Central Railway announces 246 Ganpati Special trains for Ganesh Chaturthi 2026; bookings from August 1; details here

Central Railway has announced 246 Ganpati Special trains for the benefit of devotees travelling during the Ganesh Chaturthi 2026 festival The special services comprise 184 reserved trains with AC sleeper and unreserved coaches along with 62 unreserved MEMU special servicesAccording to Central Railway the special train plan includes 98 services from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus CSMT 76 services from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus LTT 10 services from Pune and 62 unreserved special servicesBookings to open in phases from August 1Bookings for the reserved Ganpati Special trains will open at all Passenger Reservation System PRS counters and on the IRCTC website in phasesReservations for Train Nos 01153 01445 01167 and 01447 will open on August 1 followed by Train Nos 01165 and 01185 on August 2 and Train Nos 01103 01129 01151 01171 and 01131 on August 3Tickets for unreserved coaches can be booked through the UTS system while passengers can also use the RailOne app for ticket bookingDetails of Ganpati Special trainsCSMTSawantwadi RoadCSMT Daily Special 32 servicesTrain No 01103 will leave CSMT at 330 pm every day from September 11 to 26 and arrive at Sawantwadi Road at 4 am the following day 16 servicesTrain No 01104 will depart Sawantwadi Road at 435 am every day from September 12 to 27 and reach CSMT at 440 pm on the same day 16 servicesHalts Dadar Thane Panvel Pen Roha Mangaon Veer Khed Chiplun Kamathe Sawarda Aravali Road Sangameshwar Road Ratnagiri Adavali Vilavade Rajapur Road Vaibhavwadi Road Nandgaon Road Kankavali Sindhudurg Kudal and ZarapComposition Two AC 3tier 12 sleeper class six general second class coaches and two second seatingguard brake vansCSMTSawantwadi RoadCSMT Daily Special 34 servicesTrain No 01151 will leave CSMT at 1225 am every day from September 11 to 27 and arrive at Sawantwadi Road at 220 pm the same day 17 servicesTrain No 01152 will depart Sawantwadi Road at 335 pm every day from September 11 to 27 and arrive at CSMT at 435 am the next day 17 servicesHalts Dadar Thane Panvel Pen Roha Mangaon Veer Khed Chiplun Sawarda Aravali Road Sangameshwar Road Ratnagiri Adavali Vilavade Rajapur Road Vaibhavwadi Road Nandgaon Road Kankavali Sindhudurg Kudal and ZarapComposition Two AC 3tier 12 sleeper class six general second class coaches and two second seatingguard brake vansCSMTRatnagiriCSMT Daily Special 32 servicesTrain No 01153 will leave CSMT at 1130 am every day from September 11 to 26 and arrive at Ratnagiri at 825 pm the same day 16 servicesTrain No 01154 will leave Ratnagiri at 4 am every day from September 12 to 27 and arrive at CSMT at 130 pm the same day 16 servicesHalts Dadar Thane Panvel Pen Roha Mangaon Veer Karanjadi Khed Chiplun Kamathe Sawarda Aravali Road and Sangameshwar RoadComposition Two AC 3tier 12 sleeper class six general second class coaches and two second seatingguard brake vansLTTSawantwadi RoadLTT Daily Special 34 servicesTrain No 01171 will leave Lokmanya Tilak Terminus at 820 am every day from September 11 to 27 and arrive at Sawantwadi Road at 9 pm the same day 17 servicesTrain No 01172 will leave Sawantwadi Road at 1035 pm every day from September 11 to 27 and reach LTT at 1125 am the next day 17 servicesHalts Thane Panvel Pen Roha Mangaon Veer Khed Chiplun Sawarda Aravali Road Sangameshwar Road Ratnagiri Adavali Vilavade Rajapur Road Vaibhavwadi Road Nandgaon Road Kankavali Sindhudurg Kudal and ZarapComposition Two AC 3tier 12 sleeper class six general second class coaches and two second seatingguard brake vansLTTSawantwadi RoadLTT Biweekly Special 8 servicesTrain No 01131 will leave LTT at 845 am every Thursday and Sunday from September 17 to 27 and arrive at Sawantwadi Road at 1010 pm the same dayTrain No 01132 will depart Sawantwadi Road at 1120 pm every Thursday and Sunday from September 17 to 27 and reach LTT at 1145 am the following dayHalts Thane Panvel Pen Roha Mangaon Khed Chiplun Sawarda Aravali Road Sangameshwar Road Ratnagiri Adavali Vilavade Rajapur Road Vaibhavwadi Road Nandgaon Road Kankavali Sindhudurg Kudal and ZarapComposition Two AC 3tier 12 sleeper class six general second class coaches and two second seatingguard brake vansLTTSawantwadi RoadLTT Weekly Special 4 servicesTrain No 0112901130 will run every Tuesday September 15 and 22 between LTT and Sawantwadi Road with the same timings halts and composition as the biweekly specialLTTRatnagiriLTT Special 22 servicesTrain No 0116701168 will run five days a week between September 12 and 27LTT departure 9 pm Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Saturday and SundayRatnagiri departure 315 pm Wednesday Thursday Friday Sunday and MondayHalts Thane Panvel Pen Roha Mangaon Veer Khed Chiplun Sawarda Aravali Road and Sangameshwar RoadLTTMadgaonLTT Weekly AC Special 4 services Train No 0116501166 will run every Tuesday September 15 and 22LTT departure 1245 amMadgaon arrival 230 pmMadgaon departure 430 pmLTT arrival 710 am next dayHalts Thane Panvel Pen Roha Mangaon Khed Chiplun Sangameshwar Road Ratnagiri Adavali Vilavade Rajapur Road Vaibhavwadi Road Kankavali Sindhudurg Kudal Sawantwadi Road Madure Thivim and KarmaliComposition One AC First Class three AC 2tier 15 AC 3tier and two generator vansLTTMadgaonLTT Weekly Special 4 servicesTrain No 0118501186 will run every Wednesday September 16 and 23LTT departure 1245 amMadgaon arrival 230 pmMadgaon departure 430 pmLTT arrival 710 am next dayHalts Thane Panvel Pen Roha Mangaon Khed Chiplun Sangameshwar Road Ratnagiri Adavali Vilavade Rajapur Road Vaibhavwadi Road Kankavali Sindhudurg Kudal Sawantwadi Road Madure Thivim and KarmaliComposition One AC First Class one AC 2tier six AC 3tier eight sleeper four general second class one second seating cum guardrsquos brake van and one generator vanPuneRatnagiri AC Weekly Special 4 servicesTrain No 0144501446 will run every Tuesday September 15 and 22Pune departure 1225 amRatnagiri arrival 1150 amRatnagiri departure 550 pmPune arrival 520 am next dayHalts Chinchwad Talegaon Lonavala Kalyan Panvel Pen Roha Mangaon Veer Karanjadi Khed Chiplun Sawarda Aravali Road and Sangameshwar RoadComposition Three AC 2tier coaches 15 AC 3tier coaches one second seatingcumguard brake van and one generator vanPuneRatnagiri Weekly Special 6 servicesTrain No 0144701448 will run every Saturday September 12 19 and 26Pune departure 1225 amRatnagiri departure 550 pmThe train will have AC 2tier AC 3tier sleeper general second class guard brake van and generator coachesDivaKhedDiva MEMU Daily Unreserved Special 32 servicesTrain No 01155 will leave Diva at 715 am every day from September 11 to 27 except September 22 and arrive at Khed at 235 pmTrain No 01156 will depart Khed at 4 pm and reach Diva at 1050 pmThe service will operate with 12car MEMU rakesDivaChiplunDiva MEMU Daily Unreserved Special 30 servicesTrain No 01133 will leave Diva at 140 pm every day from September 11 to 27 except September 23 and arrive at Chiplun at 930 pmTrain No 01134 will depart Chiplun at 730 am every day from September 12 to 28 except September 24 and arrive at Diva at 1 pmThe service will also operate with 12car MEMU rakesCentral Railway has advised passengers to check detailed stoppage timings on the National Train Enquiry System NTES app or wwwenquiryindianrailgovin before commencing their journey