The Indian Railways has announced special arrangements for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Police recruitment exam and the Ala Hazrat Urs in Bareilly. They are adding extra coaches to several trains, extending the stop time for 10 trains at Hardoi station, and running two pairs of exam special trains between Moradabad...
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and Lucknow. The exam special trains will operate on August 30th and 31st, and will stop at Hardoi. The railways has also increased the stop time for several trains passing through Hardoi.

Chandigarh Railway Station's platforms 2 and 3 will be closed from August 20th to 31st for upgrades. The station is undergoing renovations, with platform 1 already completed and handed over to the Chandigarh railway administration. The construction company will now upgrade platforms 2 and 3. These platforms are currently being demolished...
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and construction has begun. During this period, some trains will operate from Ambala, Kharar, and Mohali. Traffic marshals will be deployed to guide passengers. Other upgrades include connecting the concourse and installing signals. The decision to close platforms 2 and 3 was approved on August 20th. As a result of the upgrades, eight trains have had their schedules adjusted and six trains have been temporarily terminated, operating from Ambala and other stations. Train numbers 15011-12 will operate from Ambala, 14629-30 from SAS Mohali, 12241-42 from Kharar, and 15531-32 from Saharsa to Amritsar via Ambala Cantt and Saneval.

Due to maintenance work on the washable apron of platform number one at Lucknow Junction Railway Station, the North Eastern Railway Lucknow Division has announced a block until September 18th. This will cause several train services to be affected. Some trains will operate from other stations like Aishbagh and Gomtinagar, while...
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others will experience platform changes. For example, the 15054 Chhapra Express will operate from Gomtinagar Station from August 20th to September 18th. Additionally, the 15053 Chhapra-Lucknow Express will only reach Gomtinagar Station from August 19th to September 17th. The 12531 Gorakhpur-Lucknow Express will terminate at Aishbagh from August 20th to September 18th, and the 12532 Lucknow-Gorakhpur Express will depart from Aishbagh during the same period. Further changes include the 15009 Gorakhpur-Mailani Express, which will not reach Lucknow Junction and will operate from Daliganj to Mailani from August 19th to September 17th. Similarly, the 15010 Mailani-Gorakhpur Express will depart from Daliganj instead of Lucknow Junction from August 20th to September 18th. The 12180 Agra Fort-Lucknow Junction Express will reach Aishbagh Station at 12.30 pm and not proceed to Lucknow Junction from August 20th to September 18th. The 12179 Lucknow Junction-Agra Fort Express will depart from Aishbagh at 4 pm instead of Lucknow Junction from August 20th to September 18th. The 15011 Lucknow Junction-Chandigarh Express will operate with a one-hour delay from Lucknow Junction from August 20th to September 18th. In a separate incident, two ticket touts were arrested by the North Eastern Railway Security Force Crime Information Branch from Vijay Khand in Gomtinagar while operating an illegal ticket business from a shop. They were found with 26 e-tickets and subsequently arrested and sent to jail.

Chandigarh Railway Station's Platform Number 1 has reopened for passengers after being closed for renovation from July 12 to August 17. Around 20-25 trains, including the New Delhi-Chandigarh Shatabdi and Kalka-New Delhi Shatabdi, will now operate from Platform 1. Eight trains that were short-terminated during the renovation will now operate...
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from Chandigarh instead of Ambala. These include trains like 15011/12 (Lucknow-Chandigarh), 12527/28 (Ramnagar-Chandigarh), 12449 (Chandigarh-Madgaon), and 15531/32 (Saharsa-Amritsar). This information was provided by Navin Kumar, Senior Commercial Manager of the Ambala Division.