For the easy conveyance of commuters and in order to provide additional facilities to the railway passengers, Varanasi Division of North Eastern Railway (NER) started two pairs of new unreserved special MEMU (Mainline Electric Multiple Unit) trains numbers 05462/05461 Varanasi City-Ghazipur City-Varanasi City and 05464/05463 Varanasi City-Jaunpur-Varanasi City from Wednesday. According to Public Relations Officers (PRO),Varanasi Division of NER, Ashok Kumar, both these MEMU trains will be run with eight coaches and their maintenance will be done weekly at Aunrihar DEMU shed for which these trains will operate six days a week.
New MEMU train 05462 Varanasi City-Ghazipur City unreserved special train departed from Varanasi City at 9.50 am and it will operate throughout the week except Monday. The train will reach Sarnath at 10.02 am, Kadipur at 10.12 am, Rajwari at 10.19 am, Sidhauna Rampur Halt at 10.24 am, Aunrihar at 10.35 am, Saidpur Bhitri at 10.44 am, Taraon at 10.53 am, Basuchak Halt at 11.01 am, Nandganj at 11.08 am, Sahedi Halt at 11.15 am, Ankushpur at 11.21 am and reach Ghazipur City at 11.40 am.
In the return journey, new MEMU train 05461 Ghazipur City-Varanasi City unreserved special train will depart from Ghazipur City at 3.15 pm during the day and it will operate all week except Sunday. It will reach Ankushpur at 3.26 pm, Sahedi Halt at 3.32 pm, Nandganj at 3.39 pm, Basuchak Halt at 3.46 pm, Taraon at 3.52 pm, Saidpur Bhitari at 4.01 pm, Aunrihar at 4.20 pm, Sidhauna Rampur Halt at 4.27 pm, Rajwari at 4.32 pm, Kadipur at 4.20 pm, Sarnath at 4.50 pm and arrive at Varanasi City at 5.10 pm.
Similarly, new MEMU train 05464 Varanasi City-Jaunpur unreserved special train departed from Varanasi City at 10.40 am during the day and it will run throughout the week except Friday. It will reach Sarnath at 10.52 am, Kadipur at 11.02 am, Rajwari at 11.09 am, Sidhauna Rampur Halt at 11.14 am, Aunrihar at 11.35 am, Faridahan Halt at 11.43 am, Dudhaunda Halt at 11.50 am, Dobhi at 12 noon, Kerakat at 12.09 pm, Gangauli Halt at 12.16 pm, Muftiganj at 12.23 pm, Yadvendra Nagar Halt at 12.33 pm and reach Jaunpur at 1 pm.
In the return journey, new MEMU train 05463 Jaunpur-Varanasi City unreserved special train will depart from Jaunpur at 1.20 pm and it will run throughout the week except Thursday. It will reach Yadvendra Nagar Halt at 1.33 pm, Muftiganj at 1.43 pm, Gangauli Halt at 1.51 pm, Kerakat at 1.58 pm, Dobhi at 2.07 pm hrs, Dudhaunda Halt at 2.17 pm, Faridaha Halt at 2. 23 pm, Aunrihar at 2.45 pm, Sidhauna Rampur Halt at 2.52 pm, Rajwari at 2.57 pm, Kadipur at 3.04 pm, Sarnath at 3.14 pm and arrive at Varanasi City at 3.30 pm.
