South Eastern Railway has decided to continue the running of special trains passing via Tatanagar and other stations of Chakradharpur railway division.
As per a notification issued by Garden Reach, the Kolkata-based headquarters of South Eastern Railway the running of weekly Okha- Howrah Special via Tatanagar has been extended beyond September 5, till further notification. Similarly, the running of Howrah-Okha Special train has been extended beyond September 7, till further orders.
The bi-weekly Porbander– Howrah Special will continue to run beyond September 1. The train which travels via Tatanagar currently runs on Wednesday and Thursday.
The Howrah -Porbandar Special which runs on Friday and Saturday will continue to run beyond September 3, till further orders as per notification issued by the headquarters of South Eastern Railway on Thursday.
An official said the special trains have been extended to clear the rush of passengers and also in view of the festive season ahead. The Tatanagar railway station is the only A1-category railway station under Chakradharpur division of South Eastern Railway ( SER).
The footfall at the station is gradually on the rise because of the increasing number of trains and also because of the fact that Tatanagar falls on the Howrah-Mumbai main line. Several important trains travel via Tatanagar, including the high-profile Rajdhani Express and Duronto Express.
The station sees a daily traffic of 90 mail, express and passenger trains, besides a footfall of more than 60,000 passengers. But, in view of the pandemic around a dozen trains pass through the station these days. The footfall of passengers has also come down drastically.