On March 15th, 2024, the Triveni Express and Intercity Express will be cancelled due to repair work on Foot Over Bridge (FOB) number 1 at Varanasi Station in the Lucknow Division of North Railways. The cancellation will affect four trains: Train number 13344 Shaktinagar-Varanasi Intercity Express departing from Shaktinagar on March...
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15th, Train number 13343 Varanasi-Shaktinagar Intercity Express departing from Varanasi on March 15th, Train number 03359 Barkakana-Varanasi MEMU departing from Barkakana on March 15th, and Train number 03360 Varanasi-Barkakana MEMU departing from Varanasi on March 16th. The sudden cancellation of the Triveni Express has caused inconvenience to passengers, who have expressed concern about the lack of advance notice, which makes it difficult to arrange alternative travel arrangements.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate several railway projects on March 12th, including the doubling of the Ramna-Singrauli railway line, the doubling of the Shaktinagar-Karaila Road line, and the Jayant Silo 'Gati Shakti' Cargo Terminal at Shaktinagar. The inauguration will also include the launch of 'One Product One Stall' at Renukut...
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station via video conferencing. These projects are expected to significantly improve coal transportation from NCL mines, alleviating the coal shortage faced by power plants during summers, and provide improved railway facilities for passengers in the energy-rich region, leading to the introduction of new trains.

The construction of a railway bridge in Unpara, a part of the Shaktigarh-Kareila road doubling project, has resumed after being stalled for over a year due to a dispute over compensation for displaced families. The issue arose when families affected by the bridge construction demanded compensation for their land. After several...
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meetings with railway officials and intervention by the SDM, the railway authorities finally agreed to provide compensation for the land or exchange it for another piece of land. Construction has now resumed, with the remaining pillar and the boundary wall being built rapidly. The bridge is expected to be completed and operational by June 2023.

The Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) for the Eastern Circle, Kolkata, Suvomoy Mitra, inspected two newly-doubled rail sections in Dhanbad division on Tuesday. The sections inspected were the 12 km long Mahuaria-Duddhinagar section, part of the Ramna-Singrauli doubling project, and the 5.56 km long Krishnashilla-Anpara Road section, part of the Karaila...
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Road-Shaktinagar doubling project. The CRS also conducted speed trials on both sections. Once the CRS approves, train operations will commence on these sections. The 160 km long Ramna-Singrauli doubling project has 132 km completed and the Mahuaria-Duddhinagar inspection brings the total completed to 144 km. Only the 10 km long Renukut-Jogidih section and 6 km long Obra-Fafrakund section remain to be completed. Similarly, the 32 km long Karaila Road-Shaktinagar doubling project has 20 km completed and the Krishnashilla-Anpara Road inspection brings the total completed to approximately 26 km. Only the section from Anpara Road to Anpara remains to be completed.

The Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) will inspect the remaining 10 kilometers of the Shaktinagar-Karaila Road railway line doubling project on Wednesday. The inspection will start from Krishnashilla railway station and end at the newly built Point Halt station, Anpara Road. The CRS, along with the Divisional Railway Manager of East...
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Central Railway, Dhanbad, Kamal Kishore Sinha, will inspect the railway track and give the green signal for the completion of the project. The doubling project is currently stalled due to a dispute regarding compensation for displaced residents near the Bajrang Nagar area. However, the CRS is expected to approve the doubling of 5 kilometers of the project. The doubling of the railway line between Karaila Road and Anpara was approved by the CRS a year ago. The Commissioner of Railway Safety will also inspect the doubling work between Mahuriya and Dudhinagar before the Shaktinagar-Karaila Road project. The construction of the Bajrang Nagar bridge, which had been halted for a long time due to protests by displaced residents, has resumed on Tuesday after an agreement was reached between the residents and railway officials in the presence of the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Dudhi.