PATNA: The East Central Railway (ECR) has restored services of at least 15 more special mail and express passenger trains originating from different stations falling under the jurisdiction of the ECR to cope with huge rush of passengers during peak summer .
According to ECR chief public relations officer (CPRO) Rajesh Kumar, services of Barauni-Lucknow special passenger train (050203/050204) will be restored from Barauni on June 10 and Lucknow from June 13.
Patna–Bandra Terminus weekly special passenger train (03253/03254) will run from Patna on June 10 and Bandra Terminus from June 13.
Similarly, Rajendra Nagar Terminal–New Jalpaiguri special passenger train (03245/03246) will run on June 10 from Rajendra Nagar Terminal and from New Jalapiguri on June 12.
This special passenger train will run every Thursday, Friday and Saturday from Rajendra Nagar Terminal and every Saturday, Sunday and Monday from New Jalpaiguri, the CPRO said.
Likewise, Muzaffarpur-Ahmedabad special passenger train (05269/05270) will run every Thursday from Muzaffarpur from June 10 to 24, while every Saturday it will run from Ahmedabad from June 12 to 26.
Patna-Mumbai special passenger train (03259/03260) will run every Sunday and Wednesday from Patna from June 13 to 30 and every Tuesday and Friday from Mumbai (June 15 to July 2), the CPRO said .
Danapur–Anand Vihar special passenger train (03257/03258) will leave Danapur daily from June 10 to 30 and Anand Vihar from June 11 to July 1 to cope with huge rush of passengers on New Delhi–Danapur route in peak summer.
The Muzaffarpur–Howrah special passenger train (05271/05272) will leave Muzaffarpur every Tuesday and every Wednesday from Howrah, the CPRO said adding railways has also restored the services of special passenger train (05279/05280) between Saharsa and Anand Vihar from June 13 via Barauni–Sahpur Patori– Hajipur route .
Railways has also restored the services of special passenger trains on Barkakana-Koderma (03371/03372) route and Koderma–Madhupur (03369/03370) route to facilitate local passengers to undertake journey conveniently, he said.
Meanwhile, the railways has cancelled at least three pairs of special passenger trains running between Bhubaneswar and New Delhi via jurisdiction of ECR till June 19.
The cancelled special passenger trains are Bhubaneswar– New Delhi special passenger trains (02823/02824, 02825/02826 and 02855/02856), the CPRO said.