Diwali-Chhath special train announced, know full schedule

Special trains is expected to bring great relief to the common passengers traveling from major stations like Howrah, Sealdah, Asansol, Gorakhpur, Darbhanga, Samastipur and Muzaffarpur

Diwali-Chhath special train announced, know full schedule: Eastern Railway has announced operation of special trains for Diwali-Chhath Puja. The decision has been taken in response to the increased passenger traffic during festive season. Passengers will get major relief from extra rush and can travel without a reserved ticket on these services.

The railway administration has prepared a proposal to run 5 new unreserved festival special trains to provide smooth and unreserved travel to the passengers. The running of these special trains is expected to bring great relief to the common passengers traveling from major stations like Howrah, Sealdah, Asansol, Gorakhpur, Darbhanga, Samastipur and Muzaffarpur.

1. Train No. 03033/03034 Howrah-Patna

Train No. 03033 will depart from Howrah at 5:40 PM and reach Patna at 5:00 AM the next day. In return, train number 03034 will leave Patna at 6:30 AM and reach Howrah at 10:15 PM on the same day. In return, 03034 will leave Patna at 6:30 AM and reach Howrah at 10:15 PM on the same day.

This train will stop at Howrah, Bundel, Bardhaman, Khana, Durgapur, Asansol, Chittaranjan, Madhupur, Jasidih, Jhajha, Jamui, Kiul, Lakhisarai, Mokama, Barh, Bakhtiyarpur, Khusrupur, Fatuha, Patna Sahib, Rajendra Nagar, Patna stations.

2.Train No. 03035/03036 Howrah-Patna

Train number 03035 will leave Howrah at 11:45 PM and reach Patna at 10:45 AM the next day. In return, train number 03036 will leave Patna at 1:35 PM and reach Howrah at 1:00 AM the next day.

This train will also stop at Howrah, Bundel, Bardhaman, Khana, Durgapur, Asansol, Chittaranjan, Madhupur, Jasideh, Jhajha, Jamui, Kiul, Lakhisarai, Mokama, Barh, Bakhtiyarpur, Khusrupur, Fatuha, Patna Sahib, Rajendra Nagar, Patna stations.

3. Train No. 03037/03038 Howrah-Gorakhpur

Train number 03037 will leave Howrah at 11:45 pm and reach Gorakhpur at 6:15 pm the next day. In return, train number 03038 will leave Gorakhpur at 8:35 PM and reach Howrah at 3:40 PM the next day.

This train will stop at Howrah, Bundel, Bardhaman, Khana, Durgapur, Asansol, Chittaranjan, Madhupur, Jasidih, Jhajha, Jamui, Kiul, Barauni, Shahpur Patori, Hajipur, Sonpur, Chhapra Rural, Chhapra, Siwan, Bhatni, Deoria, Chauri-Chaura, Gorakhpur stations.

4. Train No. 03039/03040 Howrah-Muzaffarpur

Train number 03039 will depart from Howrah at 5:40 PM and reach Muzaffarpur at 6:00 AM the next day. In return, train number 03040 will depart from Muzaffarpur at 9:00 AM and reach Howrah at 11:55 PM on the same day.

This train will stop at Howrah, Bundel, Bardhaman, Khana, Durgapur, Asansol, Chittaranjan, Madhupur, Jasideh, Jhajha, Jamui, Kiul, Barauni, Samastipur, Muzaffarpur stations.

5. Train No. 03145/03146 ​​Sealdah-Jayanagar

Train No. 03145 will leave Sealdah at 5:00 PM and reach Jayanagar at 8:30 AM the next day. In return, train number 03146 ​​will leave Jayanagar at 10:00 am and reach Sealdah at 1:30 am the next day.

This train will stop at Sealdah, Naihati, Bundel, Bardhaman, Khana, Durgapur, Asansol, Chittaranjan, Madhupur, Jasideh, Jhajha, Jamui, Kiul, Barauni, Samastipur, Darbhanga, Madhubani, Jayanagar stations.

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These unreserved festival special trains will connect Kolkata and Howrah in West Bengal to major stations in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

Detailed time-table, stoppages and dates of operation of these unreserved special trains are being released on the official portal of Eastern Railway and Passenger Reservation System (PRS). Passengers are advised to get latest status of the concerned train from the official website of Railways, NTES, and Railway Helpline.