Indian Railways is launching a new train service between Gaya and Lokmanya Tilak Terminal in Mumbai. This train will run via Jharkhand and will have stops at 6 stations in the state: Koderma, Hazaribagh Town, Barkakana, Mesra, Ranchi, and Hatia. The train is expected to depart Gaya at 7 pm daily...
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and will travel through Tata Silv, Jharsuguda, and Nagpur before arriving at Lokmanya Tilak Terminal. The train will be launched on Wednesday and will depart from Lokmanya Tilak Terminal on Friday. The exact start date is yet to be announced. The train will have 22 coaches and will be equipped with LHB rakes. The train's timetable is as follows: **Gaya to Lokmanya Tilak Terminal (22358):** * Departure from Gaya at 7 pm * Passes through Tata Silv at 11:50 pm * Arrives at Jharsuguda at 4:53 am * Departs from Jharsuguda at 4:55 am * Arrives at Nagpur at 3 pm * Departs from Nagpur at 3:05 pm * Arrives at Lokmanya Tilak Terminal at 5:50 pm **Lokmanya Tilak Terminal to Gaya (22357):** * Departure from Lokmanya Tilak Terminal at 1:15 pm * Arrives at Nagpur at 1:20 pm * Departs from Nagpur at 1:25 pm * Arrives at Jharsuguda at 10:38 am * Departs from Jharsuguda at 10:40 am * Passes through Tata Silv at 5 pm * Arrives at Gaya at 10:50 pm

A Vande Bharat Express train service between Dumka and Ranchi is being planned. The train will run six days a week, excluding Fridays, and will travel through New Giridih and Koderma. It is expected to depart from Ranchi at 5:00 AM and from Dumka at 6:20 AM. Additionally, the Vande Bharat...
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Express service between Deoghar and Varanasi, starting on September 15th, will also pass through New Giridih and Koderma on its route to Varanasi. The proposed route for the Ranchi-Dumka Vande Bharat includes stops at Tatisilwai, Mesra, Barkakana, Hazaribagh Town, Koderma, New Giridih, Mahesh Munda, Jasidih, and Baidyanath Dham before reaching Dumka. The train is scheduled to depart from Ranchi at 5:00 AM, reaching Tatisilwai at 5:15 AM, Mesra at 5:23 AM, Barkakana at 6:15 AM, Hazaribagh Town at 7:10 AM, Koderma at 8:20 AM, New Giridih at 10:33 AM, and Mahesh Munda at 10:55 AM. Due to pre-non-interlocking and non-interlocking work on the Jasidih route of the South East Central Railway, four trains passing through Chhattisgarh will be canceled from September 10th to 22nd. The canceled trains include the Darbhanga-Secunderabad Express (train number 17008) on September 10th, 13th, 17th, and 20th.

On Thursday, the Principal Chief Safety Officer of South Eastern Railway, Pradeep Kumar, conducted a safety audit of the Hatia-Muri rail section. The inspection included a check of level crossings on the Silli-Muri section, crew lobbies and running rooms at Muri station, and facilities for crew and guards. The audit also...
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covered AC rooms, vegetarian and non-vegetarian kitchens, toilets, bathrooms, running room registers, and complaint books. Following this, a technical inspection was carried out on the Gautamdhara-Ganga Ghat section, Tatisilwai station and yard point, crossings, and the Tatisilwai-Namkum stretch. Instructions were given to ensure vigilance in train operations. Present at the site were ADRM Manish Kumar, Chief Electrical Loco Engineer Piyush Gupta, Transport Manager Basant Sharma, Chief Signal Engineer Gaurav Singh, SC Chaudhary, Divisional Safety Officer N. Srinivasan, Shreya Singh, and others. In terms of passenger convenience, the coach composition of two pairs of trains operating through Ranchi Railway Division has been altered. The Hyderabad-Raxul Express, starting from November 14th, will consist of 22 coaches, including a generator car, an SLRD, four general class coaches, seven second class sleeper coaches, six ST three-tier coaches, two AC two-tier coaches, and a VPH coach. The Raxul-Hyderabad Express will have the same coach composition starting from November 17th. Due to development work on the Muri-Chandil section under the Ranchi Railway Division of South Eastern Railway, a mega block will be implemented on November 14th. As a result, the Tata Nagar-Barkakana-Tata Nagar MEMU Passenger via Muri and the Tata Nagar-Hatia-Tata Nagar MEMU Special trains will be canceled on that date.

A 12th-grade student, Krish Kumar Shandilya, committed suicide by standing in front of the Shatabdi Express near Sakhetoli Aragate in the Tatisilwai police station area. The incident occurred on Monday at 12:00 PM. Krish, the son of Prafulla Kumar Shandilya, a resident of Tatisilwai Dol Bagicha, was studying science and was...
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the only son of his parents. He had a sister studying in Delhi. Eyewitnesses reported that Krish reached the spot alone and stood on the railway track despite the train driver's warnings. He was hit by the train and died at the scene. Krish's parents and the school principal were informed about the incident. Krish's father is a bank employee in Gomia, and Krish's mother is said to have fainted multiple times after hearing the news. The school principal, Joel Edwin, described Krish as a bright student who excelled in his studies. He was wearing his school uniform but had not attended school that day.