With Deepawali and Chhath approaching, East Central Railway has announced to run 6 pairs of Puja Special trains. These Puja special trains will run from Ranchi to Patna, Dhanbad, Barkakana and other cities. Puja Special trains will be operational from November 10 to December 2. All the 6 pairs of Puja Special trains will be fully reserved. In view of the coronavirus infection, Railways has appealed to the passengers traveling in these trains to come to the station premises with proper travel tickets.
The list of Puja special trains includes
* Dhanbad- Patna Puja Special (03329) which will be operational from November 10 to November 30 and will run according to the route, stoppage and time table of regular train number 13329. Patna- Dhanbad Puja Special (03330) which will be operated from November 11 to December 1 and will run according to the route, halt and timetable of regular train number 13330. There will be 1 coach of AC First, 2 of AC Second, 4 of AC Third, 9 of Sleeper and 6 of Second Sleeper class.
* Barkakana- Patna Puja Special (03347) which will be operational from November 10 to November 30 and will run according to the route, halt and timetable of regular train number 13347. Patna-Barkakana Puja Special (03348) which will be operational from November 11 to December 1 and will run according to the route, halt and timetable of regular train number 13348. The pair of trains will have 1 coach of AC second, 2 of AC third, 3 of sleeper, 4 coaches of second sleeper class.
* Patna- Ranchi Puja Special (02363) which will be operational from November 10 to November 30 and will run according to the route, stoppage and time table of regular train number 12365. Ranchi- Patna Puja Special (02364) which will be operational from November 10 to November 30 and will run according to the route, stoppage and time table of regular train number 12366. There will be 3 coaches of AC chair car and 16 coaches of chair car.
* Singrauli-Patna Puja Special (03349) which will be operational from November 10 to November 30 and will run according to the route, halt and timetable of regular train number 23347. Patna- Singrauli Puja Special (03350) which will be operational from November 11 to December 1 and will run according to the route, stoppage and time table of regular train number 23348. The pair of trains will have 1 coach of AC second, 1 of AC third, 2 of sleeper and 4 coaches of second sleeper class.
* Jayanagar- Manihari Puja Special (05284) which will be operational from November 10 to November 30 and will run according to the route, stoppage and time table of regular train number 15284. Manihari-Jayanagar Puja Special (05283) which will be operated from November 11 to December 1 and will run according to the route, stoppage and time table of regular train number 15283. The pair of trains will have 4 sleeper and 10 second sleeper coaches.
* Rajendra Nagar Terminal – Durg Puja Special (03288) which will be operational from November 10 to November 30 which will run according to the route, stoppage and time table of regular train number 13288. Durg – Rajendra Nagar Terminal Puja Special (03287) which will be operational from November 12 to December 2 which will run according to the route, stoppage and time table of regular train number 13287. The pair of trains will have 1 coach of First AC, 1 of Second AC, 3 of Third AC, 9 of Sleeper class.