To accommodate the expected surge in passenger traffic during Diwali and Chhath, the Indian Railways has announced the operation of several special trains on the Howrah-Patna route. These trains will provide convenient travel options for passengers during the festive season. The special trains include Howrah-Patna, Patna-Howrah, Patna-Puri, Puri-Patna, Sealdah-Lucknow, Lucknow-Sealdah, Jammu...
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Tawi-Kolkata, and Kolkata-Jammu Tawi. The train timings, routes, and class availability have been detailed in the article. The special trains will run for a limited period, starting from early October and ending in December 2023.

Indian Railways is running several Summer Special trains to manage the increased passenger traffic during the summer season. These trains will operate on various routes, including Howrah-Indore, Ernakulam-Patna, Patna-Puri, Howrah-Patna, and Malda Town-Digha. The Howrah-Indore Summer Special will run one-time trips on April 19th and 21st, with the Indore-Howrah departure...
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on Friday and the Howrah-Indore departure on Sunday. The Ernakulam-Patna Unreserved Summer Special will run 11 trips from April 19th to June 28th, departing every Friday. The corresponding Patna-Ernakulam Unreserved Summer Special will also run 11 trips from April 22nd to July 1st, departing every Monday. The Patna-Puri and Howrah-Patna Special trains will continue their existing schedules, operating on Thursdays and Sundays, respectively. Lastly, the Malda Town-Digha Summer Special will run 11 trips from April 20th to June 29th, departing every Saturday, with the corresponding Digha-Malda Town Summer Special running on Sundays.

Due to maintenance work on bridge number 623 (between Nawapatra and Mathurapur) on the Jhajha-Asansol section of the Asansol division, a 10-hour traffic and power block has been planned on the up main line on Sunday, April 21, from 6 am to 4 pm. This will affect train operations, with...
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several trains being cancelled. These include the 03681 Asansol-Jasidih Passenger, 03538/03539 Andal-Jasidih-Andal Passenger Special, 03675/03676 Asansol-Jhajha-Asansol, 03581/03582 Jasidih-Banka-Jasidih, and 02023/02024 Howrah-Patna-Howrah Special Express trains. Some trains will have their routes changed, including 12304 New Delhi-Howrah Purva Express, 12326 Nagladam-Kolkata Guruमुखी Superfast Express, 13331/13332 Dhanbad-Patna-Dhanbad Express, 12317 Kolkata-Amritsar Akal Takht Express, and 22197 Pratham Swatantrata Sangram Express. Train 13508 Gorakhpur-Asansol Express will terminate at Jasidih, 18183/18184 Tatanagar-Buxar-Tatanagar Express will be terminated at Asansol and start from Asansol, and 17321 Vasco Da Gama-Jasidih Weekly Express will be terminated at Madhupur. Train 17006 Raxaul-Hyderabad Weekly Express will be controlled for 80 minutes. The railway has apologized for any inconvenience caused to passengers.