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.
Ludhiana → Gorakhpur · pick a day
Dot: green a direct seat · amber a seat only with a change · red no seat either way
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3 direct trains run · none with a seat
Confirmed or RAC berth on every leg, changes checked against real past runs
Sun, 1 Nov 10:32 Ludhiana Jn → 14:00 New Delhi · CC
Change at New Delhi: wait 9.4 h · this change worked on 99% of recorded runs
Sun, 1 Nov 23:25 New Delhi → 07:35 +1d Lucknow · 3A
Change at Lucknow: wait 10.8 h · this change worked on 100% of recorded runs
Mon, 2 Nov 18:25 Lucknow → 22:40 Gorakhpur · CC
Sun, 1 Nov 09:40 Ludhiana Jn → 16:20 New Delhi · SL
Change at New Delhi: wait 7.1 h · this change worked on 100% of recorded runs
Sun, 1 Nov 23:25 New Delhi → 07:35 +1d Lucknow · 3A
Change at Lucknow: wait 10.8 h · this change worked on 100% of recorded runs
Mon, 2 Nov 18:25 Lucknow → 22:40 Gorakhpur · CC
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