Overview
- The Railway Ministry said 37 regular trains have been strengthened with 116 additional coaches, generating more than 114 augmented trips through roughly December 10–12.
- Indian Railways has rolled out 89 special services totaling over 100 journeys, with zone-wise deployments calibrated to heavy‑demand routes starting December 6–7.
- Western Railway announced a Mumbai Central–New Delhi superfast special (Train Nos. 04003/04004), with bookings open via PRS counters and IRCTC for departures on December 7–8.
- Southern, Eastern and South Eastern zones are running dated specials and adding coaches on routes linking Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Howrah, Sealdah, Lokmanya Tilak and CSMT, while East Coast Railway issued additional services and AC coach augmentations toward New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Howrah.
- Passenger helpdesks with booking support are operating round‑the‑clock at Mumbai airport’s T1 and T2, staffed by Western Railway, Central Railway and IRCTC, after the airport reported about 112 IndiGo cancellations on December 7.