Railways to run 1,244 Holi Special trains from Feb 25 to Mar 18: Check list

Indian Railways said that it will operate 1,244 Holi Special train trips between February 25 and March 18 to ease the festive rush, improve connectivity across various zones

The Ministry of Railways on Wednesday announced that 1,244 Holi Special train trips will be operated between February 25 and March 18 to manage the festive rush.

 

The additional services will run across multiple railway zones and link major cities, state capitals and key regional centres. The aim is to ease congestion on regular trains and provide confirmed accommodation to passengers, the ministry said.

 

"Indian Railways has made elaborate arrangements to facilitate smooth, safe and comfortable travel for passengers during the upcoming Holi festival. To manage the anticipated surge in passenger traffic, 1,244 Holi Special train trips are to be operated across various railway zones for the Holi period from  February 25 to March 18. The number may increase up to 1,500 if more demand is observed," it said.

 

Officials said long-distance routes will connect Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur with Danapur, Gorakhpur, Hazrat Nizamuddin, Samastipur and Barauni. Services will also link Visakhapatnam, Puri and Bhubaneswar with Shalimar, Patna, Yesvantpur and Dhanbad.

 

In addition, major stations in Bihar and Jharkhand, such as Patna, Darbhanga, Saharsa and Dhanbad, will be connected to New Delhi, Anand Vihar Terminal, Chandigarh and SMVT Bengaluru.

 

The ministry said eastern and northern corridors will see stronger connectivity between Howrah, Sealdah, Kolkata and Malda Town and destinations including Raxaul, Madhubani, Gorakhpur and Anand Vihar Terminal. Stations in the Delhi region will have expanded links to Varanasi, Lucknow, Ayodhya Cantonment, Haridwar, Amritsar and Katihar.

 

It further said that the special trains from the southern region will connect MGR Chennai Central, Ernakulam, Thiruvananthapuram North, Coimbatore, Secunderabad, Tirupati and SMVT Bengaluru with Patna, Barauni, Muzaffarpur, Santragachi, Ajmer, Jaipur and other northern and eastern centres,” the statement said.

 

"Western India, including Mumbai Central, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat and Bandra Terminus, will have additional links to Kanpur, Katihar, Banaras, Gorakhpur, Darbhanga and Bhagalpur," the ministry added.

Here's is the full list of special trains: 

Central Railway

Train No.	Route	Start Date	End Date
01469/01470	Pune–Nagpur–Pune	Feb 25	Mar 5
01073/01074	LTT–Banaras–LTT	Feb 25	Mar 7
01481/01482	Pune–Danapur–Pune	Feb 27	Mar 8
01431/01432	Pune–Ghazipur City–Pune	Feb 24	Mar 8
01043/01044	LTT–Samastipur–LTT	Feb 26	Mar 5
01491/01492	Pune–Hazrat Nizamuddin–Pune	Feb 27	Mar 7
01079/01080	CSMT–Gorakhpur–CSMT	Feb 25	Mar 8
01415/01416	Pune–Gorakhpur–Pune	Feb 25	Mar 8
01143/01144	LTT–Danapur–LTT	Feb 25	Mar 8
01449/01450	Pune–Danapur–Pune	Feb 25	Mar 8

East Coast Railway

 

Train No.	Route	From Date	To Date
08507/08508	Visakhapatnam–Shalimar–Visakhapatnam	Mar 3	Mar 18
08439/08440	Puri–Patna–Puri	Feb 28	Mar 15
02811/02812	Bhubaneswar–Yesvantpur–Bhubaneswar	Feb 28	Mar 16
02831/02832	Bhubaneswar–Dhanbad–Bhubaneswar	Feb 25	Mar 18

East Central Railway

Train No.	Route	Start Date	End Date
02563/02564	Barauni–New Delhi–Barauni	Feb 25	Mar 18
02569/02570	Darbhanga–New Delhi–Darbhanga	Feb 25	Mar 18
05575/05576	Saharsa–Anand Vihar Terminal–Saharsa	Mar 10	Mar 18
05579/05580	Purnea Court–Anand Vihar Terminal–Purnea Court	Mar 6	Mar 18
03293/03294	Patna–Old Delhi–Patna	Mar 5	Mar 16

 

Eastern Railway

Train No.	Route	Start Date	End Date
03043/03044	Howrah–Raxaul–Howrah	Feb 28	Mar 15
03183/03184	Sealdah–Madhubani–Sealdah	Feb 28	Mar 8
03009/03010	Dankuni–Anand Vihar–Dankuni	Feb 28	Mar 8
03435/03436	Malda Town–Anand Vihar–Malda Town	Mar 2	Mar 17
03101/03102	Sealdah–Malda Town–Sealdah	Feb 27	Mar 21

Northern Railway

Train No.	Route	Start Date	End Date
04209/04210	New Delhi–Varanasi–New Delhi	Feb 25	Mar 8
04052/04051	New Delhi–Howrah–New Delhi	Feb 25	Mar 8
04014/04013	New Delhi–Barauni–New Delhi	Feb 25	Mar 8
04070/04069	Anand Vihar–Lucknow–Anand Vihar	Feb 25	Mar 8
04414/04413	Hazrat Nizamuddin–Mathura–Hazrat Nizamuddin	Feb 25	Mar 8

 

North Eastern Railway

Train No.	Route	Start Date	End Date
05046/05045	Lal Kuan–Rajkot–Lal Kuan	Feb 27	Mar 14
05301/05302	Mau–Ambala Cantt–Mau	Mar 5	Mar 13
05005/05006	Barhni–Amritsar–Barhni	Mar 4	Mar 18
05017/05018	Mau–Valsad–Mau	Feb 28	Mar 8

 

North Central Railway 

Train No.	Route	Start Date	End Date
04212	Sultanpur–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus	Feb 26	Mar 2
04226	Varanasi–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus	Feb 25	Mar 1
04203	Lucknow–New Delhi	Feb 23	Mar 2
04209	Varanasi–Delhi	Feb 22	Mar 6
04227	Varanasi–Chandigarh	Feb 21	Feb 28

  North Frontier Railway 

Train No.	Route	Start Date	End Date
05932/05931	Dibrugarh–Kolkata–Dibrugarh	Feb 28	Mar 9
05633/05634	Narangi–Gorakhpur–Narangi	Feb 26	Mar 12
05736/05735	Katihar–Amritsar–Katihar	Feb 25	Mar 18

North Western Railway 

Train No.	Route	Start Date	End Date
09705/09706	Jaipur–Bandra Terminus–Jaipur	Mar 1	Mar 16
04829/04830	Jodhpur–Gorakhpur–Jodhpur	Mar 5	Mar 13
09621/09622	Ajmer–Bandra Terminus–Ajmer	Mar 1	Mar 16

South Central Railway 

Train No.	Route	Start Date	End Date
07092	Charlapalli–Danapur	Feb 25	Mar 9
07512/07513	Charlapalli–Shalimar–Charlapalli	Feb 26	Mar 5
07051/07052	Tirupati–Raxaul–Tirupati	Feb 28	Mar 10

South Eastern Railway 

Train No.	Route	Start Date	End Date
08185/08186	Hatia–Durg–Hatia	Feb 25	Mar 18
02839/02840	Shalimar–Puri–Shalimar	Feb 28	Mar 16
08629/08630	Ranchi–Gorakhpur–Ranchi	Feb 25	Mar 18

South East Central Railway 

Train No.	Route	Start Date	End Date
08263/08264	Bilaspur–Hyderabad–Bilaspur	Feb 27	Mar 5
08751/08752	Durg–Hazrat Nizamuddin–Durg	Mar 1	Mar 3

Southern Railway 

Train No.	Route	Start Date	End Date
06019/06020	MGR Chennai Central–Hazrat Nizamuddin	Mar 1	Mar 15
06085/06086	Ernakulam–Muzaffarpur	Feb 25	Mar 18
06181/06182	Coimbatore–Jaipur	Mar 1	Mar 16

South Western Railway 

Train No.	Route	Start Date	End Date
06565/06566	SMVT Bengaluru–Malda Town	Feb 28	Mar 16
06281/06282	Mysuru–Ajmer	Mar 1	Mar 16

West Central Railway 

Train No.	Route	Start Date	End Date
01665/01666	Rani Kamlapati–Agartala	Feb 27	Mar 14
02131/02132	Pune–Jabalpur	Mar 1	Mar 15
02187/02188	Rewa–CSMT	Feb 26	Mar 13

Western Railway 

Train No.	Route	Start Date	End Date
09185/09186	Mumbai Central–Kanpur Anwarganj	Mar 1	Mar 15
09189/09190	Mumbai Central–Katihar	Feb 28	Mar 14
09025/09026	Valsad–Danapur	Mar 2	Mar 16
09447/09448	Ahmedabad–Patna	Feb 27	Mar 13

Konkan Railway

 

Train No.	Route	Start Date	End Date
01003/01004	LTT–Madgaon–LTT	Mar 1	Mar 8
01159/01160	Diva–Chiplun–Diva	Feb 25	Mar 8