The Indian Railway's Ratlam division is adding two extra general class coaches to 32 long-distance trains originating from or passing through Ratlam. These include trains like the Bandra-Barauni Express, Indore-Howrah Express, Indore-Patna Express, and Indore-Amritsar Express. Additionally, trains like the Jabalpur-Indore Express and the Varanasi-Indore Express will receive three extra sleeper...
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coaches. The changes are being made to increase passenger capacity and improve travel comfort.

The Indian Railways has announced an extension of the 19307/19308 Indore-Chandigarh Express to Una Himachal, effective from March 14, 2024. The 19307 Indore-Chandigarh Express will now operate to Una Himachal, departing from Chandigarh at 5:10 AM and arriving in Una Himachal at 8:35 AM. The return train, 19308 Chandigarh-Indore Express, will...
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start its journey from Una Himachal at 1:50 PM and reach Chandigarh at 4:20 PM. This extended route will have stops at Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar (Mohali), Morinda, Rupnagar, Anandpur Sahib, and Nangal Dam in both directions. The timings and routes for other stops remain unchanged. Additionally, there are several changes to the timetables of various trains, affecting their departure and arrival times at specific stations. These changes include adjustments for trains like 04577 Ambala Cantt - Nangal Dam Special, 12325 Kolkata-Nangal Dam Express, 22709 Hazur Sahib Nanded - Amb Andaura Express, 06997 Ambala Cantt - Daulatpur Chowk Special, and 04502 Una Himachal - Haridwar Special. The revised timings for these trains are listed in the provided text.

The Indian Railways will be undertaking a mega block between Barlai and Mangliya in the Indore-Dewas-Ujjain section from December 15th to 30th for double-tracking work. This will cause disruptions to several trains including the cancellation of four passenger and DEMU trains. More than twelve trains will be diverted, and four...
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trains will be short-terminated. The 20974 Rameshwaram-Firozpur Express will be diverted via Ujjain-Fatehabad-Chandrawatiganj-Ratlam on December 19th and 26th. Similarly, the 20973 Firozpur-Rameshwaram Express will run on the same diverted route on December 16th and 23rd. The 22941 Indore-Udhampur Express will be diverted via Ratlam-Fatehabad-Chandrawatiganj-Ratlam and Nagda on December 18th and 25th. Several other trains including the 12919 Mahu-Indore-Shrimaata Vaishnodevi Katra Express, 12920 Shrimaata Vaishnodevi Katra-Indore-Mahu Express, 19343 Chhindwara-Indore Express, 19344 Indore-Sिवनी Express, 19313 Indore-Patna Express, 19314 Patna-Indore Express, 19321 Indore-Patna Express, 19322 Patna-Indore Express, and 19308 Chandigarh-Indore Express will be diverted or short-terminated during the mega block period. Additionally, the North Railway's mega block in the Lucknow division from December 16th to January 13th will affect the Indore-Patna Express which will be diverted via Lucknow-Sultanpur-Jafrabad. This will cause inconvenience for more than 7000 daily commuters who will need to find alternate travel arrangements.