The Indian Railways' claim of delivering the Saptkranti Clone Special from Muzaffarpur to Delhi in 16.5 hours has failed. This train is taking even longer than other express trains to reach Delhi and Muzaffarpur. The 05219/05220 Saptkranti Clone has been running late since its first day of operation. On July 28,...
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the 05219 Clone Express departed Muzaffarpur on time, but was already delayed by the time it reached Hajipur. The Clone arriving from Anand Vihar was also about 5 hours late reaching Muzaffarpur. According to records from the National Train Enquiry System (NTES), the 05219 Muzaffarpur-Anand Vihar Terminal Clone Express has 10 stops between Muzaffarpur and Anand Vihar, but is not on time at any station except Muzaffarpur. Meanwhile, the 05220 Anand Vihar-Muzaffarpur Clone has never departed Anand Vihar on time. On its first day, it was even rescheduled by an hour and a half. The 05219 takes 21 hours to reach Anand Vihar instead of the claimed 16.5 hours, and takes almost 26 hours to reach Muzaffarpur. The operation of other mail and express trains is better than this. The Clone Specials running from Barauni and Darbhanga to New Delhi have also not been running on time. The 02563 Barauni-New Delhi Clone is arriving in New Delhi an average of 6.5 hours late. On the return journey, Muzaffarpur Junction is reaching almost 3 hours late while Barauni is reaching almost 4.75 hours late. On the other hand, the 02569 Darbhanga-New Delhi Clone is reaching Delhi almost 5.75 hours late. The return journey to Muzaffarpur is reaching 3.25 hours late and Darbhanga is reaching 4 hours late.

On Monday, the Bihar Sampark Kranti Superfast Express travelling from Darbhanga to New Delhi experienced a coupling failure near Repura Gumti, disrupting the Samastipur-Muzaffarpur up line for over four hours. This caused significant delays for several trains including the Darbhanga-New Delhi Clone Express, the Vaishali Superfast, the Shaheed Express to Amritsar,...
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and the Gondia Express from Barauni to Gondia. The Bihar Sampark Kranti Superfast arrived in Muzaffarpur 3.54 hours late, the Darbhanga-New Delhi Clone Express 4.29 hours late, the Barauni-New Delhi Clone Express 4.24 hours late, and the Jayanagar Amritsar Shaheed Express 1.25 hours late. Passengers faced significant delays at the station and were provided train status updates every 15 minutes.

Several trains were delayed on the Gorakhpur route of the Northeast Railway on Sunday night due to a failure of overhead equipment (OHE) between Nakaha Jungle and Maniram. Train number 15009 Gorakhpur Mailani was delayed for about two hours due to the OHE failure, which occurred around 2 a.m. Other trains...
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including 15066 Panvel Gorakhpur, 05095 Narkatiaganj Gorakhpur, 12588 Jammu Tawi Gorakhpur, 12571 Humsafar Express, and 02569 New Delhi Clone Express were delayed for about two to two and a half hours. This caused inconvenience to the passengers. Due to rain in Uttarakhand, train number 15074 Tanakpur-Singrauli Express, which passes through Lucknow, was cancelled on Monday. In addition, 20 other trains on different routes were also cancelled. Around two dozen trains, including train number 13019 Howrah-Kathgodam Express, train number 15043 Lucknow Jn.-Kathgodam Express, train number 12208 Jammu Tawi-Kathgodam Express, and train number 15044 Kathgodam-Lucknow Jn. Express, were operated from other stations.

To improve train operations, non-interlocking work is being carried out at Gonda Kachchari, Majhapur, and Karanailagunj stations. As a result, seven trains departing from and passing through Muzaffarpur, including the 12557 Saptakranti Superfast, 12553 Vaishali Superfast, 12203 Garibrath Express, 11124 Barauni-Gwalior Mail Express, 02569 Bihar Sampark Kranti Clone Express, 02563 Vaishali...
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Clone Express, and 04061 Barauni Delhi Summer Special Express, were diverted on Monday. These trains ran via Mankapur-Ayodhyadham-Ayodhya Cantt-Barabanki-Lucknow-Roza. Except for the 04060 Barauni-New Delhi Summer Special, all these trains will be running on the diverted route till July 4th. The railway department had already released a route chart regarding this.

Due to the construction of a third line between Gonda and Burhwal, train traffic has been blocked, leading to changes in the routes of several trains. The changes apply to trains departing from Gorakhpur on June 28th, 30th, July 1st, 2nd and 4th, 2024, as well as those departing from Darbhanga...
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and Barauni on June 28th, 29th, and July 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, 2024. The affected trains include the Gorakhpur-Panvel Express (15065), Gorakhpur-Bandra Terminus Special (05053), Darbhanga-New Delhi Special (02569), Barauni-New Delhi Rupesh (02563), Gorakhpur-Yesvantpur Express (12591), Bandra Terminus-Gorakhpur Special (05054), and Gorakhpur-Kochuveli Express (12511). These trains will now follow an alternate route via Basti, Mankapur, Ayodhya Dham Jn, Ayodhya Cantt, and Barabanki instead of the original route that included Mankapur, Gonda, and Barabanki.