Passengers are facing significant delays on the Chakradharpur Rail Division, with numerous trains arriving hours late. Recent examples include Train 18109, the Tata Itwari Express, which arrived at Chakradharpur Station at 4:10 PM instead of its scheduled 8:00 AM arrival, resulting in an 8-hour delay. Train 12869, the Mumbai Howrah Weekly...
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Superfast Express, was also delayed by 2.5 hours, arriving at 4:20 PM instead of 1:53 PM. Train 08145, the Tatanagar Rourkela Passenger, was canceled. Other trains, including the South Bihar Express (13287), the Rishikesh Puri Utkal Express (18478), and the Rourkela Howrah Vande Bharat Express (20872), experienced delays ranging from 35 minutes to 2 hours. On the up-line, Train 22862, the Ara Durg South Bihar Express, was delayed by 6 hours, and Train 12871, the Howrah Titlagarh Ispat Express, arrived at 3:20 PM instead of its scheduled 11:20 AM arrival. While the DRM is holding daily meetings to address these delays, they are attributed to ongoing track maintenance work and are expected to be resolved soon.