Special train between Bihar and Bengaluru

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: In a bid to clear the Ugadi and school vacation rush, Indian Railways has decided to run four trips in each direction from Barauni in Begusarai district in Bihar to Bengaluru’s Yesvantpur station. According to the East Central Railway (ECR) the special train would depart from Barauni at 2:30 pm on Saturday and arrive at Yesvantpur at 4:30 pm on Tuesday.

The train will also leave Barauni town on April 1 and 8 at the same time and arrive in Bengaluru on April 4 and 11 respectively. In the return direction, the Yesvantpur to Barauni Special Express would leave Yesvantpur at 7:30 am on Tuesday and reach Barauni at 12:30 pm on March 24.

The same special train would leave Yesvantpur at the same time on March 28, April 4 and 11 and reach three days after the departure. The train will have 22 coaches and stop at major stations such as Nagpur, Jabalpur, Prayagraj, Patna and Buxar, among others, according to the railways.