The Dhanbad railway division( DRD) prepares for operation of long distance trains following a communication received from New Delhi.
Racks are in readiness for making trains operational within the shortest possible time once the railway announces operation, informed a senior railway officer of the division under condition of anonymity.
According to available report the carriage and wagon department of the DRD received directive to prepare racks of the Ganga-Satluj express train that originates from Dhanbad and connects with Ludhiana in Punjab via Gaya - Sasaram- Mughalsarai- Varanasi -Lucknow- Bareilly besides other stations. The officer said , once the date of operation is announced the LHB rack would be placed on the platform on the desired date. The regular train service has remained suspended; it may be part of the 100 new special trains that the railway is preparing to operate in coming days.
All LHB racks are to be prepared as per directive, he added. It's likely that after starting from Dhanbad train may stop at Gaya in Bihar and then for its onwards journey as Jharkhand government has not permitted stoppage of existing operative special trains at different stations .The officer said, if permitted operation of Ganga - Damodar express train may also commence as special.