The Indian Railways has extended the running period of special trains operating between Danapur-Secunderabad, Raxaul-Hyderabad, and Raxaul-Secunderabad, due to high passenger demand. The extended running schedule and revised coach composition for each train are as follows: * Train No. 07051 (Hyderabad to Raxaul) will now run every Saturday until September 28th. * Train...
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No. 07052 (Raxaul to Secunderabad) will now run every Tuesday until October 1st. * Train No. 07007 (Secunderabad to Raxaul) will now run every Wednesday until September 25th. * Train No. 07008 (Raxaul to Secunderabad) will now run every Friday until September 27th. The coach composition for each train is also detailed in the press release, outlining the number of First AC, Second AC, Third AC, Sleeper, and General coaches on each train.

Due to non-interlocking work in the Ballarshah section of South Central Railway, several trains will be affected between June 17th and July 6th. Trains passing through Gondia and Nagpur will be cancelled or diverted. This work will impact trains between Asifabad Road and Rechni Road stations near Kazipet junction. ...
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Specifically, several long-distance express trains between Bilaspur, Tirunelveli, Ernakulam, Kochuveli, Korba, Raxaul, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, and Patna will be cancelled on certain dates. Other trains like the Visakhapatnam-New Delhi, Gandhidham-Visakhapatnam, Puri-Okha, Okha-Puri, and Visakhapatnam-Nizamuddin Express will be diverted to run via Visakhapatnam-Vijayawada-Raigarh-Raipur-Nagpur. Additionally, on July 5th, railway work will affect train traffic between Kausbahal-Rajgangpur in the Chakradharpur division, resulting in the cancellation of the Tatanagar-Itwari Express and a seven-hour delay for the Howrah-CSMT Duronto Express.

The South Central Railway, Secunderabad Division, will be undertaking a third railway line construction project between Asifabad Road and Rechni Road railway stations within the Kazipet Junction-Vallarshah section. This project will require non-interlocking work, causing the cancellation of 15 trains from June 22nd to July 6th. The railway has chosen this...
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period due to the monsoon season, anticipating lower passenger traffic. However, the cancellations will inconvenience travelers. The affected trains include several express trains, special trains, and some passenger trains. While the project is essential for infrastructure development, the inconvenience to passengers is unavoidable. The project aims to improve railway infrastructure, benefiting passengers in the long run.

Passengers are dissatisfied with the operation of summer special trains as they are frequently running late. On Friday, all four summer special trains passing through Muzaffarpur Junction arrived hours behind schedule. The most delayed train was the 07007 Secunderabad-Raxaul special, which arrived 13 hours and 43 minutes late. The 04052 New...
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Delhi-Darbhanga Clone Special was delayed by almost 9 hours and 42 minutes, with passengers facing water shortage in the coaches. The 04651 Jaynagar-Amritsar Special arrived 7.5 hours late, despite being re-scheduled by the railway for a 6.5 hour delay. Lastly, the Bhagalpur-Balsad Special reached Muzaffarpur 2 hours and 8 minutes late.

Indian Railways has announced the extension of several special train services due to high passenger demand. The services include weekly, tri-weekly, and four-day-a-week trains connecting various cities like Sikandrabad, Raxaul, Danapur, Dadar, Gorakhpur, Ballia, and more. The extended train services will be operational from April to June/July 2024. Additionally, 15...
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pairs of trains will have a temporary halt of 5 minutes at Maihar station from April 9th to 23rd, 2024, for the upcoming Chaitra Navratri fair. A weekly superfast special train between Kanpur Central and Lokmanya Tilak Terminus will also be operational from April 5th to June 28th, 2024, with halts at Satna, Katni, Jabalpur, and Itarsi stations.