Western Railway will run three one-way special trains from Bandra Terminus, Pratapnagar and Ahmedabad to destinations in Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh on November 15 and 16, adding temporary capacity during the festival and wedding-season rush. The trains will operate on special fares and include sleeper and general second-class coaches.
According to information provided by the Western Railway chief public relations officer, train number 09113, the Bandra Terminus–Gorakhpur Special, will leave Bandra Terminus at 4.30 am on November 15 and reach Gorakhpur at 7.30 pm the following day. It will stop at Borivali, Vapi, Surat, Vadodara, Ratlam, Nagda, Kota, Sawai Madhopur, Bayana, Idgah Agra, Kanpur Central, Aishbagh Junction, Barabanki, Gonda and Basti.
Train number 09133, the Pratapnagar–Raxaul Special, will depart from Pratapnagar at 11.50 pm on November 16 and arrive at Raxaul at 6.30 am on November 18. Its scheduled stops include Vadodara, Godhra, Dahod, Ratlam, Nagda, Ujjain, Maksi, Sant Hirdaram Nagar, Bina, Veerangana Lakshmibai Jhansi Junction, Kanpur Central, Lucknow, Barabanki, Gonda, Basti, Khalilabad, Gorakhpur, Kaptanganj, Siswa Bazar, Bagaha and Narkatiaganj.
The third service, train number 09431, will run between Ahmedabad and Madhubani. It will leave Ahmedabad at 10.10 am on November 15 and reach Madhubani at 1.40 am on November 17. The train will stop at Anand, Chhayapuri, Godhra, Dahod, Ratlam, Ujjain, Sehore, Sant Hirdaram Nagar, Vidisha, Bina, Damoh, Katni Murwara, Satna, Manikpur, Prayagraj Chheoki, Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction, Buxar, Ara, Danapur, Patliputra, Sonpur, Hajipur, Muzaffarpur, Samastipur, Darbhanga and Sakri.
The additional services are intended to support passengers travelling towards Bihar and Uttar Pradesh when regular trains face elevated demand during the festival period. The source report also links the services to the beginning of the wedding season, which may increase travel by passengers who were unable to return to their hometowns during the earlier festival rush.
All three trains will carry sleeper-class and general second-class coaches. Tickets are available through passenger reservation system counters and the IRCTC website. Western Railway has stated that the services will be offered at special fares, although the supplied information does not specify the fare levels or coach composition for each individual train.
The temporary services also connect major urban centres across Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, including Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Bandra, Kanpur, Lucknow, Gorakhpur, Muzaffarpur and Darbhanga. The announced departures and scheduled stops provide passengers with additional rail options during a period when demand is concentrated along long-distance routes to eastern India.
