Bhagalpur, Bihar: The Indian Railways has announced Shravani Mela 2025 special trains to offer ease and comfort to all the devotees. In order to control the crowd, along with six up-down trains from July 11, 2025, three mail and express trains will have additional stoppages for two minutes at Sultanganj station. On the occasion of Shravani Mela, lakhs of Kanwariyas visit Baidyanath Dham, Deoghar, and since railway is the preferred transportation, Sultanganj station is the common route.
Shravani Mela 2025 Special Trains Time Table

03480/03479 Jamalpur-Sultanganj Shravani Mela Passenger Special will run 30 trips from both sides from July 11 to August 9. The train will stop at all stations en route between Jamalpur Station and Sultanganj Station.
- 03480: The passenger special will depart from Jamalpur at 9:05 am and reach the destination at 10:45 am.
- 03479: The train will leave Sultanganj Station at 11:15 am and reach the destination at 12:40 pm.
03444/03443 Deoghar-Godda Shravani Mela Passenger Special will run five trips between July 13 and August 10, every Sunday.Â
- 03444: The train will leave Deoghar at 10:45 and reach the destination at 12:40 pm.
- 03443: The Shravani Mela 2025 special train will depart from Godda at 1:15 pm and reach Deoghar at 3:05 pm.
Between July 13 and August 10, the 03442/03441 Jamalpur-Shravani Mela Passenger Special will run five trains every Sunday.
- 03442: The special passenger train will depart from Jamaplur at 5:10 am and reach the destination at 10:10 am.
- 03441: The train will leave Deoghar at 3:45 pm and reach the destination at 10:05 pm.
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Trains With Additional Stoppage At Sultanganj
- 12253 Yeshwantpur-Bhagalpur Weekly Ang Express will reach Sultanganj at 8:04 am.
- 12254 Bhagalpur-Yeshwantpur Weekly Ang Express will reach Sultanganj at 2:08 pm.
- -3423 Bhagalpur-Ajmer Weekly Express will reach Sultanganj at 1:38 pm.
- 13424 Ajmer-Bhagalpur Weekly Express will reach Sultanganj at 1:50 pm.
- 13429 Malda Town-Anand Vihar Weekly Express will reach Sultanganj at 1:02 pm.
- 13430 Anand Vihar-Malda Town Weekly Express will reach Sultanganj at 5:55 pm.
- 15619 Gaya-Kamakhya Weekly Express train will reach Sultanganj at 5:45 pm.
- 15620 Kamakhya-Gaya Weekly Express train will reach Sultanganj at 12:11.
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News for Devotees Coming From UP and Bengal

Keeping the Shravani Mela in mind, the railway department has announced the Shravani Mela 2025 special trains for devotees visiting Lord Shiva from West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh.
Malda Gomtinagar Express will run via Bhagalpur. With the operation of this train, several devotees visiting Deoghar from UP and Bengal will get the facilities. Currently, the train runs on a weekly basis. However, in the future, the plan is to run the train on a daily basis. According to DRM Manish Kumar Mandal, this express train will be beneficial for the pilgrims from the Terai region, Nepal, adjacent to Uttar Pradesh.
A special train will run 33 trips from Barhni to Deoghar (05028) for the convenience of the devotees from July 9 to August 11. Similarly, the train number (05027) Deoghar-Barhni runs from July 10 to August 11. The train will reach Barhni, Shohratgarh, Siddharthnagar, Anand Nagar, Gorakhpur, Chauri Chaura, Deoria Sadar, Bhatni, Mairwa, Siwan, Ekma, Chhapra, Chhapra Rural, Dighwara, Sonpur, Hajipur, Desari, Shahpur Patori, Bachhwara, Barauni, Begusarai, Sahebpur Kamal, Munger, Sultanganj, Bhagalpur, Barahat, Banka, Deoghar.
- 05597 Jaynagar-Asansol Shravani Mela Special: It will run from Jaynagar every Friday, Sunday, and Tuesday at 9 am and reach Asansol at 11:30 am the next day. This train will make 13 trips from July 11 to August 8.
- 05598 Asansol-Jayanagar Special: It will run from Asansol every Saturday, Monday, and Wednesday at 1:00 pm and reach Jaynagar at 6:00 am on the third day. This train will make 13 trips from July 12 to August 9.
Jaynagar-Asansol Shravani Mela Special will stop at Chittaranjan, Madhupur, Jasidih, and Simultala stations.
Special Trains for Deoghar And Sahibganj
- 05545 Raxaul-Deoghar Shravani Mela Special: It will run from Raxaul every Sunday, Tuesday, and Friday at 12:30 am and reach Deoghar at 4:50 pm on the same day. This train will make 12 trips from July 13 to August 8.
- 05546 Deoghar-Raxaul Shravani Mela Special: It will run from Deoghar every Sunday, Tuesday, and Friday at 5:50 pm and reach Raxaul at 11:40 am the next day. This train will make 12 trips from July 13 to August 8.
Raxaul-Deoghar Shravani Mela Special will stop at Banka, Barhat, Bhagalpur, Ajgaibinath Dham, Jamalpur, and Abhaypur stations.
- 03236 Danapur-Sahibganj Shravani Mela Special: It will depart from Danapur every Sunday at 5:20 am and reach Sahibganj at 3:25 pm on the same day. This train will make five trips from July 13 to August 10.
- 03235 Sahibganj-Danapur Shravani Mela Special: It will leave Sahibganj every Sunday at 4:25 pm and reach Danapur at 3:15 am the next day. This train will make five trips from July 13 to August 10.
Danapur-Sahibganj Shravani Mela Special will stop at Pirpainti, Kahalgaon, Ekchari, Ghogha, Bhagalpur, Akbarnagar, Ajgaivinath Dham Bariyarpur, Jamalpur, Dharhara, Abirpur and Kajra stations.
Ranchi-Bhagalpur Special Trains for Sawan
- 08610 (Ranchi-Bhagalpur Sawan Special): It will run every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. It will depart from Ranchi at 11 pm, it will reach Bokaro at 1:15 am late night, Dhanbad at 4:05 am in the morning, Jasidih at 7:20 am in the morning, Sultanganj at 11:57 am, and Bhagalpur at 1:00 pm in the afternoon.
- 08609 (Bhagalpur-Ranchi Sawan Special): It will run every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday. It will leave Bhagalpur at 1:45 pm, reach Sultanganj at 2:08 pm, Jasidih at 7:35 pm, Dhanbad at 11:20 pm, Bokaro at 1:15 am late night and Ranchi at 3:50 am in the morning.
- 08646 (Ranchi-Bhagalpur Sawan Special): It will leave from Ranchi at 11 pm and will reach Bhagalpur at 12:05 pm the next day via Barkakana, Hazaribagh Town, Koderma, Nawada, Sultanganj.
- 08645 (Bhagalpur-Ranchi Sawan Special): It will depart from Bhagalpur at 1:10 pm and reach Ranchi at 3:30 am the next day.
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