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In view of the increasing crowd on Chhath, the great festival of public faith, Indian Railways has decided to operate two pairs of more trains. These trains, being run in the name of Chhath special train, will also have a halt in Varanasi. Northern Railway Chief Public Relations Officer Deepak Kumar said that train number 09817 will leave from Kota Junction at 6:40 pm on 31 October and 5 November.
This train will reach Danapur on the second day at 8 pm. After this, on November 1 and 6, train number 09818 will leave Danapur for Kota at 9:30 pm. This up and down train will leave for the destination stopping at Varanasi. Similarly, 06549 Yesvantpur – Danapur Chhath Special train will leave Yesvantpur at 8 am on 29 October and 5 November and will reach Danapur at 8 am on the third day.
In the return direction, Train No. 06550 Danapur – Yesvantpur will leave Danapur at 5:10 pm on 31st October and 7th November and will reach Yesvantpur at 1:30 pm on the third day. Both Up and Down train will leave for their destination stopping at Varanasi.
On the Howrah-Delhi route, the route was cleared on the third day at 1 pm on the third day 55 hours after the incident of overturning of goods train near Gurpa station of Dhanbad division on Wednesday morning. First of all, goods trains were operated on it. Before this, on the third day also, 11 trains of up and down were sent to the destination through another route. Trains were delayed for hours due to change of route.
53 coaches of the goods train derailed at Gurpa station of Dhanbad Mandal at 6.30 am on Wednesday. Due to this the route was completely obstructed. In such a situation, on Wednesday and Thursday, all the trains of this route were run from Patna and other routes. This route was cleared at one o’clock on Friday afternoon and the first goods train operation was started.
Prior to this, trains on this route were run from Patna and other routes till Thursday night and Friday evening. Most of the trains going to Howrah are being run via Patna Jhajha. This has also increased the pressure on this route. The result of this is coming out in the form of late delay of trains.
On Friday, Puri Up New Delhi Purushottam Express was run via Gaya Bhandarinath, Barkakana. Varanasi-Asansol MEMU Express and Gaya-Asansol MEMU have been cancelled.
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In view of the increasing crowd on Chhath, the great festival of public faith, Indian Railways has decided to operate two pairs of more trains. These trains, being run in the name of Chhath special train, will also have a halt in Varanasi. Northern Railway Chief Public Relations Officer Deepak Kumar said that train number 09817 will leave from Kota Junction at 6:40 pm on 31 October and 5 November.
This train will reach Danapur on the second day at 8 pm. After this, on November 1 and 6, train number 09818 will leave Danapur for Kota at 9:30 pm. This up and down train will leave for its destination stopping at Varanasi. Similarly, 06549 Yesvantpur – Danapur Chhath Special train will leave Yesvantpur at 8 am on 29 October and 5 November and will reach Danapur at 8 am on the third day.
In the return direction, Train No. 06550 Danapur – Yesvantpur will leave Danapur at 5:10 pm on 31st October and 7th November and will reach Yesvantpur at 1:30 pm on the third day. Both Up and Down train will leave for their destination stopping at Varanasi.
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