{"id":3217,"date":"2025-07-31T04:07:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T04:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/railtravels.org\/?p=3217"},"modified":"2025-07-31T04:07:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T04:07:05","slug":"irctc-39-pairs-special-trains-full-list-time-table-schedule-route-fare-train-no-train-booking-train-status-and-day-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/irctc-39-pairs-special-trains-full-list-time-table-schedule-route-fare-train-no-train-booking-train-status-and-day-on\/","title":{"rendered":"IRCTC 39 Pairs Special Trains Full List, Time Table, Schedule, Route, Fare, Train No. Train Booking, Train Status and Day On"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>IRCTC 39 Pairs Special Trains Full List, Time Table, Schedule, Route, Fare, Train No. Train Booking, Train Status and Day On<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>IRCTC to run 78 new special AC trains soon. Check full list, arrival, departure station<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Enhancing Connectivity &amp; Passenger Convenience: Railways to gradually start additional 39 pairs of trains across the country to enhance ease of movement as the festive season draws close.<\/p>\n<p>The number of special trains will be increased to meet the demand.<\/p>\n<p>MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS DESIRES THAT THE FOLLOWING TRAINS SERVICES SHOULD BE INTRODUCED AS SPECIAL SERVICES<\/p>\n<p><strong>Air Conditioned Services with Sleeper Accommodation<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>AC Special Train between LTT-Haridwar (Train No. 12171 \/ 12172) Bi Weekly<\/li>\n<li>AC Special Train between LTT-Lucknow (Train No. 22121 \/ 22122) Weekly<\/li>\n<li>AC Special Train between Ajni-Pune (Train No. 22123 \/ 22124) Weekly<\/li>\n<li>AC Special Train between LTT-Kamakhya (Train No. 12519 \/ 12520) Weekly<\/li>\n<li>AC Special Train between Yesvantpur-Kamakhya (Train No. 12551 \/ 12552) Weekly<\/li>\n<li>AC Special Train between Nizamuddin-Pune (Train No. 12493 \/ 12494) Weekly<\/li>\n<li>AC Special Train between Anand Vihar-Naharlagun (Train No. 22411 \/ 22412) Weekly<\/li>\n<li>AC Special Train between New Delhi-Katra (Train No. 22461 \/ 22462) Daily<\/li>\n<li>AC Special Train between Barmer-Yesvantpur (Train No. 14805 \/ 14806) Weekly<\/li>\n<li>AC Special Train between Secunderabad-Shalimar (Train No. 12773 \/ 12774) Weekly<\/li>\n<li>AC Special Train between Lingampalli-Kakinada Town (Train No. 12775 \/ 12776) Tri-Weekly<\/li>\n<li>AC Special Train between Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam (Train No. 12783 \/ 12784) Weekly<\/li>\n<li>AC Special Train between Santragachi-Chennai (Train No. 22807 \/ 22808) Bi- Weekly<\/li>\n<li>AC Special Train between Howrahi-Yesvantpur (Train No. 22863 \/ 22864) Weekly<\/li>\n<li>AC Special Train between Chennai-Madurai (Train No. 20601 \/ 20602) Tri-Weekly<\/li>\n<li>AC Special Train between Bandra (T)-Bhuj (Train No. 22903 \/ 22904) Tri-Weekly<\/li>\n<li>AC Special Train between Bhubaneswar-Anand Vihar (Train No. 22805 \/ 22806) Weekly<\/li>\n<li>AC Duronto Special Train between Bhubaneswar-New Delhi (Train No. 12281 \/ 12282) Weekly<\/li>\n<li>AC Duronto Special Train between Nizamuddin-Pune (Train No. 12263 \/ 12264) Bi-Weekly<\/li>\n<li>AC Duronto Special Train between Howrah-Pune (Train No. 12221 \/ 12222) Bi-Weekly<\/li>\n<li>AC Duronto Special Train between Chennai-Nizamuddin (Train No. 12269 \/ 12270) Bi-Weekly<\/li>\n<li>AC Rajdhani Special Train between Dibrugarh-New Delhi (Train No. 20503 \/ 20504) Weekly<\/li>\n<li>AC Rajdhani Train between Bhubaneswar-New Delhi (Train No. 20505 \/ 20506) Bi-Weekly<\/li>\n<li>AC Rajdhani Train between Mumbai Central -Nizamuddin (Train No. 12953 \/ 12954) Daily<\/li>\n<li>Yuva Special Train between Bandra (T)-Nizamuddin (Train No. 12247 \/ 12248) Weekly<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Air Conditioned Services with Seating Accommodation:-<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>AC Shatabdi Special Train between Bengaluru-Chennai (Train No. 12028 \/ 12027) Except Tue<\/li>\n<li>AC Shatabdi Special Train between Mumbai Central-Ahmedabad (Train No. 12009 \/ 12010) Except Sun<\/li>\n<li>AC Shatabdi Special Train between Chennai-Coimbatore (Train No. 12028 \/ 12027) Except Tue<\/li>\n<li>AC Shatabdi Special Train between New Delhi-Habibganj (Train No. 12001 \/ 12002) Daily<\/li>\n<li>AC Shatabdi Special Train between New Delhi-Amritsar (Train No. 12011 \/ 12012) Daily<\/li>\n<li>AC Shatabdi Special Train between New Delhi-Dehradun (Train No. 12017 \/ 12018) Daily<\/li>\n<li>AC Shatabdi Special Train between New Delhi-Amritsar (Train No. 12029 \/ 12030) Expect Thu<\/li>\n<li>AC Shatabdi Special Train between Howrah-Ranchi (Train No. 12019 \/ 12020) Expect Sun<\/li>\n<li>Vande Bharat Special Train between New Delhi-SMVDK (Train No. 22439 \/ 22440) Expect Tue<\/li>\n<li>AC Double Decker Special Train between Jaipur-Delhi Sarai Rohilla (Train No. 12985 \/ 12986) Daily<\/li>\n<li>AC Double Decker Special Train between Ahmedabad-Mumbai Central (Train No. 12932 \/ 12931) Expect Sun<\/li>\n<li>AC Double Decker Special Train between Chennai-Bengaluru (Train No. 22625 \/ 22626) Daily<\/li>\n<li>AC Double Decker Special Train between Vishakhapatnam-Tirupati (Train No. 22707 \/ 22708) Tri-weekly<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<table class=\"csdtable\" style=\"width: 28.3477%;height: 212px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 52px\">\n<td style=\"height: 52px;width: 100%\" width=\"253\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/irctc-concession-rules-and-irctc-concession-percentage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2021\/12\/irctcportal-new-file.gif\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"1449667099\" \/>IRCTC Concession Rules &amp; Percentage<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px\">\n<td style=\"height: 28px;width: 100%\" width=\"253\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/irctc-refund-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2021\/12\/irctcportal-new-file.gif\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"1449667099\" \/>IRCTC New Refund Rules<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 52px\">\n<td style=\"height: 52px;width: 100%\" width=\"253\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/irctc-food-menu-price-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2021\/12\/irctcportal-new-file.gif\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"1449667099\" \/>IRCTC Food Menu Rate List<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px\">\n<td style=\"height: 28px;width: 100%\" width=\"253\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/irctc-senior-citizen-age-proof-senior-citizen-id-proof-for-irctc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2021\/12\/irctcportal-new-file.gif\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"1449667099\" \/>IRCTC New ID Proof List<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 52px\">\n<td style=\"height: 52px;width: 100%\" width=\"253\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/train-coach-seat-layout-pdf-download-train-seat-map-sleeper-pdf-download\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2021\/12\/irctcportal-new-file.gif\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"1449667099\" \/>Train Coach Seat and Berth Layout<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\">Here\u2019s what I found regarding the <strong>IRCTC \/ Indian Railways announcement of \u201c39 pairs of special trains\u201d<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>\ud83d\udccc Overview<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>In <strong>October 2020<\/strong>, the Railway Board approved <strong>39 additional pairs of special trains<\/strong>, substantially increasing service capacity during the <strong>COVID\u201119 recovery<\/strong> and festive season period. These comprised mostly <strong>AC Express, Duronto, Rajdhani, Shatabdi<\/strong>, and <strong>Double Decker<\/strong> trains.<\/li>\n<li>These trains were intended as <strong>short-term COVID\/festival specials<\/strong>, and many were numbered in the <strong>02000\u201302999 range<\/strong> indicating temporary status.<\/li>\n<li>There is <strong>no evidence<\/strong> that all or most of these 39 pairs remain active in <strong>2025<\/strong>; many have since been <strong>discontinued or converted into regular trains<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>\ud83d\udcdd Examples of Included Train Pairs (2020 List)<\/h2>\n<p>Some highlighted routes and train numbers from the original 39 pairs included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>12171 \/ 12172<\/strong> \u2013 Lokmanya Tilak (Mumbai) \u2194 Haridwar (AC Express, Bi\u2011weekly)<\/li>\n<li><strong>22121 \/ 22122<\/strong> \u2013 LTT \u2192 Lucknow (AC Express, Weekly)<\/li>\n<li><strong>22123 \/ 22124<\/strong> \u2013 Ajni \u2192 Pune (AC Express, Weekly)<\/li>\n<li><strong>22125 \/ 22126<\/strong> \u2013 Nagpur \u2192 Amritsar (AC Express, Weekly)<\/li>\n<li><strong>12519 \/ 12520<\/strong> \u2013 Kamakhya \u2192 LTT (AC Express, Weekly)<\/li>\n<li><strong>12551 \/ 12552<\/strong> \u2013 Kamakhya \u2192 Yesvantpur (AC Express, Weekly)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This list of examples is drawn from media reports referencing the official 39-pair announcement.<\/p>\n<p>A broader machine-parsed listing (from IRCTC pdf) of special train timetables includes positions in the <strong>020xx \u2013 090xx<\/strong> series, covering nearly daily\/current-routed specials across India, but not all match the initial 39-pair list.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>\u2705 Current Status (as of August 1, 2025)<\/h2>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Attribute<\/th>\n<th>Status\/Notes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Original 39-pair special list<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Circa October\u2013November 2025; mostly festival\/COVID specials<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Still active?<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Majority have not continued; some converted to regular trains<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Accessible via official sources?<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Current info available only for operating specials via NTES\/IRCTC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>New specials in 2025?<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Running specials exist for Summer\/Holi\/Ganeshotsav, but not the same sets<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>\ud83d\udd0d What You Can Do<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>If you need the full 39-pair list<\/strong> (train numbers, routes, frequencies) as announced in 2020, I can share it from archived media.<\/li>\n<li><strong>For current ongoing specials<\/strong> (2025), you should check:\n<ul>\n<li>the official <strong>IRCTC train search for \u201cspecial\u201d trains<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>the <strong>NTES<\/strong> app or Railway Board\/Central Railway press releases<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>If you have specific routes or train numbers (e.g. \u201cLTT \u2192 Haridwar 12171\/72 special\u201d) in mind, I can help check if they still run and provide timetable, route, fare, and booking status.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Would you like to explore a particular pair or see the archived train list from the 2020 announcement?<\/p>\n<\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IRCTC 39 Pairs Special Trains Full List, Time Table, Schedule, Route, Fare, Train No. Train Booking, Train Status and Day On IRCTC to run 78 new special AC trains soon. 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