The Indian Railway on Tuesday prolonged the operations of the Dhanbad-Patna-Dhanbad Festival Express for one more month, until January 31, thereby offering a a lot wanted reduction to the passengers travelling between the 2 cities.
The prepare, having one First AC coach, Two 2- tier AC coaches, 4 3- tier AC coaches, 9 Sleeper coaches, six basic coaches, and two break vans, was initially meant for working until November 30. Later, the companies obtained prolonged for one month between December 1 to December 30, earlier than the brand new announcement was made.
Senior Divisional industrial supervisor of Dhanbad Akhilesh Kumar Pandey advised The Telegraph Online that the prolonged prepare could have the identical time schedule. It will go away from Dhanabd at round 11.20 pm and attain Patna at round 5.15 am.
During its return, the prepare will go away Patna Junction at round 11.30 pm and can attain Dhanbad at round 5.20 am.
“The extension of the train will help the thousands of people travelling between Dhanbad and Bokaro,” Pintu Kumar Singh, member of the Zonal Railway User Consultative Committee of East Central Railway, mentioned.
