The Indian Railways will undertake non-interlocking work for the remodeling of Son Nagar Yard and commissioning of the third line between Son Nagar and Ankorha to enhance operational capacity. This will result in the cancellation of 18 express and passenger trains and changes to the routes of several others. The modifications...
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will increase line capacity and improve train punctuality. Cancelled passenger trains include the Barakarana-Dehri on Sone-Barakarana Passenger Special (February 11-23), Barakarana-Varanasi-Barakarana MEMU Passenger Special (February 15-23), Barwadih-Dehri on Sone-Barwadih Passenger Special (February 15-23), and Gaya-Dehri on Sone-Gaya Passenger Special (February 16-23), among others. Express train cancellations include the Singrauli-Patna Express (February 15-24), Patna-Singrauli Express (February 14-23), Visakhapatnam-Banaras Express (February 14, 18, 21), Banaras-Visakhapatnam Express (February 15, 19, 22), and Ranchi-Banaras Express (February 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22), among others. The Lucknow-Gaya Ektamatra Express departing from Lucknow on February 15, 20, and 22 will terminate at PDDY. The Gaya-Lucknow Ektamatra Express departing from Gaya on February 16, 21, and 23 will commence partially from PDDY Junction. The Lucknow-Gaya Ektamatra Express departing from Lucknow on February 17 will partially terminate at PDDY. The Gaya-Lucknow Ektamatra Express departing from Gaya on February 18 will partially commence from DDU. Trains running on the Asansol-Kiul-Patna-PDDY route, including the Howrah-Kalka-Howrah Netaji Express, Sealdah/Ajmer-Sealdah Express, Jammu Tawi-Kolkata Express, Kolkata-Jammu Tawi Express, Howrah-Barmer Express, Barmer-Howrah Express, Howrah-New Delhi Purva Express, and Kolkata-Agra Cantt Express, will be affected. The Rajgir-Varanasi Buddha Poornima Express will be routed through Patna-Buxar-PDDY between February 15-22. The Varanasi-Rajgir Buddha Poornima Express will be routed through Patna-Buxar-PDDY between February 16-23. The Purushottam Express departing from Puri and New Delhi on February 21 and 22, the Ranchi-Anand Vihar Sampark Kranti Express on February 15 and 19, the Anand Vihar-Ranchi Sampark Kranti Express on February 17 and 21, the Ranchi-New Delhi Garibrath Express on February 16, 19, 20, and 23, the New Delhi-Ranchi Garibrath Express on February 15, 18, 20, and 22, the Ranchi-New Delhi Rajdhani Express on February 15 and 22, and the New Delhi-Ranchi Rajdhani Express on February 14 and 21 will all be routed through Muri-Barakarana-Chopan-Chunar. The Ranchi-New Delhi Garibrath Express departing from Ranchi on February 16, 19, 20, and 23, the New Delhi-Ranchi Garibrath Express departing from New Delhi on February 15, 18, 20, and 22, the Ranchi-New Delhi Rajdhani Express departing from Ranchi on February 15 and 22, and the New Delhi-Ranchi Rajdhani Express departing from New Delhi on February 14 and 21 will be rerouted through Garhwa Road-Chopan-Chunar. The Gaya-New Delhi Mahabodhi Express departing from Gaya on February 22 will be rescheduled by 4 hours. The Asansol-Varanasi MEMU Express departing from Asansol on February 22 will be controlled for 3 hours between Dhanbad and Son Nagar.