Patna-Purna-Patna Express to begin operations today

Nagpur, Mar 16 (UNI) The proposed weekly 7609/7610 Patna-Purna-Patna Express will begin operations from today.

According to a Central Railway press release here, the 7610 Purna-Patna Express will leave Purna in Maharashtra every Friday, reaching Patna every Sunday, while the 7609 Patna-Purna Express will leave Patna every Sunday, reaching Purna every Tuesday.

The inaugural 7610 Purna-Patna Express will leave Purna at 1810 hrs this evening. It will operate along the following route (with arrival/departure timings in brackets): Nanded (1840/1845), Adilabad (2235/2240), Majri (0148/0150), Nagpur (0415/0425), Itarsi (1005/1015), Jabalpur (1355/1405), Katni (1515/1520), Satna (1645/1655), Mughalsarai (0030/0035), Buxar (0155/0157), Aara (0246/0248) and Patna (0410).

The inaugural 7609 Patna-Purna Express will leave Patna at 2300 hrs on March 18. It will operate along the following route (with arrival/departure timings in brackets): Mughalsarai (0240/0255), Satna (0805/0815), Katni (0930/0935), Jabalpur (1105/1115), Itarsi (1500/1520), Nagpur (1935/1945), Majri (2235/2245), Adilabad (0215/0220), Nanded (0600/0615) and Purna (0715), the press release added.

The train will have 12 coaches, including two brake vans, two unreserved compartments, one air conditioned three-tier coach, one air conditioned two-tier coach, five sleeper coaches and a pantry car, the press release said.

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