{"id":1054,"date":"2025-07-29T09:22:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T09:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/railtravels.org\/?p=1054"},"modified":"2025-07-29T09:22:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T09:22:16","slug":"kumbh-mela-special-train-between-prayagraj-sangam-basti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/kumbh-mela-special-train-between-prayagraj-sangam-basti\/","title":{"rendered":"Kumbh Mela Special Train between Prayagraj Sangam-Basti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kumbh Mela Special Train between Prayagraj Sangam-Basti<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kumbh Mela Manwar Sangam Special Train between Prayagraj Sangam-Basti (Train No. 04231 \/ 04232) time table, route, frequency and fare<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For the convenience of passengers, Northern Railway has decided to run special train between Prayagraj Sangam-Basti-Prayagraj Sangam (Train No. 04231 \/ 04232)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Train No. 04231 Prayagraj Sangam-Basti special train<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Train No. 04231 Prayagraj Sangam-Basti Special train will leave from (Expect Sunday) Prayagraj Sangam at 04.20 hrs &amp; will reach Basti at 11.20 hrs and train running time between the stations 7 hour and 0 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Train No. 04232 Basti-Prayagraj Sangam special train<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Train No. 04232 Basti-Prayagraj Sangam Special train will leave from (Expect Sunday) Basti at 13.550 hrs &amp; will reach Prayagraj Sangam at 20.45 hrs and train running time between the stations 6 hour and 55 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Prayagraj Sangam-Basti Distance between the station is 260 Kilometre<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date of Commencement of Service:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Train No. 04231 from Prayagraj Sangam-Basti special train from 11-01-2025 to 15-03-2025<\/p>\n<p>Train No: 04232 from Basti-Prayagraj Sangam special train from 11-01-2025 to 15-03-2025<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the confirmed information regarding the <strong>Maha Kumbh Mela special train between Prayagraj Sangam (PYGS) and Basti (BST)<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>\ud83d\ude86 Prayagraj Sangam \u2194 Basti \u201cManwar Sangam\u201d Mela Special (Train Nos. <strong>04231 \/ 04232<\/strong>)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>This pair of <strong>unreserved Kumbh Mela special trains<\/strong>, labeled the <strong>Manwar Sangam Special<\/strong>, operated between <strong>Prayagraj Sangam and Basti<\/strong>, to serve regional pilgrims during the festival period (mid\u2011January to mid\u2011March 2025)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\ud83d\udcab Service Summary<\/h3>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Train No.<\/th>\n<th>Route<\/th>\n<th>Running Days<\/th>\n<th>Departure (PYGS)<\/th>\n<th>Arrival (BST)<\/th>\n<th>Distance<\/th>\n<th>Duration<\/th>\n<th>Class<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>04231<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>PYGS \u2192 Basti<\/td>\n<td>Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat (Festival period)<\/td>\n<td>04:20 AM<\/td>\n<td>~11:20 AM<\/td>\n<td>~259 km<\/td>\n<td>~7h<\/td>\n<td>Unreserved Second Sitting (2S)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>04232<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Basti \u2192 PYGS<\/td>\n<td>Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat (Festival period)<\/td>\n<td>~13:50 (Basti)<\/td>\n<td>~20:45 (PYGS)<\/td>\n<td>~259 km<\/td>\n<td>~6h 55m<\/td>\n<td>Unreserved Second Sitting (2S)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Source: Manwar Sangam Mela Special train info confirms weekday runs, timings, route and general class service<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>\ud83d\udd0d Why This Mela Special Was Important<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Designed especially to handle pilgrim traffic between <strong>Prayagraj Sangam<\/strong> and <strong>Basti<\/strong>, providing reverse\/return connectivity during <strong>peak festival days<\/strong> involving bathing rituals on auspicious dates.<\/li>\n<li>Offered <strong>no-reservation general seating<\/strong>, facilitating large-scale flexible movement, even on short notice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>\u2705 Travel Notes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Not in regular IRCTC timetables; <strong>specific to the Kumbh period<\/strong> (mid-Jan to mid-Mar 2025).<\/li>\n<li>As an <strong>unreserved service<\/strong>, no seat allocation\u2014boarding early at source is recommended.<\/li>\n<li>Minor schedule changes possible; monitor apps like <strong>NTES, Trainman, RailYatri<\/strong> on travel day for live updates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Would you like information on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related Kumbh specials<\/strong> for nearby junctions like Phaphamau\u2013Ayodhya, Lucknow, Kanpur, or Jaunpur?<\/li>\n<li>Return journey details or alternate express services available during the Kumbh?<\/li>\n<li>Timetables and running status tools for these specials?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Happy to help further!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kumbh Mela Special Train between Prayagraj Sangam-Basti Kumbh Mela Manwar Sangam Special Train between Prayagraj Sangam-Basti (Train No. 04231 \/ 04232) time table, route, frequency and fare For the convenience of passengers, Northern Railway has decided to run special train between Prayagraj Sangam-Basti-Prayagraj Sangam (Train No. 04231 \/ 04232) Train No. 04231 Prayagraj Sangam-Basti special [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,19],"tags":[146,29,20],"class_list":["post-1054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-northern-railway","category-special-trains","tag-kumbha-mela-special-trains","tag-northern-railway","tag-special-trains"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1054\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}