Railways to run 12 more pairs of special trains from Delhi to Bihar

PATNA: The railways will run 12 more pairs of Chhath Puja special passenger trains from New Delhi to Bihar to cope up with the huge rush of passengers.
According to the East Central Railway (ECR) chief public relations officer (CPRO) Rajesh Kumar, the Delhi-Saharsa special (04743/04744) will leave Delhi on November 7 at 3.30pm and reach Saharsa the next day at 4.45pm. “On its return journey, it will leave Saharsa on November 8 at 6.30pm and reach Delhi the next day at 6.45pm,” the CPRO said, adding that the train will have stoppages at Simri Bakhtiarpur, Khagaria, Begusarai, Barauni, Samastipur, Muzaffarpur, Hajipur, Chhapra, Gorakhpur, Sitapur, Bareily and Moradabad.
Similarly, the Anand Vihar-Saharsa (06979/06980) will leave Anand Vihar on November 8 at 2pm and reach Saharsa the next day at 2.30pm. On its return journey, it will leave Saharsa on November 9 at 6.30pm and reach Anand Vihar the next day at 6.15pm via Chhapra-Gorakhpur-Bareily-Moradabad with the load combination of 20 coaches.