Bilaspur. Extension of Bilaspur-Hapa Express train, facility will be available from 29th Bilaspur. There is great news for the devotees going to Dwarkadham. Now there will be direct train facility from Bilaspur itself to go here. Railways has extended 22939/22940 Bilaspur-Hapa Weekly Express up to Okha station. This facility will be available from Okha from 27th January and from Bilaspur from 29th January. There are trains for all directions from Bilaspur. Religious places also come in this direction. But there is no direct train facility from Bilaspur to some major religious places.
At such places, passengers make reservations in those trains which pass through the zonal station. Dwarkadham is also one of these religious places. Howrah-Okha Express runs from Dwarka. This train passes through Bilaspur railway station. Most of the passengers going to Dwarkadham make reservations in this train. The number of berths is fixed due to passing through. Due to this, many times passengers are not able to get confirmed berths.
With the facility of direct train from Bilaspur, the number of berths will increase and passengers will also benefit from it. In view of this, Bilaspur-Hapa Weekly Express has been extended till Okha Railway Station. This weekly train will run from Bilaspur every Monday and from Okha every Saturday. Earlier the operation used to end after reaching Hapa station. Dwarka station is quite far from Hapa. In such a situation, passengers had to go to Dwarka from Hapa through other trains or resources.
Know the arrival and departure time of stations after Hapa. Railways has announced the arrival and departure time of this weekly special train till Okha station after Hapa. Under this, the train leaving Bilaspur will reach Hapa railway station at 15:08. Jamnagar will reach railway station at 15:24 hrs, Khambalia at 16:17 hrs, Dwarka at 17:46 hrs and Okha at 18:50 hrs. The return journey will leave Okha at 19:05 hrs and reach Dwarka at 19:36 hrs, Khambalia at 20:47 hrs, Jamnagar at 21:33 hrs and Hapa Railway Station at 22:18 hrs. The arrival and departure timings of trains in other stations will remain the same.