Indian Railways will run a weekly superfast special train between Pune and Gorakhpur during Diwali and Chhath festivals. The train, numbered 01431, will depart Pune every Friday at 4:15 PM on October 25th and November 1st, 2024 and arrive at Gorakhpur the next day at 8:40 PM. The return train, 01432,...
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will leave Gorakhpur every Saturday at 11:25 PM on October 26th and November 2nd, 2024, reaching Pune on Monday at 6:25 AM. The train will stop at Daund Chord Line, Ahmednagar, Belapur, Kopargaon, Manmad, Bhusaval, Khandwa, Itarsi, Bhopal, Bina, Virangna Rani Laxmibai Jhansi Junction, Orai, Kanpur, Lucknow, Barabanki, Gonda, Mankapur Junction, Basti, and Khalilabad. Reservations will open on September 5th, 2024, at all Computerized Reservation Centres and on the IRCTC website.

Passengers traveling on long-distance trains are facing difficulties due to delays. Trains arriving in Lucknow from mountainous regions are running 5 to 20 hours late. The main reason for the delay is attributed to heavy traffic load on railway lines. This is due to the operation of summer special trains along...
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with regular trains. To accommodate the special trains, regular trains are being held midway, leading to ongoing delays. On Saturday, train number 01431 Pune-Gorakhpur via Lucknow was reported to be 20 hours late. Other delayed trains include 05326 LTT-Gorakhpur via Lucknow (11 hours), 04057 Muzaffarpur-Anand Vihar via Lucknow (9 hours), 05654 Jammu Tawi-Guwahati via Lucknow (8 hours), 02204 Garib Rath (5.5 hours), 04311 Dehradun Special (5.5 hours), and 13152 Kolkata Express (4.5 hours). These delays are causing significant inconvenience to passengers.

On Friday, a special train from Pune to Nagpur (Train No. 01166) was delayed by three hours. This caused inconvenience to passengers who had to wait at Pune station. The delay highlights the inefficiency of the railway administration, which has been facing frequent delays in recent days. The railway administration decided...
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to operate a special Pune-Nagpur train due to the increasing crowd of passengers. This train was supposed to depart from Pune station at 3:50 PM on Friday (17th) for Nagpur. However, the train did not arrive at Pune railway station until 7 PM, forcing passengers to wait for three hours. This caused significant inconvenience to the passengers. Passenger Bhaskar Rao Pathak said that the Pune-Nagpur special train was delayed by more than three hours, causing inconvenience to passengers. He demanded that the railway administration run special trains on time. The Nagpur-Pune special train arrived in Pune 3 hours and 42 minutes late on Friday. Due to the unavailability of a rake, the Pune-Nagpur special train, which was scheduled to depart from Pune in the afternoon, was also delayed. The concerned department will be asked for more information on this. - Rampal Badpagga, Public Relations Officer, Central Railway, Pune The railway administration's neglect of special trains has been a recurring issue. On Friday, a similar situation was witnessed at Pune railway station. The Pune-Nagpur (01166) train was scheduled to depart at 3:50 PM but left for Nagpur at 7:06 PM. The Pune-Gorakhpur special train (01431) was scheduled to be delayed for a full day, meaning it will now depart on the 18th instead of the 17th. The LTT-Bhubaneswar train was also delayed. Additionally, the Azad Hind Express, which was scheduled to depart on the 17th, has been rescheduled to depart on the 18th. It will now depart in the morning. This means the special train will also be delayed by one day.