Anand Vihar–Jogbani weekly

Northern Railway will start a reserved weekly special from Anand Vihar Terminal to Jogbani on Saturday, April 18, adding one more direct northbound option into Bihar’s border belt. (travelandtourworld.com) The train is numbered 04008 and is scheduled to run every Saturday through July 11, 2026, which makes this a 12-trip summer operation if it runs each listed week. (travelandtourworld.com) Rail databases tracking the service list 04008 as a Northern Railway mail or express special from Anand Vihar Terminal in Delhi to Jogbani in Bihar, with Saturday departure and roughly 30 hours 30 minutes of travel time. (indiarailinfo.com) (railyatri.in) The published route runs through Ghaziabad, Moradabad, Bareilly, Sitapur, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Chhapra, Hajipur, Barauni, Katihar, Purnea, Arariya Court and Forbesganj before reaching Jogbani. (indiarailinfo.com) Jogbani sits on the India-Nepal border in Bihar’s Araria district, so extra trains on this corridor typically serve migrant workers, students and families traveling between Delhi, north Bihar and nearby border towns. (britannica.com 1) (britannica.com 2) (indiarailinfo.com) Anand Vihar Terminal is one of Delhi’s main long-distance railheads for eastbound and northbound traffic, and summer specials are commonly used when regular reserved trains fill up during school holidays and seasonal travel peaks. (ncrtc.in) (travelandtourworld.com) Third-party timetable listings show the service as reserved rather than unreserved, with air-conditioned and sleeper accommodation in the rake instead of a general walk-up format. (indiarailinfo.com) Indian Railways’ National Train Enquiry System also lists 04008 in its service schedule, indicating the train has been entered into the live operating system ahead of the April 18 start. (enquiry.indianrail.gov.in) The immediate test comes this weekend: if the first Saturday departure leaves as scheduled on April 18, Delhi-to-Jogbani passengers will have a new weekly reserved train through the core north Bihar corridor until mid-July. (travelandtourworld.com)