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When every direct train is full, is there still a seat home?

Search any two stations and a date. On the left, the direct trains a booking site would list. On the right, journeys with one change of train and a seat on both legs, checked live.

Where Railways added festival specials this year

Railways adds a special where its waitlists are longest. 273 specials for Diwali and Chhath 2026, read by where they start and end, and ranked with the searches people make on RailRoute for these dates. Each route opens a live seat search on the busiest week.

From work inHome stateSpecialsTowns they stop at
DelhiBihar15Chhapra, Hajipur, Sonpur, Mansi, Khagaria, Begusarai
MumbaiUttar Pradesh12Kanpur, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Jhansi, Orai, Lucknow
DelhiUttar Pradesh10Moradabad, Ghaziabad, Aligarh, Kanpur, Gorakhpur, Anand Nagar
KolkataBihar8Patna, Darbhanga, Samastipur, Barauni, Sitamarhi, Janakpur Road
HyderabadAndhra Pradesh7Kakinada, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Rajahmundry, Guntur, Mirylaguda
PuneMaharashtra6Amravati, Akola, Shegaon, Malkapur, Bhusawal, Jalgaon
MumbaiGujarat6Vapi, Dhrangandhra, Samakhiali, Bhachau, Gandhidham, Bhuj
DelhiJammu and Kashmir4Jammu, Katra, Budgam, Udhampur
MumbaiBihar4Patna, Ara, Sonpur, Hajipur, Muzaffarpur, Samastipur
MumbaiMaharashtra4Kolhapur, Lonavla, Jejuri, Lonand, Satara, Karad
DelhiKarnataka4Hubballi, Badami, Bagalkot, Vijayapura, Solapur, Arsikere
ChennaiKerala4Kottarakara, Kollam, Kochi, Kottayam, Varkala, Thiruvananthapuram