Central Railway announces 17 special trains for Diwali and Chhath Puja rush

In preparation for the upcoming Diwali and Chhath Puja festivals Central Railway has announced a series of special train services scheduled to run on October 24 These special trains aim to accommodate the anticipated surge in passenger traffic and will operate across key divisions including Mumbai Pune Solapur and NagpurMumbai DivisionA total of five special trains will operate from the Mumbai regionTrain No 01079 CSMTGorakhpur Special departing at 2230 hrsTrain No 01179 LTTSawantwadi Road Special departing at 0820 hrsTrain No 01143 LTTDanapur Special departing at 1030 hrsTrain No 01123 LTTMau Special departing at 1215 hrsTrain No 01159 PanvelChiplun Unreserved Special departing at 1640 hrsPune DivisionThe Pune division will operate a robust set of services to key destinationsTrain No 01431 PuneGhazipur City Special departing at 0640 hrsTrain No 01415 PuneGorakhpur Special departing at 0650 hrsTrain No 01405 PuneSanganer Special departing at 0945 hrsTrain No 01449 PuneDanapur Special departing at 1530 hrsTrain No 01491 PuneHazrat Nizamuddin Special departing at 1730 hrsTrain No 01481 PuneDanapur Special departing at 1955 hrsTrain No 01202 HadapsarNagpur Special departing at 1550 hrsTrain No 01430 HadapsarLatur Special departing at 1605 hrsTrain No 01421 DaundKalaburagi Unreserved Special departing at 0500 hrsSolapur DivisionThe Solapur region will see the following servicesTrain No 01422 KalaburagiDaund Unreserved Special departing at 1610 hrsTrain No 01429 LaturHadapsar Special departing at 0930 hrsNagpur DivisionFrom Nagpur Train No 02140 NagpurLTT Special will depart at 1330 hrs to cater to longdistance travellers heading toward MumbaiAll special trains will feature a varied mix of coach classes including AC First Class AC 2Tier AC 3Tier Sleeper Class and General Second Class coaches Certain trains will also include pantry cars and generator vans for added passenger convenienceCentral Railway runs 1998 special trains for Diwali 2025 and festive season Chhath PujaTo help passengers during the busy Diwali and Chhath Puja travel season Indian Railways is running 12011 special trains across the country Out of these Central Railway alone is operating 1998 special servicesmdashboth reserved and unreservedmdashbetween September 19 and November 30 2025 an official statement said on TuesdayIt said that over 600 of these trains are from the Mumbai region with more than 100 regular trains and 8ndash10 special trains running daily So far 705 trips have been completed carrying over 1068 lakh passengers The total number of planned trips is expected to benefit more than 30 lakh travellers heading to states like Bihar Uttar Pradesh West Bengal and Madhya PradeshPopular trains such as DadarndashGorakhpur DadarndashBallia and NagpurndashMadgaon specials are running before the peak dates to meet demand Daily more than 15 special trains are being run and around 26 October this number will peak at 24 trains a day the statement said