The South Eastern Railway has decided to run a pair of Holi special trains between Santragachi and Darbhanga via Tatanagar railway station.

Holi will be celebrated on Monday.

The train will leave from Santragachi on March 28 and will return from Darbhanga on March 29.

The office of chief passenger transportation manager on Saturday issued the time-table of the special train.

According to the time-table the Santragachi-Darbhanga Special will leave Santragachi on March 28 at 3.40 pm . The train will reach Darbhanga at 9.40 am the next day.

In the opposite direction, Darbhanga-Santragachi Special will leave Darbhanga on March 29 at 9.10 pm and will arrive Santragachi at 3.30 pm the next day, after an 18-hour journey.

Chief public relations officer of South Eastern Railway Sanjay Ghosh said,"The Holi special train was introduced keeping in view the rush of passengers. The special train will help in easing the rush," he said.

The train with four AC 3-tier, eleven sleeper class and two general second class coaches will have stoppages at Kharagpur, Tatanagar, Muri, Bokaro Steel City, Jasidih, Jhajha, Kiul and Barauni between Santragachi and Darbhanga.

Passengers have been asked to strictly follow all the safety protocols before and during journey in the wake of the second wave of Covid-19 cases.

With the festival around the rush of passengers in both trains and long distance buses heading for Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and other destinations have gained momentum.

Confirmed berths were not available in several trains including Puri-New Delhi Purushottam Express which goes via Tatanagar.

Railway sources said a similar rush is witnessed in Bihar-bound trains leaving from Ranchi and Hatia stations.

Bihar-bound buses leaving Sitaramdera Bus Terminus have witnessed a rush of passengers since Friday.

Over 250 buses leave for various destinations in Bihar and Jharkhand daily from the bus terminus, which happens to be the biggest in the entire Kolhan region.