Festival special train to run between Nagpur and Samastipur every Wednesday for Diwali and Chhath

Crowds of passengers swell during Diwali and Chhath. With this in mind, the Nagpur division of Central Railway has decided to run a festival special train between Nagpur and Samastipur. The railway says it will make travel easier for passengers on the Nagpur-Samastipur route.

Sumit Kumar, the Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) of North Eastern Railway, said in a press release that train number 01207 will run from Nagpur to Samastipur every Wednesday from October 21 to November 11, 2026. On the return, train number 01208 will run from Samastipur to Nagpur every Thursday from October 22 to November 12, 2026.

Train number 01207 will leave Nagpur station at 10:40 am. En route it will pass through Itarsi, Bhopal and Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi. It will then reach Kanpur Central at 4:45 am the next day. Going on via Aishbagh, Barabanki, Gonda and Basti, it will reach Gorakhpur at 1:30 pm.

After Gorakhpur, it will arrive at Deoria Sadar at 2:30 pm. Then, after Marwa, Siwan and Ekma, it will reach Chhapra at 6:05 pm. From Chhapra, via Sonpur, Hajipur and Muzaffarpur, the train will reach Samastipur Junction at 11:45 pm.

The return train, number 01208, will leave Samastipur station for Nagpur at 3:00 am on October 23. It will pass through Muzaffarpur, Hajipur, Sonpur, Chhapra, Siwan and Marwa, and will pass at 9:10 am. It will then reach Deoria Sadar at 9:45 am.

The train will then run via Gorakhpur, Basti, Gonda, Barabanki, Aishbagh, Kanpur Central and Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi, and reach Bhopal station at 3:25 am on the second day. It will pass Itarsi at 5:10 am and reach Nagpur via Betul at 11:30 am.

The festival special will have 18 coaches in all: 6 sleeper, 6 general second class, 4 AC three-tier and 2 SLRD coaches. Given the extra festival rush, information on the operation of this train was provided by Sumit Kumar, CPRO of North Eastern Railway.