The South Central Railway has extended the experimental stops for certain trains at various stations for another six months. This includes trains running between Puri and Tirupati (trains 17479 and 17406), Bilaspur and Tirupati (trains 17481 and 17480), Tirupati and Adilabad (trains 17405 and 17406), Dound and Nizamabad (trains 11409...
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and 11410), Guntur and Aurangabad (train 17253), Bhubaneswar and Rameshwaram (trains 20896 and 20895), and Puducherry and Howrah (trains 12868 and 20895). The extended stops are: Kovvur, Medchal, Navipeth, Undanagar, and Rajamahendravaram.

To accommodate the increased travel demand during Holi, the South East Central Railway has introduced several special trains. Notably, the West Central Railway is operating a Holi special superfast train between Durg and Patna. This train, numbered 08793, will depart from Durg on March 22nd, 2024, and return from Patna as...
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train number 08794 on March 23rd, 2024. The train will consist of 23 coaches, including 2 SLR/SLRD, 2 general, 14 sleeper, 4 AC-III, and 1 AC-II. Additionally, the railway has decided to introduce a temporary stop for train number 17482/17481 Tirupati-Bilaspur-Tirupati Express at Kovvuru station, starting from March 14th, 2024. Train 17482 will arrive at Kovvuru at 22.05 and depart at 22.06, while train 17481 will arrive at 09.22 and depart at 09.23.

The South Central Railway (SCR) will temporarily stop four trains at Ramavarappadu railway station from February 9th to 11th to accommodate devotees attending the Centenary Celebrations of Gunadala Mary Matha Shrine. The affected trains are: Train No. 17479 (Puri-Tirupati), Train No. 17481 (Bilaspur-Tirupati), Train No. 17480 (Tirupati-Puri), and Train No. 17482...
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(Tirupati-Bilaspur). The SCR officials encourage devotees to use this facility.

The 18201 Dur-Navtanwa Express departing from Durg on February 9th will follow an alternate route via Manikpur, Prayagraj, Prayagraj Rambag, and Varanasi to reach Navtanwa. The 18202 Navtanwa-Durg Express departing from Navtanwa on February 9th and 11th will follow the reverse route through Varanasi, Prayagraj Rambag, Prayagraj, and Manikpur to reach...
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Durg Railway Station. The Bilaspur-Tirupati Express (17481/17482) will have a temporary stop at Ramvarappadu station in Vijayawada from February 9th to 11th to facilitate pilgrims attending the Mary Matha festival. The express will arrive at Ramvarappadu at 12:04 PM and depart at 12:05 PM. The Tirupati-Bilaspur Express will arrive at 18:44 PM and depart at 18:45 PM.

Indian Railways will be undertaking pre-non interlocking and non-interlocking work on the third line between Singapur Road and Rayagada in the Waltair Division of East Coast Railway from January 20 to 27. This work will lead to the cancellation of four trains (08527 Raipur-Visakhapatnam Special Passenger, 08528 Visakhapatnam-Raipur Special Passenger, 17481...
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Bilaspur-Tirupati Bi-Weekly Express, and 17482 Tirupati-Bilaspur Bi-Weekly Express), rescheduling of three trains (22848 LTT-Visakhapatnam Express, 22847 Visakhapatnam-LTT Express, and 18573 Visakhapatnam-Bhagat Ki Kothi Express), and rerouting of four trains (12843 Puri-Ahmedabad Express, 12844 Ahmedabad-Puri Express, 22973 Gandhidham-Puri Ahmedabad Express, and 22974 Puri-Gandhidham Express). The rerouted trains will run through Kusugul, Kerejang, and Titlagarh. Additionally, five express trains will make experimental stops at five stations in the Jabalpur Division of West Central Railway: Majhagawan, Turki Road, Baghai Road, Unchhera, and Maihar.