Railway National Holiday List 2024
Railway Board Holiday List 2024 | Holidays 2024 for Railway Employees
The Railway Board list of holidays includes national holidays, regional holidays, and festivals. Some of the major holidays include Republic Day, Independence Day, Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti, and Christmas. Department of Personnel and Training has released the order on Central Government Holidays for the year 2024 for Central Govt Offices located in all over India. These holiday list are almost followed by all zones of Railway Board. Central Government Administrative Offices shall observe the following 14 holidays compulsorily and in addition 3 holidays, to be chosen from the optional holidays, totally 17 holidays will have been declare in Gazetted holidays.
Railway Office Holiday List 2024
Holidays to be observed in all Zones of Railway Office during the year 2024.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)
No.2023/E(LR)UO/LR/HL/01
Rail Bhawan, New Delhi 110 001, dated: 06.07.2023
The General Managers,
All Indian Railways.
(As per standard list)
Sub: Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2024.
A copy of Department of Personnel and Training’s O.M.No.12/2/2023-JCA dated 03.07.2023, with a list of holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2024, is enclosed for information and necessary action.
D.A.: As above
(Hem Chander)
Jt. Director, Estt(IR)
Railway Board
Source: https://indianrailways.gov.in/
Indian Railway Gazetted Holiday List 2024
List of 17 Central Govt Gazetted Holidays to be observed in Indian Railways during the year 2024
| S.No. | Holiday | Date | Day |
| 1 | Republic Day | 26.01.2024 | Friday |
| 2 | Holi | 25.03.2024 | Monday |
| 3 | Good Friday | 29.03.2024 | Friday |
| 4 | Id.ul.Fitr | 11.04.2024 | Thursday |
| 5 | Ram Navami | 17.04.2024 | Wednesday |
| 6 | Mahavir Jayanti | 21.04.2024 | Sunday |
| 7 | Budha Purnima | 23.05.2024 | Thursday |
| 8 | Id.ul.Zuha (Bakrid) | 17.06.2024 | Monday |
| 9 | Muharram | 17.07.2024 | Wednesday |
| 10 | Independence Day | 15.08.2024 | Thursday |
| 11 | Janmashtami (Vaishnava) | 26.08.2024 | Monday |
| 12 | Milad – un – Nabi or Id – e – Milad (Birthday of Prophet Muhammad) | 16.09.2024 | Monday |
| 13 | Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday | 02.10.2024 | Wednesday |
| 14 | Dussehra | 12.10.2024 | Saturday |
| 15 | Diwali (Deepavali) | 31.10.2024 | Thursday |
| 16 | Guru Nanak’s Birthday | 15.11.2024 | Friday |
| 17 | Christmas Day | 25.12.2024 | Wednesday |
Indian Railway Restricted Holiday List 2024
List of 33 Central Govt Restricted Holidays to be observed in Indian Railways during the year 2024.
| S.No | Holiday | Date | Day |
| 1 | New Year’s Day | 01.01.2024 | Monday |
| 2 | Lohri | 13.01.2024 | Saturday |
| 3 | Makar Sankranti | 14.01.2024 | Sunday |
| 4 | Magha Bihu/ Pongal | 15.01.2024 | Monday |
| 5 | Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday | 17.01.2024 | Wednesday |
| 6 | Hazarat Ali’s Birthday | 25.01.2024 | Thursday |
| 7 | Sri Panchami, Basant Panchami | 14.02.2024 | Wednesday |
| 8 | Shiva ji Jayanti | 19.02.2024 | Monday |
| 9 | Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday | 24.02.2024 | Saturday |
| 10 | Birthday of Swami Dayananda Saraswati | 06.03.2024 | Wednesday |
| 11 | Maha Shivratri | 08.03.2024 | Friday |
| 12 | Holika dahan | 24.03.2024 | Sunday |
| 13 | Dolyatra | 25.03.2024 | Monday |
| 14 | Easter Sunday | 31.03.2024 | Sunday |
| 15 | Jamat.Ul.Vida | 05.04.2024 | Friday |
| 16 | Chaitra Sukladi / Gudi Padava/ Ugadi / Cheti Chand | 09.04.2024 | Tuesday |
| 17 | Vaisakhi / Vishu | 13.04.2024 | Saturday |
| 18 | Meshadi (Tamil New Year’s Day) / Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam) | 14.04.2024 | Sunday |
| 19 | Birthday of Guru Rabindranath Tagore | 08.05.2024 | Wednesday |
| 20 | Rath Yatra | 07.07.2024 | Sunday |
| 21 | Parsi New Year’s day/ Nauraj | 15.08.2024 | Thursday |
| 22 | Raksha Bandhan | 19.08.2024 | Monday |
| 23 | Ganesh Chaturthi / Vinayaka Chaturthi | 07.09.2024 | Saturday |
| 24 | Onam or Thiru Onam Day | 15.09.2024 | Sunday |
| 25 | Dusshera (Saptami) | 10.10.2024 | Thursday |
| 26 | Dussehra (Mahashtami) / Dussehra (Mahanavmi) | 11.10.2024 | Friday |
| 27 | Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday | 17.10.2024 | Thursday |
| 28 | Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chouth) | 20.10.2024 | Sunday |
| 29 | Naraka Chaturdasi | 31.10.2024 | Thursday |
| 30 | Govardhan Puja | 02.11.2024 | Saturday |
| 31 | Bhai Duj | 03.11.2024 | Sunday |
| 31 | Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja) | 07.11.2024 | Thursday |
| 32 | Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day | 24.11.2024 | Sunday |
| 33 | Christmas Eve | 24.12.2024 | Tuesday |