The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is offering tourism packages to passengers travelling on six specific trains of the West Central Railway (WCR). Passengers can book seats on these trains and avail themselves of IRCTC's packages for destinations like Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, the Golden Triangle, Khajuraho, Vaishno Devi, Kolkata...
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Gangasagar, Kashi Prayagraj Ayodhya, and Tirupati Balaji. The packages include travel tickets, accommodation, transportation, food, and sightseeing arrangements. IRCTC has reserved 6 to 12 seats in each train, and passengers can only board at designated stations on their respective routes.

The Palamu MP, Vishnu Dayal Ram, met with the Railway Minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw, to request the introduction of a Vande Bharat Express train on the Tata-Varanasi route. He suggested that the train should operate via Muri, Ranchi, and DaltonGanj, arguing that it would benefit a large number of passengers in the...
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area. The MP also requested the initiation of the Barwadih-Chirimiri and Gaya-Sherghati railway line projects, highlighting their significance in reducing travel distances. He further requested the resumption of the Barwadih-Chopan-Chunar passenger train (53351/53352), the inclusion of Meral station as a stop for the Patna-Singrauli Link Express (23347/23348) and Shaktipuंज Express (11448/11449), and the inclusion of Nagar Untari (Shri Banshidhar Nagar) as a stop for the Ranchi-New Delhi Rajdhani Express (12453/12454). Other demands included increasing the frequency of the Ranchi-New Delhi Rajdhani Express to four days a week, increasing the frequency of the Ranchi-New Delhi Garib Rath Express to six days a week, adding a stop for the Garib Rath Express at Mohammadganj station, adding a two-minute stop for the Garib Rath Express at Aligarh Junction, extending the Ranchi-Varanasi Intercity Express (18311/18611) to Gorakhpur, extending the Howrah-Jabalpur Shaktipuंज Express (11447/11448) to Mumbai, adding a stop for the Palamu Express (13347/13348) at Rajhara station, restarting the Ranchi-Gorakhpur train, increasing the number of AC chair cars and GS coaches on the Ranchi-Sasaram Intercity Express (18635/18636), and constructing Low Height Subways at various locations to address the inconvenience caused by the closure of unmanned railway crossings.

East Central Railway (ECR) conducted a special ticket checking campaign across its five divisions, catching 12,500 ticketless or irregularly traveling passengers and collecting a fine of Rs 95.55 lakh. The campaign targeted both mail/express trains and passenger/MEMU trains, with a focus on air-conditioned coaches. ECR urges passengers to always travel...
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with valid tickets.

The East Central Railway conducted a special ticket checking drive across its five divisions: Danapur, Sonpur, Samastipur, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay, and Dhanbad. The drive targeted passengers travelling without tickets or illegally in AC coaches. The drive involved railway officials, supervisors, railway staff, TTEs, and RPF personnel deployed at key stations and...
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on trains. A total of 12,950 passengers were caught, including 450 in AC coaches of trains like 12365 Patna-Ranchi Janshatabdi, 12321 Howrah-Mumbai Mail, 12801/02 Purushottam Express, 11447 Jabalpur-Howrah Shaktipuj Express, 13351 Dhanbad-Alleppey Express, 13024 Gaya-Howrah Express, and 11060 Jaynagar-LTT Pawan Express. A total of ₹98,65,000 was collected in fines.

The East Central Railway is conducting a special ticket checking drive to crack down on ticketless and irregular travel. The drive, conducted across all five divisions - Danapur, Sonpur, Samastipur, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay, and Dhanbad - involved railway officers, supervisors, railway staff, TTEs, and a large number of Railway Protection Force...
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personnel. The drive targeted both long-distance express trains and local passenger and MEMU trains. A total of 12,950 ticketless or irregular travelers were caught, resulting in the collection of Rs. 98.7 lakh in fines. The railway has urged passengers to always travel with a valid ticket.