Delhi → Ranchi for Diwali and Chhath

Going home in the week before Diwali, a direct train had a confirmed or RAC seat on 0 of 7 days; with one or two changes, on 3. Seats as measured on 12 October.

Delhi → Ranchi · pick a day

Dot: green a direct seat · amber a seat only with a change · red no seat either way

Direct trains only

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1 direct train run · none with a seat

02878 RNC Festival SpecialAnand Vihar Terminal 19:30 → Ranchi · 23.1 h · SLWaitlistGNWL93/WL50

With 2-train journeys

Confirmed or RAC berth on every leg, changes checked against real past runs

Option 1 · 2 changes

34.2 h door to door · ₹2,015

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Sun, 1 Nov 08:20 Anand Vihar Terminal → 13:15 Kanpur Central · SL
Change at Kanpur Central: wait 7.8 h · long enough to absorb a late arrival
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Sun, 1 Nov 21:05 Kanpur Central → 01:13 +1d Dd Upadhyaya Jn · 3A
Change at Dd Upadhyaya Jn: wait 8.4 h · long enough to absorb a late arrival
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Mon, 2 Nov 09:35 Dd Upadhyaya Jn → 18:35 Ranchi · SL

Option 2 · 2 changes

34.9 h door to door · ₹2,390

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Sun, 1 Nov 07:40 Anand Vihar Terminal → 13:25 Kanpur Central · 3A
Change at Kanpur Central: wait 7.7 h · this change worked on 99% of recorded runs
12424 DBRT RajdhaniSeatAVAILABLE-0001
Sun, 1 Nov 21:05 Kanpur Central → 01:13 +1d Dd Upadhyaya Jn · 3A
Change at Dd Upadhyaya Jn: wait 8.4 h · long enough to absorb a late arrival
02878 RNC Festival Specialfestival specialSeatAVAILABLE-0015
Mon, 2 Nov 09:35 Dd Upadhyaya Jn → 18:35 Ranchi · SL

Every journey on the right was re-checked against real-time seat availability, and every change has worked on at least 90% of recorded past runs or leaves a wait of 6 hours or more. Seats change by the hour. All 48 routes and the method