After Diwali, a huge crowd of passengers is gathering at Delhi's railway stations for Chhath Puja. People want to somehow enter the trains to go to their villages. To handle this crowd of people, Northern Railway has made many levels of preparations. In this series, on Monday, Railways ran 23 special trains and 6 unreserved special trains (TOD) from Delhi region, so that passengers can reach their destination.
Today, 9 trains are being operated from Anand Vihar Terminal, 6 from New Delhi Railway Station, 5 from Shakurbasti Railway Station, 3 from Delhi Junction i.e. Old Delhi Railway Station, 3 from Hazrat Nizamuddin and 1 from Rohtak.
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31 trains will operate
Giving information, Railways has said that on 11 November 2026 (Wednesday), 31 special trains are proposed to be operated from major stations of Delhi region. The operation of these trains will reduce the problems of the people. Northern Railway has made massive arrangements at major railway stations of Delhi region for the convenience of passengers traveling to their homes especially in the eastern parts of the country on the occasion of Chhath festival. Railways has deployed additional staff at the stations for the convenience of passengers.
At the same time, a total of 27 special trains (9 from Anand Vihar Terminal, 6 from New Delhi, 5 from Shakurbasti, 3 from Hazrat Nizamuddin, 3 from Delhi Junction and 1 from Rohtak) are scheduled to depart from major railway stations of Delhi region on Tuesday.
Decision to run additional trains
Further, based on monitoring of passenger rush at major stations in Delhi region, in addition to the already scheduled 23 pre-scheduled special trains, 6 additional unreserved special trains were run at short notice. Whereas on Wednesday, 31 special trains are proposed to be operated from major stations of Delhi region.
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surveillance at railway stations
Railways has said that even today, while monitoring the crowd of passengers, additional special trains will be planned as per the need. The rush of passengers at major railway stations is being continuously monitored by Divisional Railway Managers, Additional Divisional Railway Managers and senior officers of Headquarters and Division.