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Kolkata → Patna for Diwali and Chhath

Going home in the week before Diwali, a direct train had a confirmed or RAC seat on 5 of 7 days; with one or two changes, on 7. Seats as measured on 12 October.

Kolkata → Patna · pick a day

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

Direct trains only

What booking sites list today for this day

10 direct trains run · none with a seat

  • 12303 Poorva ExpressHowrah Jn 08:00 → Patna Jn · 7.7 h · SLWaitlistPQWL84/WL76
  • 12273 NDLS Duronto ExHowrah Jn 08:45 → Patna Jn · 7.3 h · SLWaitlistRSWL19/WL12
  • 13035 Upasana ExpressHowrah Jn 13:00 → Patna Jn · 8.1 h · 3EWaitlistPQWL17/WL14
  • 13105 SDAH BUI ExpresSealdah 13:40 → Hajipur Jn · 11.2 h · SLWaitlistGNWL197/WL142
  • 13005 HWH ASR MailHowrah Jn 19:20 → Patna Saheb · 7.5 h · SLWaitlistPQWL121/WL108
  • 13047 Vibhuti ExpressHowrah Jn 19:55 → Fatuha · 7.3 h · SLWaitlistGNWL130/WL108
  • 12351 HWH RJPB ExpressHowrah Jn 20:35 → Fatuha · 8.4 h · SLWaitlistGNWL132/WL115
  • 13019 Bagh ExpressHowrah Jn 21:40 → Hajipur Jn · 13.4 h · 3AWaitlistGNWL165/WL110
  • 22213 PNBE Duronto ExShalimar 21:50 → Patna Jn · 8.4 h · 3AWaitlistGNWL43/WL38
  • 13041 Himgiri ExpressHowrah Jn 23:55 → Patna Saheb · 9.6 h · SLWaitlistPQWL115/WL102

With 2-train journeys

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

Option 1 · 1 change

9.8 h door to door · ₹345
  1. 13151 KOAA JAT ExpresSeatAVAILABLE-0046

    Fri, 6 Nov 11:45 Kolkata → 15:05 Asansol Jn · SL

  2. Change at Asansol Jn: wait 1.4 h · this change worked on 96% of recorded runs

    12023 Janshatabdi ExpressSeatAVAILABLE-0023

    Fri, 6 Nov 16:30 Asansol Jn → 21:30 Patna Saheb (7 km from home) · 2S

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