The East Central Railway (ECR) conducted a special ticket checking campaign across its five divisions, targeting passengers traveling without tickets and those occupying AC coaches without proper tickets. The drive was conducted at major stations and on trains, including important mail and express trains. A total of 11,500 passengers were caught...
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traveling without tickets and fined a total of 85 lakh rupees. The campaign included checking passengers on trains like the 15715 Kishanganj-Ajmer Garib Nawaz Express, 18019 Jhargram-Dhanbad Express, 12391 Rajgir-New Delhi Shramjeevi Express, 15909 Awadh Assam Express, 12382 New Delhi-Howrah Express, 12802 Magadh Express, 02570 New Delhi-Darbhanga Clone Express, and the 12554 New Delhi-Barauni Express. The ECR will continue this drive in the future to ensure ticket compliance.

The Indian Railways has announced special trains for Anand Vihar, Mumbai, Patna, and Bhagalpur to cater to the increased passenger demand. These trains will pass through Uttar Pradesh. Train number 03639 will depart from Gaya to Anand Vihar and reach Prayagraj Junction on May 1st at 12:40 AM. Train number 03640...
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(Anand Vihar-Gaya) will depart on May 1st at 8:30 PM, train number 03653 (Gaya-Anand Vihar) on May 2nd at 12:40 AM, and the Anand Vihar-Gaya special train on May 2nd at 8:30 PM. Train number 09040, the Jaynagar-Ujjain Summer Special, will depart on Tuesday at 7:00 AM. Train number 09093 (Mumbai Central-Patna Summer Special) will arrive at Prayagraj Junction on May 1st at 3:45 AM, and train number 09094 (Patna-Mumbai Central Summer Special) on May 2nd at 8:55 PM. Train number 09002, the Jaynagar-Udhana Express, will depart on Tuesday at 9:05 PM, and train number 09067, the Udhana-Bhagalpur train, will reach the junction on Tuesday at 8:25 PM. Several trains are running 17 hours late due to the ongoing farmers' protest at Shambu station in Punjab, which has been blocking train routes for 13 days. The trains are being diverted, leading to delays. On Monday, 20 trains were impacted, including the Himgiri Express (12332) by 11.20 hours, Archan Express (12356) by 4.08 hours, Punjab Mail (13006) by 2.15 hours, Sealdah Express (13152) by 6.47 hours, Amritsar-Gorakhpur Superfast (22423) by 5.29 hours, Ganga Satluj Express (13308) by 17.14 hours, Shaheed Express (14674) by 3.15 hours, and Saryu Yamuna Express (14649) by 2.06 hours. Remodelling work at the Kishanganj yard in Bareilly will affect train services on May 7th and 8th. The yard will be remodelled, and pre-non-interlocking work will be carried out. The loop line at Aluabari station will also be interlocked on these dates. Some trains will be terminated or originated at short distances, and some will be partially cancelled. The Ajmer-Kishanganj Express (15716) will terminate at Katihar Junction on May 2nd instead of Kishanganj, and the Kishanganj-Ajmer Express (15715) will depart from Katihar instead of Kishanganj on May 3rd and 7th.

The Varanasi Railway Administration has announced changes to train services on the Indara-Fefna section of the Varanasi division. These changes are related to the doubling of tracks between Indara-Ratanpur-Rasra. Due to pre-non interlocking and non-interlocking works, several trains will be cancelled, rerouted, rescheduled, or partially terminated. These changes will be in...
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effect from February 26th, 2024, to March 5th, 2024. The cancelled trains include 05171 Ballia-Shahganj Unreserved Special (February 26th to March 5th), 05172 Shahganj-Ballia Unreserved Special (March 2nd to 6th), 05167 Ballia-Shahganj Unreserved Special (March 3rd to 5th), 05168 Shahganj-Ballia Unreserved Special (March 3rd to 5th), 05477 Dohrighat-Mau Unreserved Special (March 3rd to 5th), and 05478 Mau-Dohrighat Unreserved Special (March 3rd to 5th). The rerouted trains include 15716 Ajmer-Kishanganj Express (February 26th and 29th), 15715 Kishanganj-Ajmer Express (March 3rd), 15083 Chhapra-Farrukhabad Express (March 3rd), and 15112 Varanasi City-Chhapra Express (March 3rd). The rescheduled trains include 01026 Ballia-Dadar Special (February 28th), 15132 Varanasi City-Gorakhpur Express (March 3rd), and 19490 Gorakhpur-Ahmedabad Express (March 3rd). The partially terminated train is 05443 Chhapra-Mau Unreserved Special (March 3rd), which will terminate at Bhatni. Lastly, several trains will have their timings adjusted by up to 100 minutes.

Due to ongoing doubling work on the Lucknow-Barabanki-Ayodhya-Shahganj-Jafrabad railway line, the North Eastern Railway has made changes to the schedules of 30 trains between January 14th and 22nd. Six trains on the Ayodhya route are canceled, four are partially canceled, and 20 are rerouted. Several trains are being diverted via Barabanki-Gonda...
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instead of Ayodhya. Additionally, on January 17th, the Rameswaram Express from Ayodhya Cantt to Rameswaram was shortened. Earlier, the Northern Railway headquarters had announced the cancellation of seven trains, including the Anand Vihar-Ayodhya Vande Bharat Express and the Ayodhya Cantt-Lucknow Passenger, between January 16th and 22nd, and rerouting of 35 trains via Ma Belha Devi Pratapgarh and Sultanpur.

Due to non-interlocking work at Barabanki railway station in the Lucknow division, 10 trains passing through the Moradabad division will be affected from January 12 to 21. The Doon Express (13009-10) running between Howrah-Yoganagri Rishikesh-Howrah and the Sealdah Express (13151-52) running between Kolkata-Jammu Tawi-Kolkata will be diverted on January 20 and...
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21 via Varanasi-Maa Behla Devi Dham Pratapgarh-Lucknow. This diversion will affect the travel of approximately 10,000 passengers.