Bihar: 22 pairs of special trains from June 1

PATNA: Of the 100 pairs of special mail and express trains, which will start operating from June 1, 22 will run on different routes falling under the jurisdiction of the East Central Railway (ECR) in Bihar. E-tickets can be booked at least 30 days in advance on the official website of the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC).
According to ECR’s chief public relations officer (CPRO) Rajesh Kumar, the railways is already running a special Rajdhani Express (02309/02310) between Rajendra Nagar Terminal and New Delhi.
“Two other superfast trains — Rajendra Nagar Terminal-New Delhi Sampoorna Kranti Express (02393/02394) and Rajgir-New Delhi Shramjeevi Express (02391/02392) — will run from June 1. The railways will also run the Patliputra Junction-Lokmanya Tilak Mumbai special (02141/02142) and Patna Junction-Lokmanya Tilak Express (03201/03202),” the CPRO told this newspaper on Thursday.
The Danapur-Secunderabad special (02791/02792), Danapur-Pune special (02149/02150), Danapur-Bengaluru Sanghmitra Express (02295/02296), Patna-Ahmedabad Azimabad special (02947/02948), Patna-Shalimar Duronto special (02213/02214), Patna-Howrah Jan Shatabdi special (02023/02024) and Patna-Ranchi Jan Shatabdi special (02365/02366) will also resume from June 1.
Similarly, the Saharsa-New Delhi Express (02553/02554), Muzaffarpur-Anand Vihar Express (02557/02558), Raxaul-Anand Vihar Express (05273/05274), Danapur-Tatanagar Express (08183/08184), Muzaffarpur-Bandra Avadh Express (09039/09040), Darbhanga-New Delhi Bihar Sampark Kranti Express (02565/02566), Motihari-New Delhi Express (04009/04010), Darbhanga-Lokmanya Tilak (01061/01062) and Darbhanga-Ahmedabad special (09165/09166) will also start running from June 1.