Festival special trains 2026
Delhi to Kanpur special trains 2026 (Diwali, Chhath & Dussehra)
Every Indian Railways festival special that will take you from Delhi to Kanpur — including trains that pass through either place rather than start or end there. Each train shows where you board and where you get off, its full route, every running date, and live seats one tap away.
🪔 24 special trains · dates to 21 DecUpdated daily from Indian Railways' timetable
Special trains by festival
Shows every train that passes both places in this order, including intermediate stops — with your boarding and alighting stations.
- 02564Special train
NDLS BJU SPL
New DelhiNDLS · 17:55Barauni JnBJU · 15:10 (+1)Your leg: New DelhiKanpur Central
- 21h 15m · 1,185 km
- Daily · 25 Oct – 1 Dec · 38 runs
- 10 stations · via Kanpur Central, Basti, Gorakhpur Jn, Chhapra, Muzaffarpur Jn
- 02570Special train
NDLS DBG SF SPL
New DelhiNDLS · 12:15Darbhanga JnDBG · 10:00 (+1)Your leg: New DelhiKanpur Central
- 21h 45m · 1,171 km
- Daily · 25 Oct – 1 Dec · 38 runs
- 11 stations · via Kanpur Central, Gorakhpur Jn, Chhapra, Muzaffarpur Jn, Samastipur Jn
- 04088Special train
PNBE FEST SPL
New DelhiNDLS · 15:50Patna JnPNBE · 12:45 (+1)Your leg: New DelhiGovindpuri
- 20h 55m · 995 km
- Daily · 25 Oct – 30 Nov · 37 runs
- 10 stations · via Tundla Jn, Prayagraj Jn, Pt.deen Dayal Upadhyaya Jn, Buxar, Ara
- 04096Special train
PPTA FESTIVL SPL
Anand Vihar TerminalANVT · 00:05PatliputraPPTA · 23:00Your leg: Anand Vihar TerminalKanpur Central
- 22h 55m · 1,015 km
- Daily · 25 Oct – 29 Nov · 36 runs
- 13 stations · via Ghaziabad, Kanpur Central, Prayagraj Jn, Varanasi, Chhapra
- 04072Festival special
SOU FESTIVAL SPL
New DelhiNDLS · 21:35Supaul JnSOU · 06:35 (+2)Your leg: New DelhiGovindpuri
- 33h · 1,248 km
- Daily · 25 Oct – 28 Nov · 35 runs
- 24 stations · via Ghaziabad, Tundla Jn, Prayagraj Jn, Varanasi, Hajipur Jn
- 04062Special train
ANVT BGP SPL
Anand Vihar TerminalANVT · 12:00BhagalpurBGP · 13:30 (+1)Your leg: Anand Vihar TerminalGovindpuri
- 25h 30m · 1,205 km
- Daily · 25 Oct – 25 Nov · 32 runs
- 20 stations · via Tundla Jn, Govindpuri, Pt.deen Dayal Upadhyaya Jn, Gaya Jn, Kiul Jn
- 04064Special train
GAYA FESTIVL SPL
Delhi JnDLI · 11:00Gaya JnGAYA · 07:15 (+1)Your leg: Delhi JnGovindpuri
- 20h 15m · 994 km
- Mon,tue,wed,thu,fri,sun · 25 Oct – 30 Nov · 32 runs
- 11 stations · via New Delhi, Tundla Jn, Govindpuri, Pt.deen Dayal Upadhyaya Jn, Sasaram
- 04098Special train
SSB DBG FEST SPL
ShakurbastiSSB · 09:20Darbhanga JnDBG · 11:45 (+1)Your leg: New DelhiKanpur Central
- 26h 25m · 1,145 km
- Mon,wed,thu,fri,sat,sun · 25 Oct – 29 Nov · 31 runs
- 23 stations · via New Delhi, Ghaziabad, Kanpur Central, Gonda Jn, Gorakhpur Jn
- 02418Special train
SSB PRYJ SPL
ShakurbastiSSB · 21:30Prayagraj JnPRYJ · 09:15 (+1)Your leg: New DelhiKanpur Central
- 11h 45m · 646 km
- Wed,thu,sat,sun · 25 Oct – 29 Nov · 21 runs
- 17 stations · via New Delhi, Ghaziabad, Tundla Jn, Etawah Jn, Kanpur Central
- 02458Special train
ANVT CNB SF SPL
Anand Vihar TerminalANVT · 08:20Kanpur CentralCNB · 13:15Your leg: Anand Vihar TerminalKanpur Central
- 4h 55m · 428 km
- Tue,thu,sun · 25 Oct – 29 Nov · 16 runs
- 4 stations · via Aligarh Jn, Etawah Jn
- 04052Special train
NDLS-HWH SPL
New DelhiNDLS · 18:15Howrah JnHWH · 23:40 (+1)Your leg: New DelhiGovindpuri
- 29h 25m · 1,538 km
- Tue,fri,sun · 25 Oct – 29 Nov · 16 runs
- 22 stations · via Ghaziabad, Pt.deen Dayal Upadhyaya Jn, Patna Jn, Bardhaman, Bandel
- 02878Special train
ANVT RNC SPL
Anand Vihar TerminalANVT · 19:30RanchiRNC · 18:35 (+1)Your leg: Anand Vihar TerminalGovindpuri
- 23h 5m · 1,237 km
- Sun · 25 Oct – 29 Nov · 6 runs
- 20 stations · via Ghaziabad, Tundla Jn, Govindpuri, Pt.deen Dayal Upadhyaya Jn, Sasaram
- 02456Special train
NDLS CNB SF SPL
New DelhiNDLS · 07:45Kanpur CentralCNB · 13:15Your leg: New DelhiKanpur Central
- 5h 30m · 441 km
- Mon,wed,fri,sat · 26 Oct – 30 Nov · 21 runs
- 4 stations · via Aligarh Jn, Etawah Jn
- 04164Special train
SSB NPBR SPL
ShakurbastiSSB · 21:30Narayanpur BazarNPBR · 12:25 (+1)Your leg: New DelhiKanpur Central
- 14h 55m · 786 km
- Mon,tue,fri · 26 Oct – 30 Nov · 16 runs
- 21 stations · via New Delhi, Ghaziabad, Tundla Jn, Kanpur Central, Prayagraj Jn
- 02252Special train
VANDE BHARAT SPL
New DelhiNDLS · 08:35Patna JnPNBE · 21:30Your leg: New DelhiKanpur Central
- 12h 55m · 995 km
- Mon,wed,sat · 26 Oct – 25 Nov · 14 runs
- 8 stations · via Kanpur Central, Prayagraj Jn, Pt.deen Dayal Upadhyaya Jn, Buxar, Ara
- 02398Special train
ANVT GAYA SPL
Anand Vihar TerminalANVT · 13:30Gaya JnGAYA · 11:15 (+1)Your leg: Anand Vihar TerminalGovindpuri
- 21h 45m · 978 km
- Mon · 26 Oct – 30 Nov · 6 runs
- 10 stations · via Tundla Jn, Govindpuri, Prayagraj Jn, Pt.deen Dayal Upadhyaya Jn, Sasaram
- 03258Special train
ANVT DNR SUM SPL
Anand Vihar TerminalANVT · 05:00DanapurDNR · 20:45Your leg: Anand Vihar TerminalGovindpuri
- 15h 45m · 972 km
- Mon · 26 Oct – 30 Nov · 6 runs
- 7 stations · via Govindpuri, Subedarganj, Pt.deen Dayal Upadhyaya Jn, Buxar, Ara
- 03640Special train
SSB DHN SPL
ShakurbastiSSB · 21:10Dhanbad JnDHN · 23:45 (+1)Your leg: Delhi JnGovindpuri
- 26h 35m · 1,195 km
- Tue,sat · 27 Oct – 1 Dec · 11 runs
- 16 stations · via Delhi Jn, Tundla Jn, Prayagraj Jn, Pt.deen Dayal Upadhyaya Jn, Gaya Jn
- 03436Summer special
MLDT SUMMER SPL
Anand Vihar TerminalANVT · 14:50Malda TownMLDT · 22:30 (+1)Your leg: Anand Vihar TerminalGovindpuri
- 31h 40m · 1,383 km
- Tue · 27 Oct – 1 Dec · 6 runs
- 25 stations · via Tundla Jn, Govindpuri, Pt.deen Dayal Upadhyaya Jn, Gaya Jn, Kiul Jn
- 08408Special train
ANVT-KUR SPECIAL
Anand Vihar TerminalANVT · 00:30Khurda Road JnKUR · 10:45 (+1)Your leg: Anand Vihar TerminalGovindpuri
- 34h 15m · 1,727 km
- Tue,fri · 27 Oct · 1 runs
- 23 stations · via Ghaziabad, Tundla Jn, Pt.deen Dayal Upadhyaya Jn, Gaya Jn, Bhubaneswar
- 04090Special train
NDLS DNR SPL
New DelhiNDLS · 23:30DanapurDNR · 15:00 (+1)Your leg: New DelhiGovindpuri
- 15h 30m · 983 km
- Wed,fri · 28 Oct – 27 Nov · 10 runs
- 11 stations · via Delhi Jn, Ghaziabad, Prayagraj Jn, Pt.deen Dayal Upadhyaya Jn, Ara
- 04076Special train
DLI KYQ FEST SPL
Delhi JnDLI · 00:30KamakhyaKYQ · 21:15 (+1)Your leg: Delhi JnGovindpuri
- 44h 45m · 1,863 km
- Sat · 31 Oct – 28 Nov · 5 runs
- 28 stations · via Tundla Jn, Prayagraj Jn, Pt.deen Dayal Upadhyaya Jn, Ara, Hajipur Jn
- 05220Special train
ANVT MFP SPL
Anand Vihar TerminalANVT · 12:00Muzaffarpur JnMFP · 09:45 (+1)Your leg: Anand Vihar TerminalGovindpuri
- 21h 45m · 1,053 km
- Sat · 31 Oct – 28 Nov · 5 runs
- 12 stations · via Tundla Jn, Prayagraj Jn, Pt.deen Dayal Upadhyaya Jn, Ara, Hajipur Jn
- 04406Special train
SSB-MNE SPL
ShakurbastiSSB · 19:10Mansi JnMNE · 02:30 (+2)Your leg: New DelhiKanpur Central
- 31h 20m · 1,192 km
- Tue,wed,thu,fri,sat · 5 Nov – 14 Nov · 8 runs
- 25 stations · via New Delhi, Ghaziabad, Kanpur Central, Gorakhpur Jn, Hajipur Jn
Questions people ask
- How many special trains run from Delhi to Kanpur?
- 24 special trains currently pass both Delhi and Kanpur in that order. Indian Railways adds trains through the season and this page updates daily from the timetable.
- Do these trains start at Delhi and end at Kanpur?
- Not necessarily. Under each train you will see the exact stations where you board and get off, from the train's own timetable.
- When does booking open?
- Indian Railways opens reservations 60 days before the date of travel (excluding the day of travel) at 8:00 am.
- Can I check seats?
- Yes. "Plan this journey" opens YaatriGan's search with the stations and next run date filled in; the plan checks live availability, fares and confirmation chances for that train and every alternative.
Updated daily from Indian Railways' timetable.