PM Modi to flag off new train services in Bihar
The PM will inaugurate the first 16-coach Namo Bharat Rapid Rail service between Jayanagar and Patna on April 24. This is for the first time a 16-coach Namo Bharat train is being introduced, Dilip Kumar, Executive Director, Information and Publicity, Railway Board, said.
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