On Friday, Shri Krishna Gautam, member of the Zonal Railway Users Consultative Committee of Prayagraj, North Central Railway and Railway representative of Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, met AGM Amarendra Kumar at the East Central Railway office in Hajipur (Bihar). He demanded immediate implementation of the decisions taken at the Dhanbad...
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Division Parliamentary Committee meeting. He mentioned that the meeting discussed extending the Ranchi-Chopan Express train route to Singrauli and Shaktinagar. The washing line pit line and sick line constructed in Chopan have been completed and tested, yet Chopan Railway Station is not being used as a terminal station. He requested the extension of the route of the Singrauli-Bhopal and Singrauli-Nizamuddin trains, currently running from Singrauli, to Chopan station. He also urged for the operation of the Chunar-Barwadih Passenger train as a MEMU train. Approval has been received for the construction of an underpass at pole number 168/4 on the Anpara-Mirchadhuri rail route, to be completed in 2024-25. He urged that the work be started promptly.

Shri Krishna Gautam, a member of the Regional Railway Users Consultative Committee, North Central Railway Prayagraj, met with the Additional General Manager, Amarendra Kumar, at the East Central Railway office in Hajipur (Bihar) on Friday. They discussed the expansion of the Ranchi-Chopan Express train route to Singrauli and Shakti Nagar, a...
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decision taken at the Dhanbad Divisional Parliamentary Committee meeting in Dhanbad. Gautam highlighted that the construction of the washing line, pit line, and sick line in Chopan has been completed and tested, but the Chopan railway station is not being used as a terminal station despite an investment of approximately 15 crores. He demanded that the route of the Singrauli-Bhopal and Singrauli-Nizamuddin trains originating from Singrauli be extended to Chopan station. He also requested that the Chunar-Barwadih passenger train, known as the “Garib ki Railgadi”, be operated as a MEMU train. He further urged for the immediate commencement of the construction of an underpass at pillar number 168/4 on the Anpara-Mirchadhuli rail line, which was approved for completion in 2024-25.

The Railway Protection Force (RPF) in Ranchi arrested two cyber cafe owners for allegedly engaging in railway ticket black marketing. 12 e-tickets worth ₹20,700 were recovered from one cafe, and 7 e-tickets worth ₹39,000 were recovered from the other. Both accused confessed that they were using their IDs to generate tickets...
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and selling them at inflated prices for personal profit.

The Railway Ministry has approved the stoppage of the Rajdhani Express at Sonbhadra Railway Station in Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. The train currently runs once a week from Ranchi to New Delhi on Sundays and from New Delhi to Ranchi on Saturdays. The decision to stop the train at Sonbhadra was...
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taken after a request from Union Minister Hardeep Puri, who met with Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and advocated for the addition. The station is being upgraded with a platform extension to 600 meters from 400 meters, and the Ministry has also requested the Mechanical Department to provide additional coaches to increase the train's frequency to three days a week. The stoppage and increased frequency are expected to benefit local residents, especially those traveling to New Delhi.