Passengers of the Dhanbad division will soon be able to avail the services of two more passenger trains, besides an express train, with the Railway Board granting permission to the Dhanbad division of East Central Railway to restore services of passenger trains - NS Gomoh Barwadih and Dehri on Sone-Barkakana. Since March 2020, these two passenger trains had not been in service due to the pandemic.

However, both the trains will be plying as ‘special’ passenger trains from tomorrow.

The passengers from Gomoh, from February 2, will also be able to avail the services of the Gomoh Chakradharpur Gomoh special train, which will be operated by the South Eastern Railway.
Divisional Railway Manager of Dhanbad, Ashish Bansal, not just informed about the running of these two passenger trains but also shared a detailed schedule about the stoppages of both the trains.

Talking to The Telegraph Online today, Chief Yard Master of Gomoh, BK Mandal said, “We are prepared for the operation of the two trains including the NS Gomoh Barwadih Gomoh passenger special train which will leave from here at around 5.30 am and also for Gomoh Chakradharpur Gomoh train, which will depart at 2.30 pm after arriving from Chakradharur at around 1 pm.”

“The crew team will board in the NS Gomoh Barwadih Gomoh passenger special train from Gomoh. This team of South Eastern Railway will accompany the train from Chakradharpur,” further said, Mandal.
Expressing happiness over the railway’s plan to restore the facilities of these two trains, Sanky Gupta, a renowned RTI activist from Gomoh, said, “Both the trains will be quite useful for the passengers of Gomoh as large of passengers travel between Gomoh and Barwadih and also between Gomoh and Chakradharpur.” In the past, Gupta has fought a long battle for the development of a rail overbridge at Gomoh to overcome the problem of traffic congestion caused due to the presence of three closely placed railway crossings.

“However, we are demanding for the restoration of Asansol Gomoh EMU train which is also lying suspended since March last year as a large number of passengers need to travel between Gomoh and Asansol daily,” said Gupta.

Meanwhile, the railway has decreased the frequency of some trains due to foggy weather. Dhanbad Firozpur Cann Express, will not operate on Thursdays and Saturdays till further orders.