{"id":8450,"date":"2025-07-27T12:26:46","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T12:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/railtravels.org\/?p=8450"},"modified":"2025-07-27T12:26:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T12:26:46","slug":"holi-special-train-bandra-terminus-ajmer-bandra-terminus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/holi-special-train-bandra-terminus-ajmer-bandra-terminus\/","title":{"rendered":"Holi Special Train Bandra Terminus-Ajmer-Bandra Terminus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Holi Special Train Bandra Terminus-Ajmer-Bandra Terminus<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bandra Terminus-Ajmer-Bandra Terminus<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Train No. 09622 \/ 09621 Bandra Terminus \u2013 Ajmer Jn. Superfast Special (4 trips)<\/p>\n<p>Train No. 09622 Bandra Terminus \u2013 Ajmer Jn Superfast Special will depart from Bandra Terminus on Monday, 21st&amp; 28th March, 2025 at 11.15 hrs &amp; will arrive Ajmer Jn. at 09.10 hrs, the next day. Similarly, Train No. 09621 Ajmer Jn. \u2013 Bandra Terminus Superfast Special, will depart from Ajmer Jn. on Sunday, 20th &amp; 27th March, 2025 at 06.35 hrs &amp; will arrive Bandra Terminus at 04.15 hrs, the next day. Enroute this train will halt at Borivali, Vapi, Surat, Vadodara, Ratlam, Bhawani Mandi, Ramganj Mandi, Kota, Sawai Madhopur, Jaipur and Kishangarh stations in both directions. This train comprises of AC 2-Tier, AC 3-Tier, Sleeper Class and General Second Class Coaches.<\/p>\n<p>The booking of Train No. 09622 will open on 11.03.2025 at PRS counters and IRCTC website. For detailed timings of the halts of above trains, passengers may please visit www.enquiry.indianrail.gov.in. Passengers are requested by Western Railway, to adhere to all norms, SOPs related to COVID-19 during boarding, travelling and at the destination.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what\u2019s currently verified about any <strong>Holi Special Train between Bandra Terminus (Mumbai) and Ajmer<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>\ud83d\ude84 Bandra Terminus \u2194 Ajmer Holi Specials (2025)<\/h2>\n<h3>\u2705 <strong>Train Nos. 09622 \/ 09621 \u2014 Bandra\u2013Ajmer Superfast Special<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Western Railway did operate <strong>Train No. 09622 (Bandra Terminus \u2192 Ajmer Junction)<\/strong> and <strong>09621 (Ajmer \u2192 Bandra Terminus)<\/strong> as part of <strong>Holi\/Special Fare services<\/strong> in <strong>March 2025<\/strong>, running <strong>four trips<\/strong> during the festival period. These trains included AC\u2011II, AC\u2011III, Sleeper, and General coaches, according to press updates and schedule archives<\/li>\n<li>However, these were in 2022. There is <strong>no publicly documented Holi special train between Bandra Terminus and Ajmer in March 2025<\/strong>. Website listings and news reports of Holi\u20112025 specials do <strong>not mention this route<\/strong> among the seven WR specials launched for that year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>\u274c Status for 2025<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>No confirmed Holi special service<\/strong> between Bandra Terminus and Ajmer was operated during <strong>March 2025<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Western Railway\u2019s official press release about Holi specials lists include Rewa, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Jhansi, Subedarganj, Bhagat Ki Kothi, etc., but <em>not Ajmer<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>\u26a0\ufe0f Traveler Caveats<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Special trains numbered with leading <strong>\u201c0\u201d<\/strong> are low priority and often suffer delays of <strong>6\u201314+ hours<\/strong>, as reiterated frequently by passengers on forums:<br \/>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cFestival special train hamesha late hi chalti hai\u2026 train was 8\u202fhours late\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cTT once told me special train starts with 0 and it has least priority<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>These trains are <strong>typically announced only weeks before travel<\/strong>, and give <strong>minimal runs (often just one-way)<\/strong>, making seat availability unpredictable and reliability low.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>\ud83d\udccb Summary Table<\/h2>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Year<\/th>\n<th>Train Nos.<\/th>\n<th>Route<\/th>\n<th>Status<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>2022<\/td>\n<td>09622 \/ 09621<\/td>\n<td>Bandra \u2013 Ajmer \u2013 Bandra<\/td>\n<td>Operated \u2014 four trips<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2025<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<td>No Holi special confirmed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>\ud83e\udded Looking Ahead to Holi 2026<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>If this route resumes Holi specials, expect Western Railway announcements in <strong>January\u2013February 2026<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>For reliable travel between <strong>Mumbai and Ajmer<\/strong>, consider regular daily\/tri\u2011weekly reserved services such as:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>12995\/12996 Ajmer\u2013Bandra Terminus Express<\/strong> (operating 3 times per week)<\/li>\n<li><strong>12989\/12990 Dadar\u2013Ajmer Superfast Express<\/strong> (also 3 times weekly)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These regular trains tend to have better punctuality and advance booking availability.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>\u2705 What Would You Like to Do Next?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Check <strong>regular express train schedules<\/strong>, fares, and seat availability between Mumbai and Ajmer?<\/li>\n<li>Explore <strong>alternate routes<\/strong>, stopovers, or timing options for Holi travel?<\/li>\n<li>Set up alerts or help monitor <strong>Western Railway bulletins<\/strong> for future special announcements?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let me know how I can assist you further!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holi Special Train Bandra Terminus-Ajmer-Bandra Terminus Bandra Terminus-Ajmer-Bandra Terminus Train No. 09622 \/ 09621 Bandra Terminus \u2013 Ajmer Jn. Superfast Special (4 trips) Train No. 09622 Bandra Terminus \u2013 Ajmer Jn Superfast Special will depart from Bandra Terminus on Monday, 21st&amp; 28th March, 2025 at 11.15 hrs &amp; will arrive Ajmer Jn. at 09.10 hrs, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,19,28],"tags":[59,61,20,27],"class_list":["post-8450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holi-special-trains","category-special-trains","category-western-railway","tag-holi-special-trains","tag-running-holi-special-trains","tag-special-trains","tag-western-railway"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8450","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=8450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8450\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}