Overview
- Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced on Friday that the Centre has allocated more than ₹10,000 crore for Bihar's rail network, with roughly ₹1.15 lakh crore of projects already under implementation.
- Work is underway to add five platforms at Patna station and to build a new five-platform station at Hardinge Park, and Fatuha station is also being developed to increase capacity around the state capital.
- A new express service linking Chhapra to Delhi was launched, which local MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy said answers a long-standing demand and reduces the need for travellers to go via Sonepur or Varanasi for direct Delhi access.
- The Marhowrah locomotive plant marked its 51st export, reported bound for Guinea, underscoring a push under the Make in India initiative to sell Indian-built engines to overseas railways.
- Officials say the upgrades should raise passenger capacity, cut ticketing and travel bottlenecks, and spur local jobs through construction and manufacturing, and authorities plan to publish detailed timelines and completion targets next.