Central Railway announces 418 special trains from Mumbai, Pune for Diwali, Chhath and Durga Puja 2026

Central Railway has announced 418 special train services to cater to the expected rush during the upcoming Puja Diwali and Chhath festival season The special services will connect Mumbai Pune and Nagpur with several destinations across the country between October and November 2026The services include special trains connecting Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus CSMT with Gorakhpur Chennai Bengaluru Latur Nagpur and Kolhapur besides services from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus LTT Hadapsar Pune and Nagpur to destinations in several statesCSMTGorakhpur daily specialsCentral Railway will operate 64 daily special services between CSMT and GorakhpurTrain 01079 will depart CSMT at 1030 pm daily from October 16 to November 16 2026 and arrive at Gorakhpur at 10 am on the third dayThe return service train 01080 will depart Gorakhpur at 230 pm daily from October 18 to November 18 2026 and arrive at CSMT at 1240 am on the third dayThe trains will halt at Dadar Thane Kalyan Nashik Road Manmad Jalgaon Bhusaval Khandwa Itarsi Bhopal Bina Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi Orai Kanpur Central Lucknow Gonda Mankapur Basti and KhalilabadThe composition will include four AC3 Tier 11 Sleeper Class five General Second Class and two General Second ClasscumGuards Brake Van coachesCSMTChennai weekly AC specialsThere will be 12 weekly AC special services between CSMT and Chennai BeachTrain 01015 will depart CSMT at 1235 am every Wednesday from October 14 to November 18 and arrive at Chennai Beach at 1130 pm the same dayThe return service train 01016 will depart Chennai Beach at 4 am every Thursday from October 15 to November 19 and arrive at CSMT at 405 am the following dayThe halts are Dadar Thane Kalyan Lonavala Pune Daund Kurduwadi Solapur Kalaburagi Wadi Krishna Raichur Mantralayam Road Adoni Guntakal Gooty Tadipatri Yerraguntla Kadapa Razampet Renigunta Arakkonam and PeramburThe composition will include two AC2 Tier 18 AC3 Tier and two Generator Van coachesCSMTBengaluru weekly AC specialsCentral Railway will operate 14 weekly AC special services between CSMT and SMV BengaluruTrain 01013 will depart CSMT at 1235 am every Saturday from October 10 to November 21 and arrive at SMV Bengaluru at 1155 pm the same dayTrain 01014 will depart SMV Bengaluru at 430 am every Sunday from October 11 to November 22 and arrive at CSMT at 405 am the following dayThe halts are Dadar Thane Kalyan Lonavala Pune Lonand Satara Karad Sangli Miraj Kudachi Ramganga Ghataprabha Belgavi Londa Dharwad Hubballi Haveri Ranibennur Harihar Davangere Birur Arsikere and TumakuruThe composition will include two AC2 Tier 18 AC3 Tier and one Generator VanCSMTLatur biweekly specialThere will be 26 biweekly special services between CSMT and LaturTrain 01105 will depart CSMT at 1235 am every Tuesday and Thursday from October 13 to November 24 and arrive at Latur at 1140 am the same dayThe return service train 01106 will depart Latur at 430 pm every Tuesday and Thursday from October 13 to November 24 and arrive at CSMT at 410 am the following dayThe halts are Dadar Thane Kalyan Lonavala Pune Uruli Daund Bhigwan Jeur Kurduwadi Barsi Town Dharashiv and HarangulThe composition will include four AC3 Tier 11 Sleeper Class five Second Class and two Second SeatingGuards Brake Van coachesCSMTNagpur weekly superfast specialCentral Railway will operate 12 weekly superfast special services between CSMT and NagpurTrain 02139 will depart CSMT at 1225 am every Saturday from October 17 to November 21 and arrive at Nagpur at 335 pm the same dayTrain 02140 will depart Nagpur at 130 pm every Sunday from October 18 to November 22 and arrive at CSMT at 410 am the following dayThe halts are Dadar Thane Kalyan Nashik Road Manmad Jalgaon Bhusaval Malkapur Shegaon Akola Murtizapur Badnera Dhamangaon and WardhaThe composition will include four AC3 Tier 11 Sleeper Class five Second Class and two Second SeatingGuards Brake Van coachesCSMTKolhapur weekly specialCentral Railway will operate 12 weekly special services between CSMT and KolhapurTrain 01417 will depart CSMT at 230 pm every Thursday from October 15 to November 19 and arrive at Kolhapur at 420 am the following dayTrain 01418 will depart Kolhapur at 1205 am every Thursday from October 15 to November 19 and arrive at CSMT at 130 pm the same dayThe halts are Dadar Thane Kalyan Lonavala Pune Jejuri Lonand Satara Karad Kirloskarwadi Sangli Miraj and HatkanangleThe composition will include two AC2 Tier four AC3 Tier six Sleeper Class four General Second Class one Second SeatingcumGuards Brake Van and one Generator VanLTTMau biweekly specialsThere will be 24 biweekly special services between LTT and MauTrain 01123 will depart LTT at 1215 pm every Friday and Sunday from October 11 to November 20 and arrive at Mau at 930 pm the following dayTrain 01124 will depart Mau at 415 am every Sunday and Tuesday from October 13 to November 22 and arrive at LTT at 445 pm the following dayThe halts are Thane Kalyan Igatpuri Nashik Road Jalgaon Bhusaval Khandwa Itarsi Pipariya Narsinghpur Madan Mahal Katni Maihar Satna Manikpur Prayagraj Chheoki Varanasi Junction Jaunpur Junction Shahganj Khorason Road Azamgarh and MuhammadabadThe composition will include four AC3 Tier 11 Sleeper Class five General Second Class and two Second ClasscumGuards Brake Van coachesLTTThiruvananthapuram North weekly specialCentral Railway will operate 12 weekly special services between LTT and Thiruvananthapuram NorthTrain 01463 will depart LTT at 4 pm every Thursday from October 15 to November 19 and arrive at Thiruvananthapuram North at 1130 pm the following dayTrain 01464 will depart Thiruvananthapuram North at 215 pm every Saturday from October 17 to November 21 and arrive at LTT at 1155 pm the following dayThe halts are Thane Panvel Pen Roha Khed Chiplun Sangameshwar Road Ratnagiri Kankavali Sindhudurg Kudal Sawantwadi Road Thivim Karmali Madgaon Karwar Gokarna Road Kumta Murudeshwar Bhatkal Mookambika Road Byndoor Kundapura Udupi Suratkal Mangalore Kasaragod Cannanore Calicut Tirur Shoranur Thrissur Aluva Ernakulam Town Kottayam Changanassery Tiruvalla Chengannur Mavelikara Kayankulam Junction Karunagappalli Sasthankotta Kollam and Varkala SivagiriThe composition will include four AC3 Tier 11 Sleeper Class five General Second Class and two Second ClassGuards Brake Van coachesLTTMadgaon weekly specialThere will be 14 weekly special services between LTT and MadgaonTrain 01179 will leave LTT at 820 am every Friday from October 9 to November 20 It will arrive at Madgaon at 1010 pm on October 9 and October 16 following monsoon timings and at 830 pm from September 23 to November 20 following nonmonsoon timingsTrain 01180 will leave Madgaon at 10 pm every Friday from September 23 to November 20 following nonmonsoon timings and at 11 pm on October 9 and October 16 following monsoon timings It will arrive at LTT at 1125 am the following dayThe halts are Thane Panvel Pen Roha Khed Chiplun Ratnagiri Kankavali Sindhudurg Thivim and KarmaliThe composition will include one AC First Class four AC2 Tier eight AC3 Tier eight Sleeper Class one pantry and two Generator Van coachesLTTBanaras biweekly specialsCentral Railway will run 24 biweekly special services between LTT and BanarasTrain 01051 will depart LTT at 1215 pm every Wednesday and Thursday from October 14 to November 19 and arrive at Banaras at 405 pm the following dayTrain 01052 will depart Banaras at 830 pm every Thursday and Friday from October 15 to November 20 and arrive at LTT at 440 am on the third dayThe halts are Thane Kalyan Igatpuri Nashik Road Jalgaon Bhusaval Khandwa Itarsi Pipariya Narsinghpur Madan Mahal Katni Maihar Satna Manikpur Prayagraj Chheoki and Varanasi JunctionThe composition will include four AC3 Tier 11 Sleeper Class five General Second Class and two Second ClassGuards Brake Van coachesPuneNew Amravati weekly AC specialsA total of 12 weekly AC special services will operate between Pune and New AmravatiTrain 01403 will depart Pune at 755 pm every Tuesday from October 13 to November 17 and arrive at New Amravati at 1005 am the following dayTrain 01404 will depart New Amravati at 12 pm every Wednesday from October 14 to November 18 and arrive at Pune at 1215 am the following dayThe halts are Daund Chord Line Ahilyanagar Belapur Kopargaon Manmad Chalisgaon Jalgaon Bhusaval Malkapur Shegaon Akola Murtizapur and BadneraThe composition will include three AC2 Tier 15 AC3 Tier one Second SeatingGuards Brake Van and one Generator VanHadapsarGhazipur City biweekly specialCentral Railway will operate 24 biweekly special services between Hadapsar and Ghazipur CityTrain 01431 will depart Hadapsar at 655 am every Friday and Tuesday from October 13 to November 20 and arrive at Ghazipur City at 815 pm the following dayTrain 01432 will depart Ghazipur City at 4 am every Sunday and Thursday from October 15 to November 22 and arrive at Hadapsar at 420 pm the following dayThe halts are Daund Chord Cabin Ahilyanagar Belapur Kopargaon Manmad Jalgaon Bhusaval Khandwa Itarsi Pipariya Narsinghpur Madan Mahal Katni Maihar Satna Manikpur Prayagraj Chheoki Varanasi Jaunpur and Aunrihar JunctionThe composition will include four AC3 Tier six Sleeper Class six General Second Class and two Second SeatingcumGuards Brake Van coachesHadapsarGorakhpur daily specialsThere will be 64 daily special services between Hadapsar and GorakhpurTrain 01415 will depart Hadapsar at 705 am daily from October 16 to November 16 and arrive at Gorakhpur at 4 pm the following dayTrain 01416 will depart Gorakhpur at 530 pm daily from October 17 to November 17 and arrive at Hadapsar at 330 am on the third dayThe halts are Daund Chord Cabin Ahilyanagar Belapur Kopargaon Manmad Bhusaval Khandwa Itarsi Bhopal Bina Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi Orai Kanpur Central Lucknow Gonda Mankapur and BastiThe composition will include four AC3 Tier six Sleeper Class six General Second Class and two Second SeatingcumGuards Brake Van coachesNagpurHadapsar biweekly specialCentral Railway will operate 26 biweekly special services between Nagpur and HadapsarTrain 01201 will depart Nagpur at 740 pm every Monday and Thursday from October 8 to November 19 and arrive at Hadapsar at 1105 am the following dayTrain 01202 will depart Hadapsar at 405 pm every Tuesday and Friday from October 9 to November 20 and arrive at Nagpur at 630 am the following dayThe halts are Wardha Dhamangaon Badnera Akola Shegaon Malkapur Bhusaval Jalgaon Manmad Kopargaon Belapur Ahilyanagar Daund Chord Line and UruliThe composition will include four AC3 Tier six Sleeper Class six General Second Class and two Second SeatingcumGuards Brake Van coachesNagpurHadapsar weekly specialThere will also be 14 weekly special services between Nagpur and HadapsarTrain 01209 will depart Nagpur at 740 pm every Saturday from October 10 to November 21 and arrive at Hadapsar at 1105 am the following dayTrain 01210 will depart Hadapsar at 405 pm every Sunday from October 11 to November 22 and arrive at Nagpur at 630 am the following dayThe halts are Wardha Dhamangaon Badnera Akola Shegaon Malkapur Bhusaval Jalgaon Manmad Kopargaon Belapur Ahilyanagar Daund Chord Line and UruliThe composition will include four AC3 Tier six Sleeper Class six General Second Class and two Second SeatingcumGuards Brake Van coachesKolhapurKalaburagi specialCentral Railway will operate 64 special services between Kolhapur and Kalaburagi five days a week except FridayTrain 01451 will depart Kolhapur at 610 am every Monday Tuesday Wednesday Saturday and Sunday from October 10 to November 15 and arrive at Kalaburagi at 410 pm the same dayTrain 01452 will depart Kalaburagi at 610 pm on the same days from October 10 to November 15 and arrive at Kolhapur at 540 am the following dayThe halts are Hatkanangale Jaysingpur Miraj Arag Belanki Sulgare Kavathe Mahankal Langarpeth Dhalgaon Mhasoba Dongargaon Javale Wasud Sangola Pandharpur Modnimb Kurduvadi and SolapurThe composition will include four AC3 Tier six Sleeper Class six General Second Class and two Second SeatingGuards Brake Van coachesAdvance reservation datesBookings for train numbers 01079 01015 01013 01105 01106 01417 01418 01123 01431 01201 and 01202 will open on September 27 2026 at computerised reservation centres and through IRCTCBookings for train numbers 02139 02140 01463 01179 01051 01403 01404 01415 01209 01210 01451 and 01452 will open on September 28 2026 at computerised reservation centres and through IRCTCPassengers travelling in unreserved coaches can use the UTS system at normal charges The RailOne app is also available for passengersCentral Railway has advised passengers to check detailed timings at the halts of these special trains through enquiryindianrailgovin or the NTES app before travelling