Spl Raxaul-Secunderabad train from Jan 7 to Apr 3

PATNA: The East Central Railway (ECR) will run a weekly winter special train (07091/07092) between Raxaul and Secunderabad from January 7 to April 3 to cope with the huge rush of passengers. The train will make at least 13 trips between Raxaul and Secunderabad during this period.
According to ECR’s public relations officer (PRO) R K Singh, the train will leave Raxaul on Fridays at 12.45pm and reach Secunderabad on Sundays at 6.55am.“On its return journey it will leave Secunderabad every Tuesday at 9.40pm and reach Raxaul on Thursdays at 6.15pm,” the PRO said.
“The train will halt at Bairgania, Sitamarhi, Darbhanga, Samastipur, Barauni, Mokama, Bakhtiarpur, Patna, Danapur, Ara, Buxar, Pt Deendayal Upadhaya Junction, Allahabad Cheoki, Katni, Jabalpur, Pipariya, Itarsi, Betul, Nagpur, Sevagram, Balharshah, Mancherial, Ramagundam and Kazipet,” Singh said, adding the train will have a load combination of 19 coaches – one 2AC, four 3AC, 10 sleeper, two general bogies and two brake vans.
Besides, railways will run the Patna-Howrah Janshatabdi Express (12024/ 12023) and Patna-Ranchi Janshatabdi Express (12365/12366) with Linke-Hofmann-Busch (LHB) coaches from Saturday.
“The number of chair cars in both the trains will increase from 13 to 16. The railways has also decided to attach one 3AC and two sleeper coaches to the Patna-Purna Express (17609/17610) from January 17 on permanent basis,” Singh said.
Special train: The railways will run a single trip special train (05603) between Guwahati and Chandigarh on January 9 to clear passengers’ rush.
The train will run via Katihar-Barauni-Samastipur-Muzaffarpur-Hajipur-Chhapra-Gorakhpur route with a load combination of 15 coaches.
It will leave Guwahati on January 9 at 7.55pm and reach Chandigarh on January 11 at 1.20pm.
Trains cancelled: The railways has cancelled two pairs of passenger trains running on the Gaya-Dehri-on-Sone route (53363/53364, 63289/63290) from January 3 to 8 due to non-interlocking (NI) at Jakhim station located between Gaya and Pt Deendayal Upadhaya Junction under the Mughalsarai division of the ECR.