Northern Railway has planned more than 6,200 special train trips for the 2026 Diwali and Chhath Puja travel season, an increase of around 30% from the 4,666 trips operated last year.

Key Takeaways

  • Around 3,600 special trips have been announced so far.
  • The railway has also regularised 42 new trains, which will account for around 2,600 festive-period trips.
  • Extra ticket counters, staff and security arrangements are in place at stations.

Northern Railway adds capacity on busy routes

The additional services are intended to ease pressure on regular trains as passengers travel home for the festivals. Routes connecting Delhi and other northern cities with Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal face particularly heavy demand.

Services include Delhi–Patna Vande Bharat, Shakurbasti–Darbhanga, Mata Vaishno Devi–Varanasi, Chandigarh–Patna, New Delhi–Howrah and Amritsar–Barauni. Seat availability will vary by train, date and destination.

Station arrangements for the festive rush

Northern Railway has opened extra ticket counters, deployed additional staff and strengthened security to help manage crowds and passenger movement.

Himanshu Shekhar Upadhyay, the railway zone’s chief public relations officer, said arrangements were being made to help passengers travel home for the festivals without unnecessary difficulties.

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