The Indian Railways is running special trains to aid students appearing for the Diploma-Certificate Entrance Competitive Examination 2024 (PE/PM/PMM 2024) in Bihar. These special trains are being run between various cities in Bihar to ease travel for the students appearing for the exam between June 21st and 23rd, 2024. The special...
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trains will run between Patna and Gaya, Patna and Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar (DDU), Patna and Katihar, Patna and Saharsa, Raxual and Patna, Betia and Patna, Muzaffarpur and Chhapra, and Muzaffarpur and Bhagalpur. The train timings and routes for each train are mentioned in the article, including the train numbers.

East Central Railway will run 9 pairs of examination special trains from June 21 to facilitate diploma and certificate entrance competitive exam candidates. These trains will run on various routes including Patna-Gaya, Patna-DDU, Patna-Katihar, Saharsa-Patna, and other destinations. The specific train timings and routes are: * **Patna-Gaya:** Train No. 03397 will...
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depart Patna Junction on June 21, 22, and 23. The return train, No. 03398, will depart Gaya on the same dates. * **Patna-DDU:** Train No. 03205 will depart Patna Junction on June 21, 22, and 23. The return train, No. 03206, will depart DDU on the same dates. * **Patna-DDU:** Train No. 03669 will depart Patna Junction on June 21 and 23. The return train, No. 03670, will depart DDU on June 22 and 24. * **Patna-Katihar:** Train No. 03202 will depart Patna Junction on June 21, 22, and 23. The return train, No. 03201, will depart Katihar on the same dates. * **Saharsa-Patna:** Train No. 05573 will depart Saharsa on June 21 and 23. The return train, No. 05574, will depart Patna Junction on June 22 and 24. * **Raxaul-Patna:** Train No. 05563 will depart Raxaul on June 21. The return train, No. 05564, will depart Patna on June 22. * **Bettiah-Patna:** Train No. 05557 will depart Bettiah on June 21. The return train, No. 05558, will depart Patna Junction on June 22. * **Muzaffarpur-Chhapra:** Train No. 05201 will depart Muzaffarpur and No. 05202 will depart Chhapra on June 22 and 23. * **Muzaffarpur-Bhagalpur:** Train No. 05268 will depart Muzaffarpur on June 21 and 23. The return train, No. 05267, will depart Bhagalpur on June 22 and 24. Additionally, a one-way special train, No. 04063, will run from Patna to New Delhi on June 20. It will depart Patna Junction at 9:30 PM and reach New Delhi at 3:00 PM the next day.

Indian Railways is running special trains to facilitate unemployed youth appearing for competitive exams. Nine pairs of exam special trains will operate for diploma certificate entrance competitive exams. The 03397 Patna-Gaya unreserved exam special will depart from Patna Jn. at 1:00 AM on June 21, 22, and 23 and will return...
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from Gaya at 8:00 PM on the same days. This step aims to prevent inconvenience for candidates appearing for these competitive exams, as exam-time train loads increase, impacting both students and regular passengers. The 03205 Patna-DDU unreserved exam special will depart from Patna Jn. at 1:00 AM on June 21, 22, and 23, returning from DDU at 7:30 PM on the same days. The Patna-Katihar special will depart from Patna Jn. at 3:00 PM on June 21, 22, and 23. The Saharsa-Patna special will depart at 8:30 PM on June 21 and 23, returning from Patna at 7:10 PM on June 22 and 24. The Raxaul-Patna, Bettiah-Patna, Muzaffarpur-Chhapra unreserved exam special, and the Muzaffarpur-Bhagalpur special will depart from Muzaffarpur at 10:30 PM on June 21 and 23, reaching Bhagalpur at 4:30 AM the next day. The return train, 05267 Bhagalpur-Muzaffarpur unreserved exam special, will depart from Bhagalpur at 7:30 PM on June 22 and 24, reaching Muzaffarpur at 12:45 AM the next day. These trains will provide convenience for candidates appearing for exams, allowing them to reach their exam centers on time.

There's a proposal submitted to the South Eastern Railway Board to start a direct train between Buxar in Bihar and Tata in Jharkhand. This proposal, if accepted, would be a boon for people traveling between the major cities of Jharkhand, Ara and Buxar in Bihar, and Uttar Pradesh. Earlier, there were...
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requests to extend existing trains connecting Bihar and Jharkhand to Buxar, and now MP R.K. Singh has requested the South Eastern Railway to start a train from Ara Junction to these cities. The proposal includes using the existing Tata Gonda Express train, which currently runs only once a week, for this new route. This train is mostly idle during the week and consists of 22 coaches, making it suitable for the proposed route. The railway is expected to make an announcement regarding this proposal in the first week of February.