The special Rajdhani Express from Howrah to New Delhi will no longer run via Dhanbad on Sunday. The train will run 6 days a week via Dhanbad from Monday to Saturday, taking Howrah-Dhanbad-Gaya route. On Sundays, Howrah-New Delhi Rajdhani Express will run via Patna. The new system will be effective for trains starting from Howrah from October 20 and from New Delhi from October 25. This will be effective till February for now. The Howrah New Delhi Rajdhani Express running via Asansol-Patna will run from October 20 to February 7. For return route, permission has been given to run the train from October 25 to February 12.
Howrah-New Delhi Rajdhani Express did not run through Dhanbad on Sunday in pre-Covid period. The train was run from Monday to Saturday. Sealdah-New Delhi Rajdhani Express ran daily. When Rajdhani Express started running from May 12 during the Corona period, it was allowed to run daily as Sealdah-New Delhi was not running. The passengers of Dhanbad got an alternate option for Sunday with Sealdah Rajdhani running. Hence, the railways have decided to run Howrah-New Delhi Rajdhani Express via Patna on Sundays.
