Chhath Special Trains From Delhi: 29 Services Scheduled for 12 November

Northern Railway scheduled 29 Chhath special trains from the Delhi area for Thursday, 12 November 2026. New Delhi and Anand Vihar Terminal were each listed as the origin for seven services. The rest were distributed among Shakurbasti, Hazrat Nizamuddin, Delhi Junction, Delhi Sarai Rohilla and Rohtak. Check your own train number and boarding station before leaving, especially if your booking or travel message only says Delhi.

The figures come from a Northern Railway advisory issued on 11 November, which describes planned departures and the arrangements for handling the festival rush. The count is for the Delhi area and includes Rohtak. It does not indicate how many seats are available or which platform an individual train will use.

Where the 29 Chhath specials are scheduled to start

• New Delhi: 7
• Anand Vihar Terminal: 7
• Shakurbasti: 5
• Hazrat Nizamuddin: 5
• Delhi Junction: 3
• Rohtak: 1
• Delhi Sarai Rohilla: 1

The seven origin counts add up to 29. Pay particular attention to New Delhi, Delhi Junction and Delhi Sarai Rohilla when comparing the list with a ticket. They are separate stations. Anand Vihar Terminal and Hazrat Nizamuddin also have separate departure boards. A journey that starts at one of these stations can be easy to misread if you rely on a forwarded list that leaves out the full station name.

The advisory also allows for unreserved specials according to crowd demand. Northern Railway said it had run three unscheduled specials on 10 November on top of 27 planned trains that day. That example describes how the railway responded to demand on a previous day. Travellers need a current announcement or enquiry result to establish whether an additional service is running on 12 November.

Check the train number and the boarding station

Start with the train number from your ticket, booking confirmation or current railway notice. Enter it in the National Train Enquiry System and match the train name, journey date and stop to your booking. Look up the schedule when checking whether the service stops where you intend to board. Use the running status for the latest available movement and timing information.

A service’s origin and a passenger’s boarding station can differ. The station counts refer to where trains are scheduled to start. For your journey, use the boarding point printed on the ticket and confirm the departure time from that stop. Where a train reaches a boarding station after midnight, check the calendar date for that stop as well as the date the service leaves its origin.

For instance, The Indian Express’s published train list includes 04404 from Shakurbasti to Patna on 12 November as part of a run from 10 to 14 November. It also lists 04088 from New Delhi to Patna as a daily service through 30 November. Use those numbers to check the current schedule and availability for your date.

Check seat status separately from train status

If you still need to book a reserved ticket, use IRCTC to check the specific train, date, class and boarding point. If you already have a reservation, keep the booking details available and check your PNR status before travelling. A train can be scheduled to run while a particular class is sold out or has a waiting list. An unreserved special is also a different service from a reserved departure with a similar destination.

At the station, follow the current departure board and announcements for the platform. Allow time to move between entrances and platforms if the station is busy. If you plan to meet a relative travelling for Chhath, share the train number, the full station name and the date at that stop. Those three details are more useful than forwarding the aggregate total, which describes the scale of the operation across seven origins.