Araria 19 September (HS). Workers associated with the railway organization welcomed the festival special train running from Katihar to Amritsar via Forbesganj Darbhanga on its arrival at Forbesganj Junction on Thursday. 05736 Festival Special Train reached Forbesganj station in its first trip about 25 minutes before its scheduled time, where the loco pilot of NF Railway handed over the further charge to the loco pilot of EC Railway.
On this occasion, the pilots and assistant loco pilots guards of both the zones of the railways and the running staff of the train were welcomed by the people associated with the railway organizations at Forbesganj station and were given sweets. On this occasion, Bachchraj Rakhecha, member of the Central Committee of Bihar Daily Passengers Association, Mangilal Golchha, President of Forbesganj Civil Society, Rakesh Roshan, member of Railway Commuters Forum, Gopal Krishna Sah, member of Railway Advisory Committee, Chandan Bhagat etc. were mainly present.
Vinod Sarawagi, convener of Indo-Nepal Organization of Rail Users, says that in view of the utility of this train, this special train should be made regular in the coming time and run on a tri-weekly basis. Reservation is pending for the next four weeks. On the other hand, DRUCCC member Bachchraj Rakhecha has demanded that the current rake of this train be converted into LHB and run. While Rakesh Roshan, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, said that in view of passenger convenience, it is necessary to make a train with 24 coaches and run it.