Maligaon, October 23 (MExN): Indian Railways (IR) has made extensive arrangements to meet the surge in passenger demand during the ongoing festive season. To ensure smooth travel during Puja, Diwali, and Chhath, IR is operating 12,011 special trains, a significant increase from 7,724 trains during the same period last year.
In the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) zone, 48 special festival trains are running, covering a total of 620 trips across various routes from September to December 2025.
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, DauramMadhepura, Agartala, New Tinsukia, SMVT Bengaluru, Amritsar, Patna, Dibrugarh, Gorakhpur, Silchar, Naharlagun, Kolkata, Guwahati, Ranchi, Charalapalli, Mumbai Central, Agra Cantt, Jogbani, Lumding, Howrah, Gomti Nagar, AnandVihar, Kamakhya and many others.
October 24 (Friday) trains scheduled:
• Train No. 07541 Katihar – Dauram - Madhepura (Daily Special) depart from Katihar at 19:00 hours and arrives at Dauram Madhepura at 22:00 hours.
• Train No. 07542 Dauram Madhepura – Katihar (Daily Special) depart from Dauram Madhepura at 22:45 hours and arrives at Katihar at 2:30 hours.
• Train No. 07540 Katihar – Manihari (Daily Special) depart from Katihar at 20:30 hours and arrives at Manihari at 21:30 hours.
• Train No. 07539 Manihari – Katihar (Daily Special) depart from Manihari at 5:00 hours and arrives at Katihar at 6:00 hours.
• Train No. 07551 Manihari – Katihar (Daily Special) depart from Manihari at 00.15 hours and arrive at Katihar at 01:30 hours.
• Train No. 07552 Katihar – Manihari (Daily Special) depart from Katihar at 02:00 hours and arrive at Manihari at 03:15 hours.
• Train No. 07555 Katihar – Jogbani (Daily Special) depart from Katihar at 21:30 hours and arrive at Jogbani at 01:15 hours.
• Train No. 07554 Jogbani – Katihar (Daily Special) depart from Jogbani at 02:00 hours and arrive at Katihar at 05:45 hours.
• Train No. 05735Amritsar – Katihar(Weekly Special) depart from Amritsar at 13:25 hours and arrives at KatiharJn at 23:45 hours
• Train No. 05640Kolkata – Silchar (Weekly Special) depart from Kolkata at 13:15 hours and arrives atSilchar at 23:50 hours.
• Train No. 05634 Gorakhpur - Narangi (Weekly Special) depart from Gorakhpur at 16:55 hours and arrives at Narangi at 21:40 hours
• Train No. 05625Kamakhya – Rohtak (Weekly Special) depart from Kamakhya at 22:00 hours and arrives atRohtak at 14:45hours.
• Train No. 04195Agra Cantt. – Jogbani (Weekly Special) will depart from Agra Cantt.at05:00 hours and arrives at Jogbani at 18:45 hours.
• Train No. 03005Howrah – Lumding (Weekly Special) depart from Howrah at 07:15 hours and arrives at Lumding at 08:00 hours.
• Train No. 05743Sonpur–Katihar (Tri-Weekly Special) depart from Sonpurat 03:00 hours and arrives at Katihar at 12:00 hours.
Passengers have been advised to plan their journeys in advance and cooperate with railway staff to ensure safe and comfortable travel during the festive season.
