South Eastern Railway is temporarily adding extra sleeper coaches to several trains between August 1st and October 1st, 2024, to improve passenger comfort during peak travel times. This measure will affect trains traveling between various cities including Ranchi, Ara, Godda, Howrah, Jagdalpur, Rourkela, Jainagar, Gunupur, and Banaras. Passengers are welcoming this...
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move as it will address overcrowding issues, particularly during holiday seasons.

Six pairs of trains have been given stoppage at various stations in the Dhanbad division for passenger convenience. The details are as follows: Train number 18623/18624, Islampur-Hatia Express, will have a stoppage at Chaudhribandh station starting from February 26, 2024, with train number 18624, Hatia-Islampur Express, stopping at 23.57/23.59 hours and...
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train number 18623, Islampur-Hatia Express, stopping at 02.38/02.40 hours from February 27, 2024. Train number 13347/13348, Barkakana-Patna-Barkakana Palamu Express, will have a stoppage at Lalgarh Bihar Halt starting from February 27, 2024, with train number 13347, Barkakana-Patna Palamu Express, stopping at 00.58/01.00 hours and train number 13348, Patna-Barkakana Palamu Express, stopping at 03.41/03.43 hours. Train number 18611/18612, Ranchi-Banaras-Ranchi Express, will have a stoppage at Patratu station starting from February 26, 2024, with train number 18611, Ranchi-Banaras Express, stopping at 23.16/23.18 hours and train number 18612, Banaras-Ranchi Express, stopping at 00.33/00.35 hours from February 28, 2024. Train number 11447/11448, Jabalpur-Howrah-Jabalpur Shaktipuंज Express, will have a stoppage at Chainpur station starting from February 26, 2024, with train number 11447, Jabalpur-Howrah Shaktipuंज Express, stopping at 14.18/14.20 hours and train number 11448, Howrah-Jabalpur Shaktipuंज Express, stopping at 20.07/20.09 hours. Train number 12259/12260, Sealdah-Bikaner-Sealdah Duronto Express, will have a stoppage at Koderma station starting from February 26, 2024, with train number 12259, Sealdah-Bikaner Duronto Express, stopping at 21.45/21.47 hours and train number 12260, Bikaner-Sealdah Duronto Express, stopping at 07.55/07.59 hours from February 27, 2024. Train number 22911/22912, Howrah-Indore-Howrah Kshipra Express, will have a stoppage at Hazaribagh Road station starting from February 26, 2024, with train number 22912, Howrah-Indore Kshipra Express, stopping at 23.24/23.26 hours and train number 22911, Indore-Howrah Kshipra Express, stopping at 01.03/01.05 hours from February 29, 2024.

Due to yard remodeling and automatic block signaling work on the Dehri-on-Sone section of the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Gaya Railway Division, the Ranchi-Sasaram Intercity Express will not run from February 14th to 23rd. Additionally, several other trains will be affected, some cancelled and some with rerouted routes. The General...
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Manager of East Central Railway, Anil Kumar Khandewal, confirmed that this disruption is due to the ongoing third line and automatic signaling work. This is expected to improve railway capacity in the future. Affected trains include the Ranchi-Sasaram Intercity Express (18635/18636), Ranchi-Banaras Express (18611/18612), and various other passenger trains.