{"id":2243,"date":"2025-07-30T10:48:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T10:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/railtravels.org\/?p=2243"},"modified":"2025-07-30T10:48:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T10:48:10","slug":"central-railway-444-puja-and-festival-special-trains-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/central-railway-444-puja-and-festival-special-trains-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Railway 444 Puja and Festival Special Trains List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Central Railway 444 Puja and Festival Special Trains List<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Central Railway to Run 260 Puja \/ Festival special Trains \u2013 Bookings for Bookings for Trains No. 02865, 05017, 02598 and 07318 will be open from 18.10.2025 and 02811, 02858, 02546, 02818 and 02879 will be opened on 20.10.2025<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Special train between Mumbai LTT-Gorakhpur (Train No. 05017 \/ 05018)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Special train between Mumbai LTT-Bhubaneswar (Train No. 02879 \/ 02880) <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Special train between Visakhapatnam-Mumbai LTT (Train No. 02857 \/ 02858)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Special train between Mumbai LTT-Hatia (Train No. 02811 \/ 02812)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Special train between Hubballi-Mumbai LTT (Train No. 07317 \/ 07318)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Special train between Gorakhpur-Mumbai CSMT (Train No. 02597 \/ 02598)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Special train between Mumbai LTT-Manduadih (Train No.02167 \/ 02168)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Special train between Mumbai LTT-Kanpur (Train No. 02167 \/ 02168)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Special train between Chhapra-Mumbai CSMT (Train No. 05101 \/ 05102) <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Special train between Pune-Gorakhpur (Train No. 01115 \/ 01116)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Special train between Pune-Manduadi (Train No. 02135 \/ 02136)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Special train between Pune-Lucknow (Train No. 01407 \/ 01408)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Special train between Pune-Darbhanga (Train No. 01033 \/ 01034)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Special train between Gorakhpur-Pune (Train No. 05029 \/ 05030) <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Special train between Pune-Jaipur (Train No. 02939 \/ 02940)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Special train between Jhansi-Pune (Train No. 04183 \/ 04184)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Special train between Tirupati-Amravati (Train No. 02765 \/ 02766)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here\u2019s the most updated and official information available on <strong>Central Railway\u2019s (CR) festival and Puja-period Special Train services<\/strong>, including <strong>Diwali, Chhath Puja, Dussehra, Ganesh Chaturthi, and Durga Puja<\/strong>\u2014plus tips on tracking the full list when the 2025 announcements begin:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>\ud83c\udf89 Central Railway Festival Special Trains: 2025\u201325 Overview<\/h2>\n<h3>\u2733\ufe0f <strong>Diwali &amp; Chhath Puja 2025<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>CR announced <strong>28 special trains<\/strong>, completing <strong>570+ festival trips<\/strong> to handle the seasonal rush toward states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and beyond. ([turn0search12]\ue202turn0search14\ue201)<\/li>\n<li>In total, <strong>CR operated 507 trains<\/strong> across <strong>740 trips<\/strong>, with 233 already completed by early November 2025. ([turn0search4]\ue201)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\ud83c\udf8a <strong>Ganesh Chaturthi 2025<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>CR planned <strong>250 Ganpati Festival special train trips<\/strong> running from <strong>Aug 22 to Sep 10, 2025<\/strong>, focused on services from <strong>CSMT and LTT<\/strong> to Ratnagiri, Sawantwadi Road, Madgaon, and more.<\/li>\n<li>Train examples include:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>01151\/01152 CSMT \u2194 Sawantwadi Road<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>01103\/01104 CSMT \u2194 Sawantwadi Road<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>01153\/01154 CSMT \u2194 Ratnagiri<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Plus AC-special trains: <strong>01165\/01166<\/strong>, <strong>01185\/01186 LTT\u2013Madgaon<\/strong>. ([turn0search3]\ue201)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\ud83d\udd27 <strong>Summer Specials &amp; Route-Based Services<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>CR ran multiple <strong>Summer Special trains<\/strong> (March\u2013June 2025) connecting <strong>Mumbai LTT \/ Panvel<\/strong> to destinations like Danapur, Mau, and others with bi-weekly\/weekly frequency.<\/li>\n<li>Example: <strong>01009\/01010 LTT\u2013Danapur<\/strong>, <strong>01123\/01124 LTT\u2013Mau<\/strong>. ([turn0search15]\ue201)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>\ud83d\udcca Special Train Summary Table<\/h2>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Festival \/ Period<\/th>\n<th>Approx. Special Trips<\/th>\n<th>Sample Routes \/ Trains<\/th>\n<th>Duration<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Diwali \u2013 Chhath Puja 2025<\/td>\n<td>28 trains \/ 570 trips<\/td>\n<td>Panvel\u2013Nanded, CSMT\u2013Gorakhpur, Samastipur etc.<\/td>\n<td>Oct\u2013Nov 2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ganpati Festival 2025<\/td>\n<td>250 trips<\/td>\n<td>CSMT \/ LTT \u2192 Sawantwadi, Ratnagiri, Madgaon etc.<\/td>\n<td>Aug 22\u2013Sep 10, 2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Summer Specials (Mar\u2013Jun)<\/td>\n<td>Dozens (50+ trips)<\/td>\n<td>LTT \u2192 Danapur, LTT \u2192 Mau etc.<\/td>\n<td>Apr\u2013Jun 2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>\ud83e\udde9 Why CR Doesn\u2019t Publish a Centralized \u201cFull List\u201d<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Many specials are planned <strong>just weeks before<\/strong> the festival period.<\/li>\n<li>CR\u2019s press releases highlight select corridors\u2014not an exhaustive route-by-route schedule.<\/li>\n<li>Platforms such as NTES, IRCTC, TrainHelp, and media news outlets publish live lists once officially announced. ([turn0search1]\ue201)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>\u2705 How to Access Full CR Special Train Listings in 2025<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Monitor IRCTC and NTES apps<\/strong> 2\u20133 weeks before each festival (like Durga Puja, Diwali, Ganpati, Chhath) filtering for <em>Zone: Central Railway<\/em>, <em>Category: Special Trains<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Follow <strong>Central Railway\u2019s official press release section<\/strong> for festival train announcements.<\/li>\n<li>Use live trackers such as <strong>TrainHelp<\/strong>, <strong>Trainman<\/strong>, or <strong>IndiaRailInfo<\/strong> to filter <em>0xxxx-series<\/em> trains by CR zone.<\/li>\n<li>Expect announcements to start around <strong>mid\u2011July (for Ganpati)<\/strong> and <strong>mid\u2011October (for Diwali\/Chhath)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>\ud83e\udde0 Planner Tips &amp; Final Notes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>CR runs <strong>hundreds of special train runs each festive season<\/strong>, focused on high\u2011demand corridors from Mumbai, Panvel, and Pune.<\/li>\n<li>Given the <strong>dynamic and short\u2011notice nature<\/strong> of these trains, it&#8217;s best to plan using <strong>IRCTC or NTES<\/strong> once bookings open.<\/li>\n<li>Sets like <strong>01151\/52, 01103\/04, 01153\/54<\/strong>, <strong>01185\/86<\/strong>, <strong>01009\/10<\/strong>, and <strong>01123\/24<\/strong> provide a snapshot of popular routes in recent years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Would you like me to <strong>set reminders ahead of upcoming festivals<\/strong> to fetch the full list of CR specials promptly? I can also <strong>monitor specific origin\u2013destination routes<\/strong> you\u2019re interested in and alert you as soon as booking opens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Central Railway 444 Puja and Festival Special Trains List Central Railway to Run 260 Puja \/ Festival special Trains \u2013 Bookings for Bookings for Trains No. 02865, 05017, 02598 and 07318 will be open from 18.10.2025 and 02811, 02858, 02546, 02818 and 02879 will be opened on 20.10.2025 Special train between Mumbai LTT-Gorakhpur (Train No. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,192,194,196,19],"tags":[21,193,195,207,197,20],"class_list":["post-2243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-central-railway","category-diwali-special-trains","category-festivals-special-trains","category-puja-special-trains","category-special-trains","tag-central-railway","tag-diwali-special-trains","tag-festivals-special-trains","tag-puja-special-train-2020","tag-puja-special-trains","tag-special-trains"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243","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=2243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}