Indian Railways Runs 12,011 Special Trains to Handle Festive Rush; 620 Trips by NFR

 
Guwahati, 27th October, 2025: Indian Railways (IR) is operating 12,011 special trains to accommodate the festive rush, ensuring passengers can travel smoothly during Puja, Diwali, and Chhath. This marks a significant rise from 7,724 trains operated during the same period last year. Within the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) zone, 48 special festival trains are being run, covering a total of 620 trips across various routes between September and December 2025.

According to an official statement given by Kapinjal Kishore Sharma, Chief Public Relations Officer, special arrangements have been made at major stations like Katihar, New Jalpaiguri, Guwahati, Jogbani, and Kishanganj, including holding areas, passenger announcement systems, fans, additional ticket counters, and automatic ticket vending machines to ensure smooth passenger movement. Round-the-clock war rooms and additional staff, including RPF personnel, have been deployed for effective crowd management and passenger assistance.

Special trains are operating to key destinations such as Katihar, Kishanganj, New Jalpaiguri, Sonpur, Dauram Madhepura, Agartala, New Tinsukia, SMVT Bengaluru, Amritsar, Patna, Dibrugarh, Gorakhpur, Silchar, Naharlagun, Kolkata, Guwahati, Ranchi, Charalapalli, Mumbai Central, Agra Cantt, Jogbani, Lumding, Howrah, Gomti Nagar, Anand Vihar, Kamakhya, and many others.

On 28th October 2025 (Tuesday), the following special trains are scheduled to run:

Train No. 07541 Katihar – Dauram Madhepura (Daily Special) will depart from Katihar at 19:00 hrs and arrive at Dauram Madhepura at 22:00 hrs.

Train No. 07542 Dauram Madhepura – Katihar (Daily Special) will depart from Dauram Madhepura at 22:45 hrs and arrive at Katihar at 02:30 hrs.

Train No. 07540 Katihar – Manihari (Daily Special) will depart from Katihar at 20:30 hrs and arrive at Manihari at 21:30 hrs.

Train No. 07539 Manihari – Katihar (Daily Special) will depart from Manihari at 05:00 hrs and arrive at Katihar at 06:00 hrs.

Train No. 07551 Manihari – Katihar (Daily Special) will depart from Manihari at 00:15 hrs and arrive at Katihar at 01:30 hrs.

Train No. 07552 Katihar – Manihari (Daily Special) will depart from Katihar at 02:00 hrs and arrive at Manihari at 03:15 hrs.

Train No. 07555 Katihar – Jogbani (Daily Special) will depart from Katihar at 21:30 hrs and arrive at Jogbani at 01:15 hrs.

Train No. 07554 Jogbani – Katihar (Daily Special) will depart from Jogbani at 02:00 hrs and arrive at Katihar at 05:45 hrs.

Train No. 05637 Naharlagun – Silchar (Weekly Special) will depart from Naharlagun at 10:00 hrs and arrive at Silchar at 05:20 hrs.

Train No. 06559 SMVT Bengaluru – Narangi (Weekly Special) will depart from SMVT Bengaluru at 23:40 hrs and arrive at Narangi at 05:00 hrs.

Train No. 05743 Sonpur – Katihar (Tri-Weekly Special) will depart from Sonpur at 03:00 hrs and arrive at Katihar at 12:00 hrs.

Train No. 07047 Naharlagun – Charlapalli (Weekly Special) will depart from Naharlagun at 13:00 hrs and arrive at Charlapalli at 19:18 hrs.

Train No. 09190 Katihar – Mumbai Central (Weekly Special) will depart from Katihar at 00:15 hrs and arrive at Mumbai Central at 18:40 hrs.


Passengers are advised to plan their journeys in advance and cooperate with railway staff to ensure safe and comfortable travel during the festive season.