Railways cancels two trains till March 13

PATNA: At least two passenger trains, running on the Ara-Sasaram section of Danapur division of the East Central Railway (ECR), have been cancelled from February 22 to March 13 due to railway electrification (RE) work being carried out on the route. It is likely to be completed by the end of June.

"The cancelled trains include the Ara-Sasaram passenger (54273) and Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction-Ara passenger (54272)," ECR's chief public relations officer (CPRO) Rajesh Kumar said on Saturday and added the railways had also decided to control traffic movement on the route from 9pm to 5am every day till March 13.

MEMU trains: The railways has decided to replace all eight DEMU passenger trains with MEMU trains on the newly electrified Fatuha-Islampur and Daniyawan-Islampur routes under the Danapur division of the ECR from Saturday.

"This facility will ensure faster movement and punctuality of trains on these routes," the CPRO said.

Extension: Keeping in view the huge rush of passengers travelling between Raghunathpur and Buxar under the Danapur division, the railways has decided to extend the run of a special MEMU passenger train (03219/03220) till August 31.

New stoppages : The Railway Board has given permission for stoppage of the Danapur-Bangalore Sanghamithra Express (12295/12296) at Khammam station and Darbhanga-New Delhi Bihar Sampark Kranti Express (12565/12566) at Deoria station on a trial basis for a period of six months. Besides, the Shalimar-Gorakhpur Express (15021/15022) and Barauni-Gondia Express (15231/15232) have been given temporary stoppages at Koderma and Budar stations under the Bilaspur division from February 24.