Source: PTI
Indian Railways Festival Special Trains for Bihar: Indian Railways has announced 11 pairs of special trains to help passengers travel to Bihar during Durga Puja, Diwali and Chhath. These extra services will connect Bihar with cities like Bengaluru, Hubballi, Nagpur, Amritsar and Delhi. Several trains will also stop at important stations such as Patna, Muzaffarpur, Saharsa, Samastipur, Jainagar, Gorakhpur and Buxar.
The extra trains are meant to help passengers during the festive rush, when regular trains often get heavily booked.
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One of the services, train numbers 04312/04311, will run between Yognagari Rishikesh and Kolkata via Moradabad, Varanasi, Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction, Gaya and Dhanbad.
A Hubballi to Muzaffarpur special train will also help passengers travelling from Karnataka to Bihar. The reported schedule says it will leave Hubballi at 4:45 pm on Tuesdays and reach Muzaffarpur via Patna at around 2:30 pm the next day. Its return service is listed for Fridays at 8:40 am between October 16 and November 27.
Another train will connect Yeshwantpur with Saharsa. It is reported to leave Yeshwantpur at 7 am on Sundays and reach Saharsa at around 8:20 pm on Tuesdays. The return service is listed for Wednesdays at 5:55 am. Passengers should confirm the exact dates before travelling.
Other planned services include Nagpur to Samastipur, Chheharta to Muzaffarpur and Amritsar to Jainagar. Additional trains are also listed for
Along with the extra trains, Bihar has received 27 new PM electric buses, with 25 planned for Patna and nearby areas. These buses are expected to make daily travel easier for people living in and around the state capital.
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The planned routes will connect Patna with
According to the reported plan, 10 buses each are planned for the Bihta-Amhara, Danapur-Shivala and Janipur routes, while four will serve Paliganj. Two buses each are planned for Naubatpur, Maner, Hajipur-Jandaha, Jagannpura ISBT and Bikram. The final route details should be checked with the transport corporation.
Bihar has also added eight pink buses to its public transport fleet. Two are planned for the Kargil Chowk to Paliganj route, while three each are allocated to Danapur-Shivala and Janipur.
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