Bihar summer specials

Indian Railways is adding summer special trains from Bihar on the Delhi, Amritsar and Tirupati corridors as holiday travel demand builds in April 2026. (patnapress.com) East Central Railway said the extra services will run on selected dates from April to July 2026, with operations concentrated on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. The routes listed include Delhi–Sitamarhi, Delhi–Bhagalpur, Amritsar–Jaynagar, Amritsar–Barauni and Tirupati–Raxaul. (prabhatkhabar.com) The same batch also includes Sealdah–Delhi, Muzaffarpur–Yognagari Rishikesh and Danapur–Bhagat Ki Kothi services, widening the relief plan beyond the three headline corridors. Railway officials told passengers to check final timings and availability on official railway channels and the National Train Enquiry System application before travel. (patnapress.com) Bihar sends large numbers of passengers to Delhi, Punjab and pilgrimage centers during the summer vacation period, and regular long-distance trains often develop heavy waiting lists. East Central Railway said the added trains are meant to reduce crowding and improve the odds of getting confirmed tickets. (prabhatkhabar.com) The Bihar announcement is part of a wider national summer plan. Indian Railways is operating 1,484 summer special services between April and July 2026, including 749 reserved and 735 unreserved trains across states such as Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Maharashtra. (hellorail.in) Bookings for these services are being opened through the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation website and computerized Passenger Reservation System counters, according to railway coverage of the rollout. Indian Railways has also been adding extra coaches on some long-distance trains as part of the same summer-capacity push. (hellorail.in) The move follows other Bihar-linked summer specials announced this month, including a Firozpur Cantonment–Jhanjharpur train starting April 18 and running six trips in each direction through late May. That service was presented as crowd relief for Samastipur division passengers and for border-area stations such as Raxaul and Bairgania. (news11bharat.com) For passengers, the immediate change is simple: more temporary trains are being layered onto the busiest vacation routes out of Bihar before schools close and queues lengthen further. The next step is booking early and checking the final operating dates route by route. (patnapress.com)