Chhath Puja 2023: Indian Railways’ Northern Railway zone to operate 42 trips of special trains towards Bihar
The special trains will clear the extra rush of passengers during the festival season.
The Chhath Puja Special trains will run from Anand Vihar Terminal (ANVT) to various destinations such as Patna Junction, Gaya, and Jaynagar.
Indian Railways has planned to operate special trains towards Bihar in the wake of the upcoming Chhath Puja. The special trains will clear the extra rush of passengers during the festival season. In a statement, the Northern Railway (NR) said, “All concerned are informed that for the convenience of railway passengers and to clear additional congestion, Railways has decided to run Chhath Puja special trains.”
List of Chhath Puja Special Trains:
The Chhath Puja Special trains will run from Anand Vihar Terminal (ANVT) to various destinations such as Patna Junction, Gaya, and Jaynagar. Here are the full lists of trains:
Train number 03255 / 03256 Patna Jn – Anand Vihar Terminal-Patna Jn Superfast Special Train (12 trips)
The train number 03255 Patna Jn-Anand Vihar Terminal Superfast Special train will depart from Patna Junction at 22:20 hrs every Thursday and Sunday from November 23, 2023, to December 10, 2023, and reach Anand Vihar Terminal at 15:00 hrs the next day.
In the return direction, the train number 03256 Anand Vihar Terminal–Patna Jn Superfast Special train will depart from Anand Vihar Terminal at 23:30 hrs on every Friday and Monday from November 24, 2023, to December 11, 2023, and reach Patna Jn at 17:20 hrs the next day.
This special train with air-conditioned, sleeper, and general-class coaches will pass through Danapur, Arrah Junction, Buxar, Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Jn., and Prayagraj Jn. And will stop at Kanpur Central stations in both directions.
Train numbers 02391 / 02392: Patna Jn-Anand Vihar Terminal-Patna Jn Superfast Special Train (06 trips)
The train number 02391 Patna Jn-Anand Vihar Terminal Superfast A special train will depart from Patna Junction at 10.20 pm every Saturday from 25.11.2023 to December 9, 2023, and reach Anand Vihar Terminal at 3:00 pm the next day.
In the return direction, the train number 02392 Anand Vihar Terminal–Patna Jn Superfast Special train will depart from Anand Vihar Terminal at 11.30 pm every Sunday from November 26, 2023, to December 10, 2023, and reach Patna Jn at 5.20 pm the next day.
This special train with air-conditioned, sleeper, and general-class coaches will pass through Danapur, Arrah Jn., Buxar, Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Jn., and Prayagraj Jn. and will stop at Kanpur Central stations in both directions.
Train numbers: 03635 / 03636 Gaya-Anand Vihar Terminal-Gaya Superfast Special Train (18 trips)
The train number 03635 Gaya-Anand Vihar Terminal Superfast Special train will depart from Gaya at 02.15 pm every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from November 20, 2023, to December 8, 2023, and reach Anand Vihar Terminal at 05:00 am the next day.
In the return direction, the 03636 Anand Vihar Terminal-Gaya Superfast Special train will depart from Anand Vihar Terminal at 07.00 am on every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday from November 21, 2023, to December 9, 2023, and reach Gaya at 08.45 pm the next day.
This special train with air-conditioned, sleeper, and general-class coaches will run through Anugrah Narayan Road, Dehri on Sone, Sasaram, Bhabua Road, Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Jn., and Prayagraj Jn. And will stop at Kanpur Central stations in both directions.
Chhath Puja 2023 : Train number 05557 / 05558 Jaynagar – Anand Vihar Terminal – Jaynagar Special Train (06 trips)
The train number 05557 Jaynagar-Anand Vihar Terminal special train will depart from Jaynagar at 06.00 am every Tuesday from 21.11.2023 to 05.12.2023 and reach Anand Vihar Terminal at 05:00 am the next day.
In the return direction, the 05558 Anand Vihar Terminal-Jaynagar special train will depart from Anand Vihar Terminal at 07.30 am every Wednesday from November 22, 2023, to December 6, 2023, and reach Jayanagar at 06.30 am the next day.
This special train with air-conditioned, sleeper, and general-class coaches will stop at Madhubani, Darbhanga Jn, Samastipur, Muzaffarpur Jn, Hajipur Jn, Chhapra, Gorakhpur, Basti, Gonda Jn, Sitapur Jn, Moradabad, and Ghaziabad stations on the route. I will stop in both directions.
