Railways extends run of two more special trains

PATNA: Railways has further extended the run of at least two pairs of special trains till December 31 to cater to the needs of people travelling to Ahmedabad and Tata Nagar from Muzaffarpur and Chhapra respectively
Railways has already extended the run of about 98 pairs of special trains either originating from or passing through the jurisdiction of the East Central Railway (ECR) till December 31.
ECR chief public relations officer ( CPRO ) Rajesh Kumar said, “The Muzaffapur–Ahmedabad weekly special train ( 05269/05270 ) running via Hajipur–Sonepur–Siwan route will now run till December 31 . The special train will leave Muzaffarpur every Thursday at 9.20 pm and reach Ahmedabad on Saturday morning at 7.40 am . On its return, it will leave Ahmedabad every Saturday at 6 pm and reach Muzaffarpur on Monday morning at 3.58 am.”
Similarly, Tata Nagar–Chhapra special train ( 08181/08182 ) will now run till December 31 . This special train will leave Tata Nagar every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 9.25 pm and reach Chhapra next day at 4.20 pm . On its return, it will leave Chhapra every Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at 12.30 pm and reach Tata Nagar next day at 6.20 am, the CPRO said .
“Railways is strictly following the Covid-19 advisory issued by the ministry of home affairs (MHA) and Railway Board, while allowing passengers to undertake journey by special trains,” the CPRO added.
Meanwhile, Bihar Daily Passengers’ Association secretary Shoaib Quraishi has demanded that railways should restore the stoppage of Patna–Lok Manya Tilak Kurla special train ( 03201/03202 ) at Sadisopur station falling under the Danapur division of ECR . “Railways has issued a notification withdrawing its stoppage at Sadisopur from December 4,” he said adding, “This train was given stoppage at Sadisopur for the past 14 years to facilitate cancer patients of the area to travel to Mumbai.”
Besides, the association has also urged the railways to immediately restore running of Patna–Pt Deendayal Upadhaya Junction MEMU ( 03229/03230 ) and Patna- Jhjaha MEMU ( 03213/03214 ) to fulfil the needs of common people as well as for those commuting daily on these two routes.
It may be recalled that railways has partially restored running of several pairs of MEMU trains on Patna– Gaya , Patna– Islampur , Patna– Mokama , Patna – Rajgir and Patna – Sasaram routes on the demand of people, sources said.