Services of Patna-Delhi Vande Bharat, 65 other special trains extended

Patna: Patna-Delhi Vande Bharat Express special (02251) is among 66 passenger trains originating from different places under the jurisdiction of East Central Railway (ECR), who services have been further extended to cope with the rush in the post-festive period. According to ECR's chief public relations officer (CPRO) Saraswati Chandra, the Patna-Delhi Vande Bharat Express special will now run till November 30, leaving the city every Monday, Thursday and Saturday at 7.30am. Another Patna-Delhi special train (02393) will also run until November 30, six days a week except, Thursdays. It will depart from Patna at 8.10pm.Among other major trains from the capital, Patna-Dr Ambedkar Nagar (Madhya Pradesh) special (09344) will run till December 27, leaving the city every Friday at 9.30pm. Patna-Udhna special (09046) will run until December 28, leaving junction every Saturday at 1.05pm. Patna-Ahmedabad special (09494) will run till December 31, leaving the city every Tuesday at 1am, while another special train to Sabarmati (09406) will be into operations till January 2, 2025. It will leave Patna every Thursday at 5am. Meanwhile, Danapur-Ahmedabad special (09458) will run till November 25, leaving the Bihar station every Monday at 6.10pm. Danapur-Valsad (Gujarat) special (09026) will operate until December 31, leaving the Bihar station every Tuesday at 2.30pm. Also, services of Danapur-Bhestan (Surat) special (09064) have been extended until January 2, 2025. It will leave Danapur every Sunday, Monday and Thursday at 11am.Services of at least four special trains from Barauni, including to two to Udhna have been extended. Barauni-Ahmedabad special (09414) will run on November 14 leaving the Bihar city at 6am. Barauni-Udhana special train (09068) will be into operations till November 29, leaving the Bihar city every Friday at 11.45 pm, while special train (09034) will leave every Wednesday and Friday at 9.25am until January 1, 2025. Also, Barauni-Gawalior special (04138) will be operated until December 30. It will leave Barauni every Monday and Wednesday at 9.30 am.Apart from these, Sitamarhi-Sabarmati special (09422) will run till December 2, leaving the Bihar city every Monday at 4 pm, while Saharsa-Rani Kamlapati (Bhopal) special (01664) will run until December 12, leaving every Tuesday at 6.30pm.Among others, the railways has also extended the services of special passenger trains running from Barauni to Mumbai and Rajkot, from Muzaffarpur to Anand Vihar, Pune and Haridwar, besides those to Anand Vihar from Gaya, Sitamarhi, Saharsa. Also, the services of trains on Jayanagar-Sealdah and Patna-Kolkata routes among other weekly, biweekly and thrice-a-week trains have been extended.
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