Yesterday, these 6 trains were diverted via BKP/BKPL - RGD - TIA,
โข 12326 Gurumukhi Exp via Bakhtiyarpur - Rajgir - Tilaiya - Kiul
โข 17006 Raxaul - Hyderabad Exp via Mokama - BKP Link Cabin - Karnauti - Rajgir - Tilaiya - Kiul
โข 18183 Tatanagar- Danapur Super Exp via Kiul - Tilaiya - Rajgir - Bakhtiyarpur
โข...
more... 13136 Jaynagar - Kolkata via Mokama - BKP Link Cabin - Karnauti - Rajgir - Tilaiya - Kiul
โข 18182 Thawe - Tatanagar Exp via Mokama - BKP Link Cabin - Karnauti - Rajgir - Tilaiya - Kiul
โข 13288 South Bihar Exp via Bakhtiyarpur - Rajgir - Tilaiya - Kiul
โ First Instance of any regular psg train using BKPL - KRNN line or BKP bypass
โ All these trains undergone LR at Tilaiya Jn..
Unfortunately, these were for diverted trains.
But,
โข Railways never tried to provide any regular trains on MKA - BKPL - RGD - TIA
โข NWD lacks connectivity to Patna/Bakhtiyarpur even today. Railways never tried to provide connectivity from Nawada to Patna by using LR at TIA.
โข AC to ECR BKP bypass and the line to RGD/TIA will be only meant for Freights.
โ If the SHK BEHS line would have been completed, then this long diverted route would have been avoided.
Totally shameful.