The North Eastern Railway has canceled over 48 trains on the Gorakhpur route due to maintenance work on the line from Domingarh to Jagatbela. This work will involve automatic signaling and pre-non interlocking at Domingarh station. The cancellations will be in effect from October 14th to 28th, impacting various express trains...
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like the Gorakhpur-Lucknow Junction Express, the Lucknow Junction-Patliputra Express, and the Chhapra-Mathura Junction Express, among others. In addition to cancellations, the routes of 64 other trains have been modified. The affected trains will resume their regular routes two days before Diwali, on October 26th.

The North Eastern Railway has canceled over 40 trains on the Gorakhpur and Bihar routes from October 14th to three days before Diwali, impacting travelers significantly. An additional 64 train routes have been altered. The cancellations are due to the installation of automatic signaling between Domingarh and Jagatbela on the...
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Gorakhpur-Gonda route. The railway is also implementing a pre-non-interlocking system at Domingarh for the third line between Kusmhi and Gorakhpur Cantt. Passengers can call 139 for information on train status. Trains impacted include 04137/04138 Gwalior-Barauni, 04031/04032 Anand Vihar Terminus-Saharsa, 04493/04494 Gorakhpur-Delhi, 05131/05132 Gorakhpur-Bahraich, and more. Additionally, some trains will operate on altered routes, like 02563/02564 Barauni-New Delhi, 02569/02570 Darbhanga-New Delhi, and 15707/15708 Katihar-Amritsar Express. Certain trains will be shortened, with 02575 Hyderabad-Gorakhpur Special and 09111 Vadodara-Gorakhpur Special terminating at Gomti Nagar. Additionally, 15 trains will experience delays of 30 minutes to 3 hours.

The North Eastern Railway's Lucknow division will implement a mega block on the Gorakhpur-Gonda and Kusmhi-Gorakhpur rail lines in two phases from October 14th to 27th. Due to this, 10 trains have been cancelled, 34 trains will be rerouted, and 7 trains will be delayed by 2 hours. Additionally, 4 trains...
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will have temporary stops at intermediate stations. These disruptions are expected to cause inconvenience for passengers during the festive season.

On Sunday, several trains, including the Vande Bharat Express from Lucknow, caused passengers to wait for up to seven hours. The 22545 Lucknow-Dehradun Vande Bharat Express was delayed by two hours, while the 22489 Lucknow-Meerut Vande Bharat Express ran on time on its first day. After the Urs festival and police...
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recruitment exams, overcrowding on trains has subsided, but delays have begun. On Sunday, the 04493 Gorakhpur-Delhi special train was delayed by seven hours, and the 04021 Sitamarhi-Delhi special train was delayed by four hours. Additionally, the 14673 Shaheed Express, 12358 Durgiana Express, 15903 Chandigarh Express, and 12392 Shramjeevi Express caused two-hour delays. The 20505 Rajdhani Express, 12583 Double Decker Express, 14003 Malda Town Express, and 14241 Nauchandi Express also experienced delays on Sunday. Senior DCM Aditya Gupta stated that the Vande Bharat Express is being operated on schedule. On Sunday, the Lucknow-Dehradun Vande Bharat Express was delayed from its departure from the Lucknow platform of NER. The Lucknow-Meerut Vande Bharat Express has been operating regularly since Sunday. The 22490 Meerut-Lucknow Vande Bharat will resume regular operation from Monday.

On Sunday, a fire extinguisher in a general coach of the 13006 Punjab Mail, running from Amritsar to Howrah, was accidentally activated by mischievous individuals, causing panic among passengers. Many pulled the emergency chain and jumped off the moving train, leading to injuries. The incident caused a delay of nearly 2...
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hours and 30 minutes, disrupting rail traffic on the main line. Other delays were reported due to a pantograph failure of a goods train in Ghaziabad on Saturday, sparking in a coach of the 14207 Padmavat Express, and continuous rain. Several trains, including the 04493 Gorakhpur Delhi Summer Special, 14207 Padmavat Express, 12204 Garib Rath Express, 12230 Lucknow Mail, 15120 Janata Express, 13010 Doon Express, 13308 Ganga Satluj Express, and 13006 Punjab Mail, arrived at Hardoi railway station hours late on Saturday and Sunday, causing inconvenience to passengers and impacting revenue for the railways.