The East Central Railway has approved the operation of 8 new DMU special passenger trains on the Sonpur-Vaishali rail section. This decision was made after the railway parliamentary committee meeting at the divisional level, where there was a demand to increase the number of passenger trains on various rail sections. The...
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new trains will operate between Sonpur and Paru Khas, a new station in Muzaffarpur, on the newly constructed railway line. There will be two pairs of passenger trains on this route, with one existing pair already running between Sonpur and Vaishali. The new trains are being introduced to provide direct service from rural areas to major railway stations and address the need for more passenger trains after the restrictions imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.