PATNA: The passengers’ rush after Chhath was enormously high at Patna Junction, Rajendra Nagar Terminal, Danapur, Muzaffarpur, Samastipur, Darbhanga, Raxaul and Saharsa railway stations in Bihar on Saturday and Sunday.
According to East Central Railway (ECR) chief public relations officer (CPRO) Rajesh Kumar, at least 15 festival special trains are originating from Patna Junction to clear passengers’ post-Chhath rush. These trains are Patna-Vasco de Gama (02742), Patna-Purna (07609), Patna-Bandra Terminal (09272), Patna-Indore (09314/09322), Patna-Puri (08450), Patna-Bilaspur (02894), Patna-New Delhi (04409, 04003), Patna-Habibganj (02146), Patna-Ranchi (08256, 02363), Patna-Jammu Tawi (02355), Patna-Mumbai (03249) and Patna-Banswadi (03253) in Karnataka.
Similarly, railways is running 12 special trains from Rajendra Nagar Terminal, Danapur, Patliputra Junction and Gaya. These are Gaya-New Delhi (02397), Gaya-Chennai (02389), Patliputra-Chandigarh (03255), Danapur-Tata (08184), Danapur- Yashwantpur (03209), Islampur-Hatia (08623), Patliputra-Yashwantpur (03251), Patliputra-Lucknow (02529), Rajendra Nagar Terminal-Ajmer (02395), Rajendra Naghar Terminal-Howrah (02352) and Danapur-Anand Vihar (03257), Kumar said.
Nine special trains are also originating from Muzaffarpur, Samastipur and Barauni stations. These are Muzaffarpur-Anand Vihar (04025), Muzaffarpur-Delhi (04029), Muzaffarpur-Howrah (05272), Muzaffarpur–Ahmedabad (05269), Samastipur- Lokmanya Tilak (01022), Barauni-Gawalior (04186), Barauni-New Delhi (04405), Barauni-Ernakulum (02521) and Barauni- Lokmanya Tilak (02585), the CPRO said, adding five special trains are running on Darbangha-Jallandar (05251), Darbhanga-Mysore (02577), Darbhanga-Amritsar (05211), Darbhanga–New Delhi (04407) and Darbhanga-Pune (01034) routes.
Seven special trains are running from Jayanagar. These are Jayanagar-Manihari (05284), Jayanagar-Udhana (05563), Jayanagar- Puri (08420), Jayanagar-Lokmanya Tilak (05547), Jayanagar-Sealdah (03186), Jayanagar-New Delhi (04091) and Jayanagar- Anand Vihar (04433), Kumar said, adding three special trains are running between Dhanbad and Patna and five from Raxaul to Mumbai, Hyderabad and Howrah. Likewise, six special trains are running from Saharsa to Anand Vihar, Amritsar, Bandra Terminal and Delhi either weekly or biweekly to cope with the rush, he said.