PATNA: The East Central Railway (ECR) has extended the services of 29 pairs of special trains till March and April to clear the rush of passengers. The Railway Board took the decision because several regular passenger trains continue to be suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to ECR’s chief public relations officer (CPRO) Rajesh Kumar, the Udaipur-New Jalpaiguri (09601/09602), Yeshwantpur-Patliputra (03251/03252), Raxaul-Lokmanya Tilak (05267/05268) and Amritsar-Saharsa (05531/05532) specials will run till March 29 and the Ajmer-Sealdah superfast special (02987/02988) till April 1. Other trains that will operate till April 1 include the Saharsa-Anand Vihar (05529/05530), Gaya-New Delhi (02397/02398), Danapur-Anand Vihar (03257/03258), Patliputra-Chandigarh (03255/03256) and Rajendra Nagar Terminal-Howrah (02351/02352) specials.
“The services of the Bikaner-Kolkata (02495/02496), Darbhanga-Ahmedabad (05559/05560) and Muzaffarpur-Ahmedabad (05269/05270) specials have been extended till March 26, 27 and 28 respectively. The Barauni-Ernakulam special (02521/02522) will run till March 31 from Barauni-end and April 4 from Ernakulam,” the CPRO told this newspaper, adding that the Jaynagar-Udhna (05563/05564) and Gaya-Chennai Egmore (02389/02390) specials would run till March 28 and 30 respectively.
While the Raxaul-Lokmanya Tilak special (02545/02546) will run till March 27, another train (05547/05548) between Raxaul and Lokmanya Tilak will operate till March 31. Besides, the services of the Patna-Dhanbad (03329/03330), Muzaffarpur-Howrah (05271/05272), Patna-Ranchi (02363/02364), Patna-Barkakana/Singrauli (03347/03349, 03348/03350) and Patna-Jammu Tawi (02355/02356) specials have been extended till March 31.
The Darbhanga-Amritsar (05211/05212), Rajendra Nagar Terminal-Durg (03287/03288), Darbhanga-Mysore (02577/02578), Patna-Chatrapati Shivaji Terminal (03259/03260), Rajendra Nagar Terminal-Ajmer (02395/02396) and Darbhanga-Jalandhar City (05251/05252) specials will operate till April 2.