The construction of a washing pit at the Purnea Court railway station has been approved. The proposal for the construction has been shortlisted by the division, and site surveys are underway to prepare a detailed estimate. This development was confirmed by the Samastipur DRM office in response to an RTI filed...
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by social activist Rajendra Prasad Modi. The washing pit has been under consideration since 2018-19 and was initially approved by the then DRM, but the project was later stalled. The construction of the washing pit will facilitate the operation of long-distance trains from Purnea Court, increasing passenger convenience and revenue for the Railways. Currently, Purnea has two express trains, the 13205/06 Janhit and 14617/18 Jansadharan Express. Due to lack of maintenance facilities, the Janhit Express operates five days a week instead of daily. Despite this, the Purnea Court station has seen a 582% increase in revenue during the first quarter of 2024-25, generating 6,11,88,874 rupees compared to 89,69,309 rupees in the previous year. This surge in revenue is attributed to the addition of the two express trains. The increase in revenue has also been observed at other major stations in the Purnea-Saharsa region, such as Banmankhi, Murliganj, and Daurm Madhepura. Being the second-largest city in the region after Patna and the last station of the ECR/SPJ division, Purnea, an Aspirational District, faces significant development challenges. The city has long been in need of improved railway connectivity.

Due to engineering work at Daundpur station, several train timings will be altered. The Darbhanga-New Delhi train (02569) will be delayed by 50 minutes at Darbhanga on October 2nd. The Lucknow-Varanasi Intercity (14204) will depart from Lucknow at 6:35 AM starting October 13th. Other affected trains include 05443, 05155, 14617, 15027,...
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and 02563 with delays ranging from 20 minutes to an hour at various stations on different dates.

Indian Railways is running a special festival train, the Amritसर-Katihar Weekly Festival Special Train, from September 18th to November 29th. The train will operate on Wednesdays from Katihar and Fridays from Amritसर, making 11 trips in total. It will stop at Bareli, Shahajahanpur, and Muradabad. Additionally, from September 18th to 24th,...
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Indian Railways will provide stopovers at Rudki station for various trains to accommodate pilgrims traveling to the Sahir Pak Urs in Kalier. This includes the 14617 Purnea Court-Amritसर Janseva Express, 15211 Darbhanga-Amritसर Jannayak Express, 15531 Saharsa-Amritसर Jansadharan Express, 12237 Varanasi-Jammu Tawi Express, 12358 Amritसर-Kolkata Superfast, and 12492 Jammu Tawi-Barauni Express, among other trains.

The Indian Railways has added stops at Rudki railway station for several trains in anticipation of the Kaler Mela, a religious gathering. Pooja Nanda, a member of the Railway Advisory Board, thanked the station superintendent and other officials for this decision. The new stops are intended to provide convenience for pilgrims...
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traveling to Piran Kaliyar, a prominent religious site in Uttarakhand. Previously, pilgrims faced difficulties due to the lack of train stops at Rudki, forcing them to travel by road. To address this, Nanda had submitted a request to the station superintendent. The additional train stops will include the Janseva Express (14617), Darbhanga Amritsar Jan Nayak Express (15211), Saharsa Amritsar Jansadharan Express (15531), Begampura Express (12237), Rishikesh Jammu Yog Nagri Express (14605), Himgiri Express (12331), Moradhwaj Superfast (12491), Dhanbad Jalandhar Durgana Express (12357), and other down trains starting from September 10th. A special train, 064307, has been introduced from Moradabad to Rudki for the Mela. Nanda expressed gratitude to the officials and also requested proper signage and signal boards to be installed at the station due to ongoing construction.

Due to loop line modification work at Sanehwal station on the Firozpur division of the North Railway, the operation of several trains will be canceled, rerouted, partially terminated, and started. The 04653 Up New Jalpaiguri-Amritsar Special departing on August 23rd from New Jalpaiguri will be canceled. The 14617 Up Purnea Court-Amritsar...
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Express, departing from Purnea Court on August 20th, 23rd, 24th, and 25th, will be rerouted via Ambala-Rajpura-Dhuri-Ludhiana, skipping Sarhind and Dhundari Kala stations. The 15531 Up Saharsa-Amritsar Express, departing from Saharsa on August 18th and 25th, will be partially terminated at Chandigarh. Conversely, the 15532 Amritsar-Saharsa Express, departing from Amritsar on August 19th and 26th, will be partially started from Chandigarh. This information was provided by the Chief Public Relations Officer, Saraswati Chandra, on Tuesday.