The East Coast Railway has announced extensions to the services of several special trains due to increased demand. The Puri-Patna Weekly Special (08439/08440) will run until April 27th, 2024. The Patna-Puri Weekly Special (03230/03229) will run until January 25th, 2024. The Bhubaneswar-Dhanbad Daily Special (02832/02831) will run until April 29th, 2024....
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The timings and stoppages for these special trains remain unchanged.

The Indian Railways has extended the services of several special trains due to high passenger demand. The Puri-Patna Weekly Special (08439/08440) will run until April 27/28, 2024. The Bhubaneswar-Dhanbad Special (02832/02831) will operate until April 29/30, 2024. The Patna-Puri Weekly Special (03230/03229) will run until January 25/26, 2024. All special trains...
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will maintain their original timings and stoppages.

The Eastern Railway has decided to continue running three special trains, 02023/02024 Howrah-Patna-Howrah weekly special, 03230/03229 Patna-Puri-Patna weekly special, and 08439/08440 Puri-Patna-Puri weekly special trains. The trains will continue to operate on their current schedule and route. The 02023/02024 Howrah-Patna-Howrah weekly special will depart from Howrah and Patna every Sunday from...
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December 17 to 31. The 03230 Patna-Puri weekly special will depart from Patna station every Thursday from December 14 to January 25, while the 03229 Puri-Patna weekly special will depart from Puri station every Friday from December 15 to January 26. Similarly, the 08439 Puri-Patna weekly special will depart from Puri station every Saturday from January 6 to April 27, and the 08440 Patna-Puri weekly special will depart from Patna station every Sunday from January 7 to April 28. Bookings for the 02023 Howrah-Patna weekly special are available through PRS and the internet. Due to non-interlocking work in the Samastipur division of East Central Railway, the route of the 13021/13022 Howrah-Raxaul-Howrah Express has been changed. The NI work will start on December 8 and continue till December 15. The 13021 Howrah-Raxaul Express will run on the changed route of Muzaffarpur-Sitamarhi-Raxaul from December 12 to 14. Similarly, the 13022 Raxaul-Howrah Express, which will depart from Raxaul station on December 12, will run on the changed route Raxaul-Sitamarhi-Muzaffarpur instead of Raxaul-Sagauli-Bapudham Motihari-Muzaffarpur. The South Eastern Railway has decided to continue operating the 02832/02831 Bhubaneswar-Dhanbad-Bhubaneswar special train due to the extra rush of passengers. The 02832 Bhubaneswar-Dhanbad special will continue till April 29 next year and the 02831 Dhanbad-Bhubaneswar special will continue till April 30.

The South Eastern Railway has announced the extension of two pairs of special train services. Train number 08439 Puri Patna Special will operate until 27th April 2024, while train number 08440 Patna Puri Special will run until 28th April. Similarly, the operation of train number 02832 Bhubaneswar Dhanbad Special has been...
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extended till 29th April 2024, and train number 02831 Dhanbad Bhubaneswar Special will operate until 30th April 2024.

A new foot over bridge (FOB) has been inaugurated at Taregana station in Patna district, Bihar. This will benefit people from several districts and alleviate traffic congestion. The FOB, costing approximately ₹5 crores, is 3.3 meters wide. The inauguration was performed by Ramkripal Yadav, MP of Pataliputra constituency, who also...
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announced the commencement of construction of a road over bridge (ROB) costing approximately ₹40 crores. This ROB will reduce traffic congestion on the road between Patna and Gaya via Arwal, Naubatpur, and Jahanabad. The inauguration also included the announcement of development projects worth ₹20 crores at Taregana station under the 'Amrit Bharat Station Yojana.' The Railway administration has announced several passenger-centric decisions, including the extension of operating periods for 10 special trains and a halt for train No. 12259/12260 (Sialdah-Bikaner AC Duronto Express) at Gaya station for 16 days, from December 8th to 23rd. The extension of train operating periods includes 17 extra trips for Puri-Patna (08439) and Patna-Puri (08440) specials, 7 extra trips for Patna-Puri (03230) and Puri-Patna (03229) specials, 121 extra trips for Bhubaneshwar-Dhanbad (02832) and Dhanbad-Bhubaneshwar (02831) specials, and 3 extra trips for Patna-Howrah (02024) and Howrah-Patna (02023) specials. Additionally, the daily operation of Pataliputra-Gaya (05553) and Gaya-Pataliputra (05554) specials is being extended by 16 trips.