Seeing a rise in train bookings, the Indian Railways has announced multiple new special trains for travel across India. These trains require advance reservation and will mostly run on select dates to clear the rush from popular routes.
Important stations that will be connected are New Delhi, Bandra Terminus, Lokmanya Tilak Terminus, Pune, Gorakhpur, Bhagalpur, Howrah, Darbhanga, Bengaluru, and Dibrugarh, among others.
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Once you spot a train on your desired route, you can check its halt stations and timings on the ‘Trains by Name/No’ section on the home screen of the ixigo trains app.
We strongly urge you to also check the latest train travel guidelines before making any bookings. Here is the full list of special trains running during lockdown:
Northern Railway trains
> Fully reserved, single side trips will be run from Delhi to Saharsa, Darbhanga, Sitamarhi, along with a train from Mumbai to Gorakhpur via Lucknow. See the train chart here:
-: IMPORTANT INFORMATION :-
For the convenience of passengers, Railways have decided to run following Summer Special fully reserved Trains (Single Side Trips) as per schedule given below.
Accommodation available. pic.twitter.com/MkZNtgdAnb
— Northern Railway (@RailwayNorthern) April 22, 2021
> Outbound summer special trains will run from Mumbai to Manduadih, Chhapra, Barauni and Bhagalpur. One train will connect Pune and Manduadih, and one will run from Samastipur to Rajkot:
Kind attention Rail Passengers ~
For the convenience of passengers, Railways have decided to run more Summer Special Trains as under :- pic.twitter.com/yCBTP4JEF7
— Northern Railway (@RailwayNorthern) April 20, 2021
Southern Railway trains
> 06359 (Ernakulam – Patna Weekly Superfast Spl) will run on Saturdays starting from April 24
> 06360 (Patna – Ernakulam Weekly Superfast Spl) will run on Tuesdays starting from April 27
> 05905 (Kanniyakumari – Dibrugarh Superfast Spl) will run on April 24
> 05906 (Dibrugarh – Kanniyakumari Superfast Festival Spl) will run on April 28
> 06579 (Yesvantpur – Muzaffarpur Spl) will run every Friday from April 23 to June 25
> 06580 (Muzaffarpur – Yesvantpur Spl) will run every Monday from April 26 to June 28
> 02516 (Agartala – Bengaluru Cantt Spl) will run on Saturdays and Tuesdays from April 24 to May 11
> 02515 (Bengaluru Cantt – Agartala Spl) will run on Tuesdays and Fridays from April 27 to May 14
> 06597 (Yesvantpur – Howrah Spl) has started running on Thursdays up to June 24
> 06598 (Howrah – Yesvantpur Spl) will run on Tuesdays from April 27 to June 29
Western Railway trains
> 01226 (Chhapra – LTT Special) will run on April 26
> 01101 (Dadar – Manduadih Superfast Spl) will run on Sundays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays starting May 1.
> 01102 (Manduadih – Dadar Superfast Spl) will run on Tuesdays, Fridays, Mondays and Thursdays starting May 1.
> 09061 (Bandra T. – Barauni Spl) will run on April 26
> 09062 (Barauni – Bandra T. Spl) will run on April 29
Four pairs of existing summer special trains have also been extended owing to continued passenger demand:
पश्चिम रेलवे द्वारा यात्रियों की सुविधा के लिए मुंबई सेंट्रल-मंडुआडीह-दादर, बांद्रा टर्मिनस – गोरखपुर, बांद्रा टर्मिनस – भगत की कोठी तथा राजकोट – समस्तीपुर समर स्पेशल ट्रेनों के फेरे बढाए गए हैं।
बढ़े हुए फेरों का आरक्षण 24/04/2021 से प्रारंभ । @drmbct pic.twitter.com/Hrjjfws9fr
— Western Railway (@WesternRly) April 23, 2021
Eastern Railway trains
> 02841 (New Jalpaiguri – Howrah Shatabdi Spl) will run on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays starting April 28. The return trip (02842) will run on the same days starting from the same date.
> 01461 (Pune – Bhagalpur Spl) will run on April 24
> 01462 (Bhagalpur – Pune Spl) will run on April 25
> 09079 (Bandra T. – Bhagat ki Kothi Spl) will run an extended trip on May 1
> 09080 (Bhagat ki Kothi – Bandra T. Spl) will run an extended trip on May 2
We hope you have a safe journey with the Indian Railways!
