Why Diwali Travel Behaves Differently From Other Peak Seasons
Diwali travel is not simply a volume problem. It is a direction problem. During most holidays, movement spreads across destinations. During Diwali, an enormous share of it flows the same way at the same time: outward from metros toward smaller cities and home towns, and then back again on roughly the same schedule. Trains fill weeks in advance not because there are more trains than usual, but because the demand is unusually concentrated in a narrow window. Understanding this makes the planning less about luck and more about timing.
