumbaiGorakhpurCSMT Daily specials 32 servicesTrain no 01079 Daily special will leave CSMT daily at 2230 hrs from 21022026 to 08032026 and arrive at Gorakhpur at 1000 hrs on the third dayTrain no 01080 Daily special will leave Gorakhpur daily at 1430 hrs from 23022026 to 10032026 and arrive at CSMT at 0040 hrs on the third dayThese trains will run as Special Trains from 21022026 to 02032026 16 services and as Holi Special Trains from 01032026 to 10032026 16 servicesComposition 1 AC2 Tier 6 AC3 Tier 9 Sleeper Class 4 General Second Class and 2 General Second Class cum Guardrsquos brake vanHalts Dadar Thane Kalyan Nashik Road Manmad Jalgaon Bhusaval Khandwa Itarsi Bhopal Bina Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi Orai Kanpur Central Lucknow Gonda Basti and KhalilabadLTTndashSawantwadi RoadndashLTT Weekly Special 4 servicesTrain no 01119 Weekly Special will leave LTT every Thursday at 2215 hrs on 26022026 and 05032026 and will arrive at Sawantwadi Road at 0930 hrs the next dayTrain no 01120 Weekly Special will leave Sawantwadi Road every Friday at 1720 hrs on 27022026 and 06032026 and will arrive at LTT at 0405 hrs the next dayThese trains will run as Special Trains on 26022026 and 27022026 2 services and as Holi Special Trains on 05032026 and 06032026 2 servicesComposition 1 First AC 3 AC 2Tier 7 AC 3Tier 8 Sleeper Class 1 Pantry Car and 2 Generator CarsHalts Thane Panvel Pen Roha Mangaon Veer Khed Chiplun Sangameshwar Road Ratnagiri Adavali Vilavade Rajapur Road Vaibhavwadi Road Nandgaon Road Kankavali Sindhudurg and KudalLTTndashBanarasndashLTT BiWeekly Special 8 servicesTrain no 01073 BiWeekly Special will leave LTT every Wednesday and Thursday at 1215 hrs on 25022026 26022026 04032026 and 05032026 and will arrive at Banaras at 0110 hrs on the third dayTrain no 01074 BiWeekly Special will leave Banaras every Friday and Saturday at 0635 hrs on 27022026 28022026 06032026 and 07032026 and will arrive at LTT at 1640 hrs the next dayThese trains will run as Special Trains on 25022026 26022026 27022026 and 28022026 4 services and as Holi Special Trains on 04032026 05032026 06032026 and 07032026 4 servicesComposition 1 AC 2Tier 6 AC 3Tier 9 Sleeper Class 4 General Second Class and 2 General Second Class cum Guardrsquos Brake VansHalts Thane Kalyan Igatpuri Nashik Road Jalgaon Bhusaval Khandwa Itarsi Rani Kamlapati Jn Bina Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi Orai Govindpuri Fatehpur Subedarganj and Varanasi Jn for 01073 onlyLTTndashSamastipurndashLTT Weekly AC Special 4 servicesTrain no 01043 Weekly Special will leave LTT every Tuesday at 1215 hrs on 24022026 and 03032026 and will arrive at Samastipur at 2345 hrs the next dayTrain no 01044 Weekly Special will leave Samastipur every Thursday at 0300 hrs on 26022026 and 05032026 and will arrive at LTT at 1625 hrs the next dayThese trains will run as Special Trains on 24022026 and 26022026 2 services and as Holi Special Trains on 03032026 and 05032026 2 servicesComposition 1 First AC 3 AC 2Tier 15 AC 3Tier 1 Pantry Car and 2 Generator CarsHalts Thane Kalyan Igatpuri Nashik Road Jalgaon Bhusaval Khandwa Itarsi Jabalpur Satna Manikpur Prayagraj Cheoki Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyay Buxar Ara Danapur Patliputra Sonpur Hajipur and MuzaffarpurBookings for special trains 02141 02142 01171 01079 01119 01073 01043 01143 01469 01470 01457 01458 01481 01449 01431 01415 and 01491 will open on Wednesday at all computerised reservation centres and on the official IRCTC websitePassengers planning trips beyond the current ARP can book tickets on the corresponding subsequent ARP datesBookings for unreserved coaches at normal charges will continue to be available through the UTS system the CR officials saidFor more details check IRCTC website the Central Railway said