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The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is offering tourism packages to passengers travelling on six specific trains of the West Central Railway (WCR). Passengers can book seats on these trains and avail themselves of IRCTC's packages for destinations like Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, the Golden Triangle, Khajuraho, Vaishno Devi, Kolkata...
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Gangasagar, Kashi Prayagraj Ayodhya, and Tirupati Balaji. The packages include travel tickets, accommodation, transportation, food, and sightseeing arrangements. IRCTC has reserved 6 to 12 seats in each train, and passengers can only board at designated stations on their respective routes.

The Palamu MP, Vishnu Dayal Ram, met with the Railway Minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw, to request the introduction of a Vande Bharat Express train on the Tata-Varanasi route. He suggested that the train should operate via Muri, Ranchi, and DaltonGanj, arguing that it would benefit a large number of passengers in the...
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area. The MP also requested the initiation of the Barwadih-Chirimiri and Gaya-Sherghati railway line projects, highlighting their significance in reducing travel distances. He further requested the resumption of the Barwadih-Chopan-Chunar passenger train (53351/53352), the inclusion of Meral station as a stop for the Patna-Singrauli Link Express (23347/23348) and Shaktipuंज Express (11448/11449), and the inclusion of Nagar Untari (Shri Banshidhar Nagar) as a stop for the Ranchi-New Delhi Rajdhani Express (12453/12454). Other demands included increasing the frequency of the Ranchi-New Delhi Rajdhani Express to four days a week, increasing the frequency of the Ranchi-New Delhi Garib Rath Express to six days a week, adding a stop for the Garib Rath Express at Mohammadganj station, adding a two-minute stop for the Garib Rath Express at Aligarh Junction, extending the Ranchi-Varanasi Intercity Express (18311/18611) to Gorakhpur, extending the Howrah-Jabalpur Shaktipuंज Express (11447/11448) to Mumbai, adding a stop for the Palamu Express (13347/13348) at Rajhara station, restarting the Ranchi-Gorakhpur train, increasing the number of AC chair cars and GS coaches on the Ranchi-Sasaram Intercity Express (18635/18636), and constructing Low Height Subways at various locations to address the inconvenience caused by the closure of unmanned railway crossings.

A freight train collided with the Kanchenjunga Express in New Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, killing eight people and injuring 25. The collision occurred when the freight train's driver disregarded a signal and rammed into the passenger train. The guard's compartment of the Kanchenjunga Express was completely destroyed and two parcel van compartments...
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were also damaged. Rescue operations have been completed, but the freight train driver and the guard of the Kanchenjunga Express were killed in the accident. The railway board chairperson, Jaya Verma Sinha, stated that initial investigations point to human error, but a detailed investigation will be conducted. Help desks have been set up at all railway stations along the Agartala-Sealdah route.