A bi-weekly train connecting Darbhanga in Bihar and Secunderabad in Andhra Pradesh will be flagged off today.
While the regular service via Gondia-Ballarshah route in Maharashtra is commencing from Darbhanga today that from Secunderabad will begin on July 24.
Train no 17007 will leave Secunderabad railway station at 10 pm every Tuesday and Saturday and will arrive at Darbhanga at 1 pm on the third day after passing through Ballarsha at 5:15 am on every Wednesday and Sunday, a Central Railways release said.
From Darbhanga, it will start at 7 am on every Tuesday and Friday and reach its final destination at 10.10 pm the next day. The train will cross Ballarshah at 3.30 pm every Wednesday and Saturday.
The 18-coach train has one AC-2 tier bogie, two AC-3 tiers, seven sleeper class coaches, six second-class compartments besides two general class coaches.
The train will halt at Kazipet, Ramgundam, Manchiryal, Sirpurkagaznagar, Ballarshah, Gondia, Durg, Raipur, Bilaspur, Rourkela, Ranchi, Muri, Bokaro Steel City, Dhanbad, Chittaranjan, Madhupur, Jasidih, Jhajha, Kiul, Barauni and Samstipur, the release added.