The Indian Railways' claim of delivering the Saptkranti Clone Special from Muzaffarpur to Delhi in 16.5 hours has failed. This train is taking even longer than other express trains to reach Delhi and Muzaffarpur. The 05219/05220 Saptkranti Clone has been running late since its first day of operation. On July 28,...
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the 05219 Clone Express departed Muzaffarpur on time, but was already delayed by the time it reached Hajipur. The Clone arriving from Anand Vihar was also about 5 hours late reaching Muzaffarpur. According to records from the National Train Enquiry System (NTES), the 05219 Muzaffarpur-Anand Vihar Terminal Clone Express has 10 stops between Muzaffarpur and Anand Vihar, but is not on time at any station except Muzaffarpur. Meanwhile, the 05220 Anand Vihar-Muzaffarpur Clone has never departed Anand Vihar on time. On its first day, it was even rescheduled by an hour and a half. The 05219 takes 21 hours to reach Anand Vihar instead of the claimed 16.5 hours, and takes almost 26 hours to reach Muzaffarpur. The operation of other mail and express trains is better than this. The Clone Specials running from Barauni and Darbhanga to New Delhi have also not been running on time. The 02563 Barauni-New Delhi Clone is arriving in New Delhi an average of 6.5 hours late. On the return journey, Muzaffarpur Junction is reaching almost 3 hours late while Barauni is reaching almost 4.75 hours late. On the other hand, the 02569 Darbhanga-New Delhi Clone is reaching Delhi almost 5.75 hours late. The return journey to Muzaffarpur is reaching 3.25 hours late and Darbhanga is reaching 4 hours late.

The 02563 Barauni-New Delhi Clone Express was held at Muzaffarpur Junction for 44 minutes, causing delays and inconvenience to passengers. This was due to three other trains, including the 12553 Saharsa-New Delhi Vaishali Express, being given priority to proceed. Passengers of the Clone Express faced difficulties and protested on the platform....
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The train was later allowed to leave for Hajipur. The Clone Express was already running late, arriving at Muzaffarpur at 10:59 AM instead of 9:30 AM. The Vaishali Superfast was also delayed by 19 minutes. The Raxaul-Howrah 13022 Mithila Express was also held up at the junction for about 17 minutes. All delays were attributed to track maintenance work on the Samastipur section.

On Monday, the Bihar Sampark Kranti Superfast Express travelling from Darbhanga to New Delhi experienced a coupling failure near Repura Gumti, disrupting the Samastipur-Muzaffarpur up line for over four hours. This caused significant delays for several trains including the Darbhanga-New Delhi Clone Express, the Vaishali Superfast, the Shaheed Express to Amritsar,...
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and the Gondia Express from Barauni to Gondia. The Bihar Sampark Kranti Superfast arrived in Muzaffarpur 3.54 hours late, the Darbhanga-New Delhi Clone Express 4.29 hours late, the Barauni-New Delhi Clone Express 4.24 hours late, and the Jayanagar Amritsar Shaheed Express 1.25 hours late. Passengers faced significant delays at the station and were provided train status updates every 15 minutes.