Northern Railway will run Holi special trains to accommodate increased passenger traffic during the festival. This includes the following trains: * **04145/04146 Subedarganj - Anand Vihar Terminal –Subedarganj Special (10 trips):** Departs Subedarganj on March 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, and 31st and departs Anand Vihar Terminal...
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on March 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, and April 1st. The train has general, sleeper, and AC coaches. * **03435/03436 Malda Town - Anand Vihar Terminus-Malda Town Special (4 trips):** Departs Malda Town every Monday from March 25th to April 1st and departs Anand Vihar Terminus every Tuesday from March 26th to April 2nd. The train has general, sleeper, and AC coaches. * **08475/08476 Puri-Nizamuddin-Puri special (4 trips):** Departs Puri every Friday from March 22nd to March 29th and departs Hazrat Nizamuddin every Saturday from March 23rd to March 30th. The train has general, sleeper, and AC coaches. * **08571/08572 Visakhapatnam- Hazrat Nizamuddin-Visakhapatnam Special (4 trips):** Departs Visakhapatnam every Friday from March 22nd to March 29th and departs Hazrat Nizamuddin every Saturday from March 23rd to March 30th. The train has general, sleeper, and AC coaches.

To accommodate the increased travel demand during Holi, the Indian Railways has announced two special train services between Punjab and Eastern India. The Bathinda-Banaras-Bathinda Special Express (04530-29) will depart Bathinda at 8:50 PM on March 22nd and reach Banaras at 5:30 PM the following day. The return journey will start from...
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Banaras at 8:40 PM and arrive back in Bathinda at 5:00 PM. The Ambala-Katihar-Ambala Special Express (04536-35) will leave Ambala Cantt at 12:45 AM on March 22nd and reach Katihar at 5:00 AM the next day. Its return journey will commence from Katihar at 7:00 AM and reach Ambala Cantt at 11:15 AM on March 23rd. Both these trains will operate as reserved services only, with no general tickets allowed.

The Indian Railways is running two unreserved special trains: Jalandhar Cantt-Varanasi and Bathinda-Banaras, each making two round trips. The Jalandhar Cantt-Varanasi train (No. 04664) departs from Jalandhar Cantt at 3:10 PM on February 21st and reaches Varanasi at 1:30 PM the next day. The return train (No. 04663) leaves Varanasi at...
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6:15 PM on February 25th and arrives at Jalandhar Cantt at 3:35 PM the following day. This train stops at Ludhiana, Ambala Cantt Junction, Saharanpur, Moradabad, and Lucknow in both directions. The Bathinda-Banaras train (No. 04530) departs from Bathinda at 9:05 PM on February 22nd and reaches Banaras at 5 PM the next day. The return train (No. 04529) leaves Banaras at 9 PM on February 26th and arrives at Bathinda at 6:10 PM the following day. This train stops at Rampura Phul, Barnala, Dhuri, Patiala, Rajpura, Ambala Cantt, Yamunanagar, Saharanpur, Moradabad, Bareilly, and Lucknow in both directions. Due to the commissioning of the third line in the Bilaspur Division, the 12535 Garib Rath Express running from Lucknow to Raipur has been canceled on February 19th and 22nd. The return train, 12536 Garib Rath, has been canceled on February 20th and 23rd. Additionally, the 15231 Barauni-Gondia Express will operate on an altered route from February 18th to 23rd via Balaghat-Nayanpur-Jabalpur-Katni, and the 15232 Gondia-Barauni Express will run on the same altered route from February 19th to 24th.

Indian Railways has announced two unreserved special train services to ease congestion and provide better travel facilities. The first train, 04664/04663 Jalandhar Cantt – Varanasi, will run for two trips. The train will depart Jalandhar Cantt on February 21, 2024, at 3:10 PM and reach Varanasi the next day at 1:30...
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PM. The return train, 04663, will leave Varanasi on February 25, 2024, at 6:15 PM and arrive at Jalandhar Cantt the next day at 3:35 PM. The train will halt at Ludhiana, Ambala Cantt, Saharanpur, Moradabad, and Lucknow stations in both directions. The second train, 04530/04529 Bathinda – Banaras, will also run for two trips. Train 04530 will depart Bathinda on February 22, 2024, at 9:05 PM and arrive at Banaras the next day at 5:00 PM. The return train, 04529, will leave Banaras on February 26, 2024, at 9:00 PM and reach Bathinda the next day at 6:10 PM. This train will halt at Rampura Phul, Barnala, Dhuri, Patiala, Rajpura, Ambala Cantt, Yamunanagar, Saharanpur, Moradabad, Bareilly, and Lucknow stations in both directions.