Night trains on key Jharkhand section resume after 19 months
January 13th, 2012 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANSRanchi, Jan 13 (IANS) Night train services on the key Tata-Kharagpur section have resumed 19 months after a horrific rail crash in Jharkhand left 148 people dead, an official said.
The Purusottam Express, the Tata-Kharagpur passenger and other trains services were resumed Thursday night. The Purusottam Express left at 12.10 a.m. and the Tata-Kharagpur train left at 12.40 a.m. from the Tatanagar station.
Night trains were halted on the Tata-Kharagpur and Rourkela-Chakradhapur sections after the Gyneshwari train accident in May 2010.
Night train services on the Rourkela-Chakradhapur section were resumed on December 20, 2011.
The resumption of night train services has brought relief for the passengers.
“We had to face difficulties. The passengers had to wait the whole night at Tatanagar station. Now we are feeling relieved,” said Santosh Kumar, a passenger.
The night train services were to resume from December 13 last year, but this was put on hold due to security reasons.
Political parties like BJP and others on many occasions had disrupted train services to demand the resumption of night services.
- Jharkhand BJP demands resumption of night trains - Nov 27, 2011
- Bengal's no defers resumption of night train services - Dec 11, 2011
- Train services disrupted after 'Maoist posters' seen on track - Jul 23, 2010
- Bomb scare disrupts train services in West Bengal - Sep 20, 2010
- Curbs on night trains in Maoist areas extended - Jun 16, 2011
- Ban on night trains in Maoist areas continues - Jul 07, 2011
- Blast disrupts train services in Orissa - Jan 09, 2011
- Ban on night trains in Maoist-hit areas till March 31 - Mar 24, 2011
- Night trains restricted in Maoist-hit areas till May 26 - May 19, 2011
- No night move for trains in Maoist-hit areas till Jan 6 - Dec 30, 2010
- Bar on night train journeys in Maoist areas extended - Jan 07, 2011
- Maoist sabotage threat hits Bengal train movements (Lead) - Jun 10, 2010
- Passenger train movement to remain suspended on two routes - Jun 14, 2010
- Mamata offers bait to states for safe train movement - Feb 25, 2011
- Ban on night trains in Maoist areas extended - Mar 17, 2011
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