Indian Railways announces 2 more exam special trains

NEW DELHI: A day after announcing special trains for its computer-based exam, the railways said today that two more trains would run between Bihar’s Muzaffarpur city and Secunderabad in Telangana.nnNearly 48 lakh candidates will appear for the first set of the computer-based tests for 66,502 vacancies of assistant loco-pilots (ALP) and technicians. The exams will be conducted in a phased manner till August 31. The next set of exams is on August 10, followed by exams on August 13, 14, 17, 20, 21, 29, 30 and 31.nnThe 05289 Muzaffarpur-Secunderabad special train departed from Muzaffarpur this noon and will arrive at Secunderabad at 1 pm on Friday, a statement said.nnThe return 05290 Secunderabad-Muzaffarpur train will depart Secunderabad at 9 pm on Friday and arrive at Muzaffarpur at 2 am on Sunday.nnIt will stop at Samastipur, Barauni, Mokama, Bakhtiyapur, Patna, Ara, Buxar, Dildarnagar, Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, Allahabad Cheoki, Satna, Katni, Jabalpur, Itarsi, Nagpur and Balharshah stations.nnYesterday, the national transporter had announced three special trains — Patna-Indore-Patna, Danapur-Secunderabad and Darbhanga Secunderabad — for the exam.nnSource: Press Trust of India