Summary:
With a view to coping with the huge rush of passengers during the peak summer season, the railways has extended the services of seven pairs of special trains originating from different places under the jurisdiction of the East Central Railway (ECR) in Bihar.
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According to ECR’s chief public relations officer (CPRO) Rajesh Kumar, the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus-Darbhanga weekly special (01097/01098) will run till April 27 and the Pune-Danapur weekly special (01401/01402) till April 30.
The service of the Manduadih-Muzaffarpur biweekly special (05161/05162) has also been extended till April 30.
“The Ernakulam-Patna weekly special (06359/06360) will now run till May 4 on the Thrissur-Perambur-Nellore-Itarsi-Jabalpur-Varanasi-Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction-Buxar-Ara route.
It leaves Ernakulam every Saturday at 11.55pm and reaches the Patna Junction at 6.30am on Monday.
On its return journey, it leaves Patna at 4.30pm every Tuesday and reaches Ernakulam at 9.40pm on Thursday,” the CPRO told this reporter on Tuesday.
He added, “The service of the Bandra-Barauni special (09097/09098), which runs via the Lucknow-Barabanki-Basti-Gorakhpur-Bagaha-Bettiah-Motihari-Muzaffarpur-Samastipur route, has also been extended till June 1.
It will leave Bandra on April 17, 24, May 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 and Barauni on April 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11, 18, 25 and June 1.”
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