PATNA: The railways has given a temporary stoppage to at least 20 pairs of passenger trains at Patna Sahib station falling under the Danapur division of the East Central Railway from January 9 to 23 on the occasion of 357th Prakashotsava of Guru Gobind Singh. The decision has been taken to facilitate pilgrims across the country to attend the event conveniently.
According to the railway sources, the Asansol-CST Mumbai (12361/12362), Raxaul-LLT Mumbai (12545/12546), Rajgir-Varanasi Budhpurnima (14223/14224), Alipurduar-Delhi Mahananda Express (15483/15484), Howrah-Prayagraj Vibhuti Express (12333/12334), Shalimar-Patna Duronto Express (22213/22214), and Patna-Puri Express (18449/18450) have been given stoppages on both UP and Down directions at Patna Sahib.
In addition, the Okha-Guwahati (15635/15636), Bhagalpur-Surat (22947/22948), Banka-Rajendra Nagar (13241/13242), Kolkata-Nangal Dam (12325/12326), Howrah-New Delhi Poorva Express (12303/12304), Dhanbad-Patna Intercity (13331/13332), Bhagalpur-Ajmer (13423/13424), Bhagalpur-Anand Vihar (22405/22406), Darbhanga-Mysore (12577/12578), Howrah-Dehradun Upasna Express (12327/12328), Kolkata-Udaipur Ananya Express (12315/12316), Jaynagar-Anand Vihar (12435/12436), and Godda-Rajendra Nagar (13229/13230) are other trains which have been given stoppage at Patna Sahib.