The Palamu MP, Vishnu Dayal Ram, met with the Railway Minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw, to request the introduction of a Vande Bharat Express train on the Tata-Varanasi route. He suggested that the train should operate via Muri, Ranchi, and DaltonGanj, arguing that it would benefit a large number of passengers in the...
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area. The MP also requested the initiation of the Barwadih-Chirimiri and Gaya-Sherghati railway line projects, highlighting their significance in reducing travel distances. He further requested the resumption of the Barwadih-Chopan-Chunar passenger train (53351/53352), the inclusion of Meral station as a stop for the Patna-Singrauli Link Express (23347/23348) and Shaktipuंज Express (11448/11449), and the inclusion of Nagar Untari (Shri Banshidhar Nagar) as a stop for the Ranchi-New Delhi Rajdhani Express (12453/12454). Other demands included increasing the frequency of the Ranchi-New Delhi Rajdhani Express to four days a week, increasing the frequency of the Ranchi-New Delhi Garib Rath Express to six days a week, adding a stop for the Garib Rath Express at Mohammadganj station, adding a two-minute stop for the Garib Rath Express at Aligarh Junction, extending the Ranchi-Varanasi Intercity Express (18311/18611) to Gorakhpur, extending the Howrah-Jabalpur Shaktipuंज Express (11447/11448) to Mumbai, adding a stop for the Palamu Express (13347/13348) at Rajhara station, restarting the Ranchi-Gorakhpur train, increasing the number of AC chair cars and GS coaches on the Ranchi-Sasaram Intercity Express (18635/18636), and constructing Low Height Subways at various locations to address the inconvenience caused by the closure of unmanned railway crossings.

In Bihar, the driver of the Patna-Singrauli Express (train number 13350) was attacked with stones between Taimuri Halt and Nadol Halt on the Patna-Gaya rail route. Angry over the incident, the driver stopped the train at Nadol station and refused to proceed. The incident occurred after a delayed MEMU passenger...
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train (03211) from Patna to Gaya, which was scheduled to depart at 6:30 am, didn't leave until 7:30 am. Many passengers from the delayed train boarded the Singrauli Express when it departed at 10:30 am. When the Singrauli Express reached near Taimuri Halt, passengers cut the vacuum to stop the train and disembark. The driver, while fixing the vacuum system, allegedly used harsh language towards the passengers, leading one of them to throw a stone at him, injuring him. The train remained halted for about an hour at Nadol station. Railway police from Taregna and Jahanabad arrived at the scene and tried to reason with the driver. Train operations on the Patna-Gaya rail route have since resumed normalcy.