Railways extends services of 8 special trains

PATNA: The railways has extended the services of eight more special passenger trains originating from Mumbai, Udhna and Rajkot to Samastipur, Danapur and Bhagalpur, respectively, to cope up with the huge rush of passengers. At least 10 special passenger trains have already been extended to help stranded passengers reach their native places in Bihar.
ECR’s chief public relations officer (CPRO) Rajesh Kumar said the Udhna-Danapur special (09011/09012) has been extended till May 31 from Udhna and till June 2 from Danapur. “The Mumbai Central-Samastipur special (09049/09050) will now leave Mumbai Central on June 1, 3, 5 and 7 for Samastipur. On its return journey, the train will leave Samastipur on June 3, 5, 7 and 9 for Mumbai Central,” the CPRO said.
Similarly, the Mumbai Central-Bhagalpur special (09117/09118) will leave Mumbai Central on June 4 to reach Bhagalpur via Muzaffarpur and Bettiah route. On its return journey, it will leave Bhagalpur on June 7 for Mumbai Central.
“The Rajkot-Samastipur special (09521/09522) will leave Rajkot on June 2 for Samastipur and Samastipur on June 5 for Mumbai Central,” Kumar siad, adding these special passenger trains will run as per their old schedule, with the same stoppages and routes already notified earlier.
Meanwhile, railways continued running oxygen express trains across the country on Sunday. “It has delivered more than 21,392 metric tonnes (MTs) of liquid medical oxygen in 15 states by running 313 oxygen express trains so far,” the CPRO said.