Chhath Puja 2023: Railways Running Special Trains To Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand. Check Full List

Chhath Puja 2023 Special Trains: For Chhath Puja this year, 283 special trains are being operated to connect major destinations across the country with Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh.

Heavy rush of passengers at New Delhi Railway Station to catch trains for their hometown to celebrate Chhath Puja, on November 15, 2023.

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Chhath Puja 2023 Special Trains: With four-day Chhath puja set to begin from November 17, special trains are being run by the Indian Railways to manage the crowd during the festival. The festival, in which devotees worship the Sun God, is predominantly observed in Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh. During this period, natives and labourers belonging to these states return home to celebrate the festival with their families. 

For Chhath Puja this year, 283 special trains are being operated to connect major destinations across the country with Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh. The special trains will run 4480 trips till Chhath Puja. The East Central Railways is operating 42 trips of these new trains towards Bihar. In 2022, 216 puja special trains were deployed.

Besides, Central Railway is operating 14 special trains, East Coast Railway (12), Eastern Railway (8), Northern Railway (34), North Eastern Railway (4), North East Frontier Railway (22), North Western Railway (24), Southern Railway (10), South Eastern Railway (8), South Central Railway (58), South Western Railway (11), and Western Railway (36).

These special trains are operating on railway routes like Howrah-Raxaul, Danapur-Saharsa, Okha-Naharlagun, Muzaffarpur-Yesvantpur, Sealdah-New Jalpaiguri, Delhi-Patna, Delhi-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, Kochuveli-Bengaluru, Danapur- Bengaluru, Puri-Patna, Benaras- Mumbai, Ambala-Saharsa, among others. The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has introduced a special train service between Puri and Patna. The train is running twice a week from both stations.

Chhath Puja 2023: Special Trains Connecting Bihar And Uttar Pradesh

• Train No. 08449/08450 Puri-Patna-Puri Chhath Special (via Bhubaneswar-Cuttack-Kharagpur- Asansol-Jhajha)
• Train No. 05978/05977 Dibrugarh-Gorakhpur-Dibrugarh Festival Special (via Guwahati-Katihar-Barauni-Samastipur-Muzaffarpur-Hajipur)
• Train No. 09196 Samastipur-Udhna Chhath Special (via Bhusaval-Itarsi- Jabalpur-Prayagrajchhivki-Pt. Deendayalupadhyay Jn) 
• Train No. 04039 Darbhanga-New Delhi Special (via Moradabad-Bareilly-Lucknow- Gorakhpur-Narkatiyaganj-Sitamarhi)
• Train No. 01107/01108 CSMT-Danapur- CSMT Superfast Special (via Bhusaval-Itarsi-Jabalpur-Prayagraj Chhivki-Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay Jn)
• Train No. 01485 CSMT-Danapur One-Way Special (via Bhusaval-Itarsi-Jabalpur- Prayagraj Chhivki-Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay Jn)
• Train No. 01483/01482 Pune-Danapur-Pune Special (via Bhusaval-Itarsi- Jabalpur-Prayagraj Chhivki-Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay Jn)
• Train No. 02365/02366 Rajgir-Anand Vihar-Rajgir Superfast Special
• Train No. 03309 Dhanbad-Eranakulam Unreserved Special
• Train No. 06059/06060 Coimbatore-Barauni-Coimbatore Unreserved Special (via Katpadi-Perambur-Vijayawada-Sambalpur-Rourkela-Hatia-Ranchi-Bokaro-Dhanbad-Jhajha-Kiul)
• Train No. 09741/09742 Jaipur-Jogbani-Jaipur Special (via Agra Fort-Tundla- Prayagraj-DDU-Patna-Barauni)
• Train No. 04640/04639 SVD Katra-Katihar-SVD Katra Festival Special (via Ludhiana-Moradabad-Gorakhpur-Hajipur-Barauni)
• Train No. 04650/04649 Amritsar-Darbhanga-Amritsar Festival Special (via Ludhiana- Moradabad-Lucknow-Gorakhpur-Narkatiyaganj-Sitamarhi)
• Train No. 06225/06226 Yesvantpur-Muzaffarpur-Yesvantpur Special (via Kazipet- Ballarshah-Nagpur-Itarsi-Jabalpur-DDU-Patliputra-Hajipur) 
• Train No. 06227/06228 SMVBHI-Barauni-SMVBHI Special (via Katapadi- Perambur-Nagpur-Itarsi-Jabalpur-DDU-Patliputra-Hajipur)
• Train No. 06221/06222 Mysore-Raxaul-Mysore Special (via Katapadi-Perambur-Nagpur-Itarsi-Jabalpur-DDU-Patna-Barauni-Samastipur-Muzaffarpur-Sitamarhi)

Officers have been deployed on emergency duty at major stations to ensure the smooth running of trains. Announcements are being made frequently about the arrival/departure of trains with platform numbers.

There are "May I Help You" booths at important stations with RPF personnel and TTEs for the assistance and guidance of passengers. Medical teams are also available at major stations on call, as well as ambulances with a paramedical team.