Indian Railways is running a special festival train, the Amritसर-Katihar Weekly Festival Special Train, from September 18th to November 29th. The train will operate on Wednesdays from Katihar and Fridays from Amritसर, making 11 trips in total. It will stop at Bareli, Shahajahanpur, and Muradabad. Additionally, from September 18th to 24th,...
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Indian Railways will provide stopovers at Rudki station for various trains to accommodate pilgrims traveling to the Sahir Pak Urs in Kalier. This includes the 14617 Purnea Court-Amritसर Janseva Express, 15211 Darbhanga-Amritसर Jannayak Express, 15531 Saharsa-Amritसर Jansadharan Express, 12237 Varanasi-Jammu Tawi Express, 12358 Amritसर-Kolkata Superfast, and 12492 Jammu Tawi-Barauni Express, among other trains.

The Uttar Railway's Lucknow division is undergoing track doubling and yard remodelling on the Janghai-Barairam-Ugrasenpur section. This will lead to changes in train routes from September 3rd to 22nd, affecting trains passing through Dhanbad and Gomoh. For example, the 12358 Amritsar-Kolkata Durgiyana Express (departing September 12th), 12357 Kolkata-Amritsar Durgiyana Express (departing...
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September 14th), and 12372 Bikaner-Howrah Superfast Express (departing September 19th) will take a different route via Varanasi, Jafrabad, Sultanpur, and Lucknow. Similarly, the 12353 Howrah-Lalkuan Express (departing September 13th), 13167 Kolkata-Agra Cantt Express (departing September 12th), and 13168 Agra Cantt-Kolkata Express (departing September 14th) will also take a different route via Varanasi, Jafrabad, Ayodhya Cantt, and Lucknow. The 12381 Howrah-New Delhi Purva Express (departing on 8th, 11th, 12th, 15th, 18th, 19th, and 22nd September) and the 12382 New Delhi-Howrah Purva Express (departing on 9th, 10th, 13th, 16th, 17th, and 20th September) will both take a different route via Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay, Mirzapur, and Prayagraj.

Eastern Railway is adding more general second-class coaches to 35 popular express and mail trains to enhance the overall travel experience. This decision was made due to a high demand for tickets throughout the year. The additional coaches will be added by replacing AC 3-tier or sleeper class coaches on various...
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routes. The changes will start on specific dates mentioned for each train.

Due to the ongoing farmers' protest, several trains on the Ambala route are experiencing delays of 15 to 20 hours. On Friday, passengers were shocked to find that train number 15097, the Amarnath Express from Bhagalpur, Bihar to Jammu Tawi, was running more than 20 hours behind schedule. A passenger, Avadhesh,...
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who had booked a ticket in the third AC of the Amarnath Express from Lucknow, canceled his ticket after learning about the train's 20-hour delay. Other trains on the route, including the Ganga Satluj Express (13308), Mumbai-Gorakhpur Express (12598), Lohit Express (15652), Kamakhya Gandhidham Express (15668), Kolkata Express (13152), Farakka Express (13483), Amritsar Kolkata Express (12358), Darbhanga Delhi Special (04067), Malda Town Patna Special (03415), and Patna Sabarmati Special (09406), are also running behind schedule by varying hours, ranging from three to fourteen hours. Passengers are facing difficulties due to inaccurate information provided by railway apps and helplines. The National Train Inquiry System (NTES) is not providing up-to-date information, and the 139 helpline is not offering any assistance. A passenger, Najita, waiting for the Lucknow Prayagraj Passenger at Charbagh station, found that the NTES showed the train's location at Bachhrawan, four stations ahead of its actual location.