The South Eastern Railway will operate 39 pairs of Puja Special trains from Durga Puja to Chhath to ease travel for passengers on the Bihar-UP and Mumbai routes. Due to high demand, there are long waiting lists for trains to Patna, Chhapra, and Katihar. From October 16th to 21st, two...
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pairs of special trains will run from Tatanagar via Gaya, Sasaram, and Varanasi to Lucknow. On October 16th and 17th, a Tatanagar-Gorakhpur special train will operate via Barauni, Samastipur, Muzaffarpur, Hajipur, Siwan, and Deoria, providing convenience for passengers from various districts of Bihar. A Gondhia-Patna Chhath Special train will run from November 3rd to 5th. The Mumbai-Santragachi and Santragachi-Vascoda Gama special trains will operate from October 29th to November 7th, passing through Tatanagar. The Tatanagar-Santragachi-Dongargarh and Gondhia-Santragachi Durga Puja special trains, previously operational, will continue until October 10th. The railway is also planning to operate additional Chhath special trains from Shalimar and Santragachi, depending on crowd volume. Plans are in place to run special trains via Gaya and Mokama for passengers traveling to Darbhanga, Chhapra, and Patna. Odisha and Chhattisgarh will also have special trains, with some running through Tatanagar and others via Chakradharpur-Sini to reach Bihar stations. The Tatanagar-Buxar Express has been allocated additional coaches until October 14th due to heavy crowds. The railway is preparing to add extra sleeper and general coaches to trains from Tatanagar to Buxar, Chhapra, Katihar, Jammu, and Amritsar during Diwali and Chhath. Permanent sleeper coaches will be added to the Patna-Bilaspur train on November 8th, the Tata-Amritsar Jallianwala Bagh Express on December 25th, the Tata-Ernakulam Express on December 28th, the Tata-Yesvantpur Express on December 26th, and the Howrah-Hatia Kria Yoga Express on December 28th, among other trains.