2024 Eastern Railway Durga Puja Special Trains

The Eastern Railway (ER) has announced several special trains for the festive season of 2024, including: 

Kolkata-Puri Special

The 03101 train will leave Kolkata at 11:50 PM on Thursdays from October 3 to November 28, 2024, and arrive in Puri at 9:35 AM the next day. The 03102 train will leave Puri at 3 PM on Fridays from October 4 to November 29, 2024, and arrive in Kolkata at 2 AM the next day. 

Howrah-Darjeeling Special

This train will run on October 9, 16, and 30, and on November 6. It will depart Howrah at 11:55 PM and arrive at New Jalpaiguri Station at 1:45 AM the next day. The return journey will begin from New Jalpaiguri Station at 12:45 PM and arrive at Howrah Station at 12:10 AM. 

Santragachi-Ajmer Special

The 08611 train will depart from Santragachi every Monday from September 30 to November 18, 2024, and arrive in Ajmer two days later. The return service (train number 08612) will operate on Thursdays during the same period. 

Gondia-Patna Special

The 08897 and 08898 trains will operate on select dates in November.  

2024 South Eastern Railway Puja Special Trains

The South Eastern Railway Authority announced special trains long before Puja. Advance booking of tickets for these trains has been requested by the Railways. Passengers can buy tickets online or at the counter.

02841/02842 SHALIMAR-MGR CHENNAI CENTRAL FESTIVAL SPECIAL TRAIN

Train 02841 Shalimar-MGR Chennai Central Special will depart from Shalimar at 6.30 am every Monday from 30 September to 18 November. MGR will reach Chennai Central Station at 11.20 am the next day. Again on down route 02842 MGR Chennai Central-Shalimar Special train will run From 1 October to 20 November every Wednesday will leave Chennai Central at 4:30 AM and reach Shalimar next day at 11:20 AM. This special train will stop at Santragachi, Kharagpur and Baleshwar.

08047/08048 Shalimar-Rangapara North Festival Special

08047 Shalimar-Rangapara North Special train will leave Shalimar every Friday at 6.30 am from October 4 to October 18. It will reach Rangapara North at 1:40 PM the next day.DOWN LINE 08048 Rangapara North-Shalimar Special will leave Rangapara North at 4:30 AM every Saturday from October 5 to October 19 and reach Shalimar at 12:30 PM the next day.

08611/08612 Santragachi-Ajmedh Festival Special

08611 Santragachi-Ajmer Special will leave Santragachi from 30 September to 18 November every Monday from Santragachi at 10.40 am. Will reach Ajmer on the third day at 3 pm. 08612 Ajmer-Saantragachi Special from October 3 to 21 It will air every Thursday from Ajmer at 11.40 am till November Satragachi will arrive at 1:20 PM on the third day This train will stop at Kharagpur, Tatanagar, Chandil, Muri, Ranchi and Lohardaga.

08845/08846 Santragachi-Secunderabad Festival Special

08845 Santragachi-Secunderabad Special will leave Santragachi every Friday at 2:55 PM from October 4 to November 15 and reach Secunderabad at 6:40 AM the next day. 08846 Secunderabad-Santragachi on down line The special will leave Secunderabad every Saturday at 7.50 am from 5th October to 16th November. Next day at 11.55 AM will reach Santragachi This festival special train will stop at Kharagpur and Baleshwar.

06095/06096 Tambaram-Saantragachi Festival Special

06095 Tambaram-Santragachi Special will leave Tambaram every Thursday at 1 PM from 5 September to 28 November and reach Santragachi at 8.50 PM the next day. 06096 Santragachi-Tambaram Special 6 on down route From September to November 29, it will depart Santragachi every Friday at 11:50 PM and reach Tambaram at 9:45 AM on the third day of the journey. This special train will stop at Baleshwar and Kharagpur.

2024 Konkan Railway Summer Special Trains

 To manage extra rush of passengers, Konkan Railway will run summer special trains this year.

Train no. 01017 Lokmanya Tilak (T) - Thivim Special tri-weekly will leave from Lokmanya Tilak (T) at 10.15pm every Friday, Sunday and Tuesday from April 26 to June 4.

The train will reach Thivim at 9.50am on the next day.

Train no. 01018 Thivim - Lokmanya Tilak (T) Special tri-weekly will leave from Thivim at 4.35pm every Saturday,Monday and Wednesday from April 27 to June 5. Train will reach Lokmanya Tilak (T) at 3:45am on the next day.

The train will halt at Thane, Panvel, Roha, Mangaon, Veer, Khed, Chiplun, Savarda,Sangameshwar Road, Ratnagiri, Adavali, Vilavade, Rajapur Road, Vaibhavwadi Road, Kankavali, Sindhudurg, Kudal and Sawantwadi Road stations.

2023 South Western Railway Summer Special Trains

The following special trains are run o­n the demand of passengers to clear the extra rush during summer. The details are as follows:

1.Train No. 06567/06568 SMVT Bengaluru-Bidar-SMVT Bengaluru Express Special (1 trip):

Sl	Train No.	J.C.O	From station	Departure at	To station	Arrival at	Trip
1.	06567	25.04.2024	SMVT Bengaluru	16:55 hrs	Bidar	05:00 hrs on the next day	1
2.	06568	26.04.2024	Bidar	07:00 hrs	SMVT Bengaluru	21:30 hrs on the same day

2.Train No. 06549/06550 SMVT Bengaluru-Kochuveli-SMVT Bengaluru Express Special (1 trip):

Sl	Train No.	J.C.O	From station	Departure at	To station	Arrival at	Trips
1.	06549	25.04.2024	SMVT Bengaluru	15:50 hrs	Kochuveli	07:00 hrs On the next day	1
2.	06550	26.04.2024	Kochuveli	08:00 hrs	SMVT Bengaluru	23:50 hrs On the same day
Note : Linen will not supplied in AC coaches

3.Train No. 06569/06570 SMVT Bengaluru-Guwahati-SMVT Bengaluru Express Special (4 trips):

Sl	Train No.	J.C.O	From station	Departure at	To station	Arrival at	Trips
1.	06569	From April 28 to May  19 o­n every Sunday	SMVT Bengaluru	00:30 hrs	Guwahati	05:30 hrs on the Tuesday	4
2.	06570	From May 1 to May 22 o­n  every Wednesday	Guwahati	06:00 hrs	SMVT Bengaluru	10:00 hrs on the Friday

4.Train No. 06587/06588 SMVT Bengaluru-Bhagat-Ki-Kothi-SMVT Bengaluru Express Special (6 trips):

Sl	Train No.	J.C.O	From station	Departure at	To station	Arrival at	Trips
1.	06587	From May 2 to June 6 o­n every Thursday	SMVT Bengaluru	16:30 hrs	Bhagat-ki-Kothi	13:30 hrs on the Saturday	6
2.	06588	From May 5 to June 9 o­n every Sunday	Bhagat-Ki-Kothi	04:00 hrs	SMVT Bengaluru	23:45 hrs on the Monday
Note : Linen will not supplied in AC coaches

5.Train No. 08845/08846 Santragachi-SMVT Bengaluru-Santragachi Express Special (9 trips):

Sl	Train No.	J.C.O	From station	Departure at	To station	Arrival at	Trips
1.	08845	From April 26 to June 28 o­n every Friday	Santragachi	19:00 hrs	SMVT Bengaluru	02:00 hrs on the Sunday	9
2.	08846	From April 28 to June 30 o­n every Sunday	SMVT Bengaluru	03:15 hrs	Santragachi	10:45 hrs on the Monday

II.Extension of summer special train services

The following summer special train services will be extended to clear the extra rush of passengers with the existing composition, stoppage and timings. The details are as follows:

1.Train No. 06563/06564 Narasapur-SMVT Bengaluru-Narasapur  Weekly Express special:

Sl	Train Nos.	Days of service	Earlier notified upto	Extension period		Trips
				From	To
1.	07153 Narasapur-SMVT Bengaluru	Friday	26.04.2024	03.05.24	28.06.24	9
2.	07154 SMVT Bengaluru-Narasapur	Saturday	27.04.2024	04.05.24	29.06.24