A new base kitchen is being established in Dhanbad by the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) to provide fresh food and snacks on trains passing through Dhanbad station. The base kitchen, located in Barmasia Road Chiragoड़ा, will be inaugurated on July 15th. Initially, the base kitchen will cater to...
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premium trains and other mail/express trains passing through Dhanbad, including the New Delhi-Howrah Rajdhani Express and New Delhi-Sealdah Rajdhani Express. The base kitchen will be operated by RK Associates & Hoteliers Private Limited, which also manages base kitchens in other stations in Jharkhand. The facility has separate sections for vegetarian and non-vegetarian food preparation, as well as a dedicated section for parathas. The kitchen is air-conditioned and equipped with chimneys and hygiene facilities. The establishment of base kitchens is part of the Indian Railways' plan to eliminate pantry cars from trains, aiming to improve the quality and hygiene of food served to passengers. The base kitchen in Dhanbad will initially serve 12302 Howrah Rajdhani Express and 12314 Sealdah Rajdhani Express. Plans are in place to extend services to other trains like 13151 Kolkata-Jammu Tawi Express, 12019-12020 Howrah-Ranchi-Howrah Shatabdi Express, 22317 Sealdah-Jammu Tawi Humsafar Express, 12260 Bikaner-Sealdah Duronto Express, 12379 Sealdah-Amritsar Jallianwala Bagh Express, and 12329 Sealdah-Anand Vihar West Bengal Sampark Kranti Express.

Indian Railways is implementing temporary changes to train schedules from June 3 to June 9, 2024, to facilitate infrastructure improvements in the Kharagpur Division. Several trains will be cancelled, including the 18023/18024 Kharagpur-NSCB Gomoh-Kharagpur Express (June 4-6), 12885/12886 Shalimar-Bhojudih-Shalimar Express (June 4-6), 22330/22329 Asansol-Haldia-Asansol Express (June 5-6), and 08685/08686 Kharagpur-Adra-Kharagpur MEMU...
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(June 5). Several Howrah-Midnapore EMU Locals will be short terminated at Kharagpur (June 4-9), and the 08680 Adra-Midnapore MEMU Special will be short terminated at Godapiasal (June 3-7). Some Midnapore-Howrah EMU Locals will have short originations at Kharagpur (June 4-9), and the 08680 Midnapore-Adra MEMU Special will originate from Godapiasal (June 3-7). Two trains will be diverted on specific dates: the 18627 Howrah-Ranchi Express on June 4 via Tatanagar-Purulia-Kotshila, and the 22611 MGR Chennai-New Jalpaiguri Express on June 5 via Tatanagar-Asansol. Passengers are advised to check updated schedules and plan their travel accordingly.