New Amrit Bharat Express to link Bhuj and Bihar’s Barauni three days a week
Trains 19427 and 19428 will cover 2,532 km through Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh; the start date and timetable have not been announced.
Bhuj, in Gujarat’s Kutch district, is to get an Amrit Bharat Express to Barauni in Bihar after the Railway Ministry approved the service, DeshGujarat reported on 10 November. The train will run three days a week.
The service, numbered 19427 and 19428, will cover 2,532 km and pass through Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh on the way. It will stop at Chhapra Junction in Bihar, which serves the Saran, Siwan and Gopalganj districts.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told Saran’s MP, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, of the approval. Mr. Rudy, a former Union Minister, had pressed for the service.
Amrit Bharat trains are non-air-conditioned express trains meant for long journeys at low fares.
The days of the week, the other stops, the timings and the date of the first run have not yet been announced.
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