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Indian Railways has given a huge gift to lakhs of railway passengers going home on the auspicious occasion of Diwali and the great festival of faith, Chhath. Keeping in mind the convenience of the passengers who are troubled by the long waiting list and non-availability of tickets in regular trains during the festive season, the Railway Board has officially announced to run a modern 16-coach special Vande Bharat Express train between New Delhi and Patna. This fully air-conditioned and reserved special superfast train, passing through Uttar Pradesh’s industrial city Kanpur and religious confluence city Prayagraj, is all set to gallop on the track from 16th October 2026. With this important decision of the Railways, the migrants from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar living in Delhi-NCR are going to get great convenience in reaching home without any hassle during festivals.
As per the detailed operational notification issued by the Railway Administration, this special Vande Bharat service is being started on specific dates to control the pressure of festive crowd. In the initial phase, train number 02252 New Delhi-Patna Special Vande Bharat Express will be operated from New Delhi on 16th October and 18th October. In the return direction, train number 02251 Patna-New Delhi Special Vande Bharat will be left from Patna Junction on October 17 and October 19. After this, in view of the peak of festive rush, Railways has decided to run this train three days a week at regular intervals from 21 October to 26 November 2026. During this period, this train from New Delhi will run every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, while from Patna it will depart for New Delhi carrying passengers every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.
If we look at the official timetable of the train, train number 02252 New Delhi-Patna Special Vande Bharat will depart from New Delhi Railway Station at 08:35 am. While gaining speed, it will reach the platform of Prayagraj Junction at 03:45 pm and after a five-minute halt there, it will depart further at 03:50 pm. After this, this superfast train will drop the passengers safely at its final destination Patna Junction at 09:30 pm the same night. In the return direction, Train No. 02251 Patna-New Delhi Special Vande Bharat will start its journey from Patna Junction at 10:00 am. It will reach Prayagraj Junction at 03:35 pm and will leave from there at 03:40 pm and will complete its journey at the country’s capital New Delhi station at 11:30 pm.
With an aim to cover major rail sections of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, the stoppages of this special Vande Bharat train have been decided at highly strategic stations. For the convenience of railway passengers, its stoppage has been scheduled at Aligarh Junction, Kanpur Central, Prayagraj Junction, Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Junction (Mughalsarai), Buxar and Arrah stations. This train will operate with modern 16 coaches in which world class facilities of chair car and executive chair car will be available. Advance booking of tickets for this special train is being started simultaneously from the official website, mobile application and computerized Passenger Reservation System (PRS) counters of all railway stations of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), which will give passengers a golden opportunity to get confirmed seats.