A total of 34 trains, including the Sapt Kranti, Kushinagar, and Gorakhdam Express, will have additional stops at various stations for passenger convenience, as per information provided by CPRO Pankaj Kumar Singh. These changes are effective from March 12th, 2024. Some of the key changes include: the Gorakhpur-Bathinda Express (12555) will...
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halt at Mankapur and Babhnan stations on March 12th, 2024. The Bathinda-Gorakhpur Express (12556) will make similar stops on March 13th. The Howrah-Kathgodam Express (13019) will have additional stops at Mankapur and Babhnan stations on March 11th, 2024. The Kathgodam-Howrah Express (13020) will follow the same schedule on March 13th. The Muzaffarpur-Anand Vihar Terminus Express (12557) will have an additional stop at Gonda station on March 12th, 2024, with the Anand Vihar Terminus-Muzaffarpur Express (12558) making the same stop on March 13th. The Darbhanga-New Delhi Express (12565) will halt at Gonda station on March 12th, 2024, while the New Delhi-Darbhanga Express (12566) will also have a stop at Gonda on March 13th. The Lokmanya Tilak Terminus-Gorakhpur Express (20103) will make an additional stop at Maskenwa station on March 12th, 2024, with the Gorakhpur-Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express (20104) following suit on the same date. The Gorakhpur-Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express (22537) will also halt at Maskenwa station on March 12th. The Lokmanya Tilak Terminus-Gorakhpur Express (22538) will also have an additional stop at Maskenwa station on March 12th. The Bandra Terminus-Barauni Express (19037) will make an additional stop at Gaur station on March 14th, 2024, with the Barauni-Bandra Terminus Express (19038) following the same schedule on the same date. The Barauni-Jammu Tawi Express (12491) will have an additional stop at Basti station on March 17th, 2024, while the Jammu Tawi-Barauni Express (12492) will also stop at Basti on March 15th. The Ahmedabad-Gorakhpur Express (19409) will make an additional stop at Babhnan station on March 14th, 2024, while the Gorakhpur-Ahmedabad Express (19410) will also stop at Babhnan on March 16th. The Chhapra-Mathura Express (22531) will halt at Babhnan station on March 13th, 2024, with the Mathura-Chhapra Express (22532) following the same schedule on the same date. The Nakha Jungle-Gomtinagar Express (15081) will have an additional stop at Pachpedwa station on March 15th, 2024, while the Gomtinagar-Nakha Jungle Express (15082) will also stop at Pachpedwa on March 13th. The Gorakhpur-Anand Vihar Terminus Express (12571) will make an additional stop at Tulsipur station on March 15th, 2024, with the Anand Vihar Terminus-Gorakhpur Express (12572) following the same schedule on March 16th. The Katihar-Delhi Express (15705) will have an additional stop at Tulsipur station on March 14th, 2024, while the Delhi-Katihar Express (15706) will also stop at Tulsipur on March 15th.

The North Eastern Railway (NER) has transferred nine pairs of trains from the North Railway (NR) to enhance operations and passenger convenience in 2022. This includes shifting nine pairs of trains to Varanasi City station from Varanasi Junction due to station upgrades. In the same period, NER introduced four pairs of...
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new trains, increased the frequency of one train, and extended the routes of four other trains. Some trains were cancelled due to non-interlocking work on the NR. The transfer of nine pairs of trains from NR to NER affected the termination points of several trains.

On Thursday, several trains arriving in Lucknow experienced delays due to dense fog. Train number 12420 Gomti Express was delayed by four hours, 12204 Garib Rath Express by one hour, 82502 Tejas Express by half an hour, 12556 Bihar Sampark Kranti by one hour, 12372 Howrah Weekly Superfast by one hour,...
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15127 Kashi Vishwanath Express by one and a quarter hours, 02569 New Delhi Clone Special by one and a quarter hours, and 12565 Bihar Sampark Kranti by one and a quarter hours. These delays caused inconvenience for passengers.

Train tickets for routes from Delhi to Uttar Pradesh and Bihar are already full for Holi, which falls on Monday, March 20. The long weekend, including Saturday and Sunday (March 23 and 24), is prompting people to travel early, leading to limited availability. Routes to Kanpur, Lucknow, Varanasi, Patna,...
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and Ranchi have limited seats. Specifically, the Rajdhani Tejas (12310) to Patna has waiting lists from March 20-24, and the Dibrugarh Rajdhani (via Patna) is full from March 16 onward. The Vikramshila to Bhagalpur is also fully booked. The Purva to Madhupur is fully booked throughout March. The Vande Bharat (22426) to Lucknow is full from March 22-24, while the Tejas Express (82502) has limited availability on March 22 and 23. The Gorakhdham Express (12556) is fully booked for March. The Vande Bharat (22436) to Kanpur has limited availability on March 22-24, while the Vande Bharat (22416) is full on March 22 and 23. Routes to Amritsar and Jaipur have sufficient availability, with trains like the Swarn Shatabdi and ASR Shatabdi Express having available seats. The AIIM Vande Bharat to Jaipur has over 800 seats available. The Rajasthan Sampoorna Kranti also has available seats.

Dense fog in Delhi and surrounding areas has severely impacted rail services. The Tejas Express, departing from Lucknow to Delhi, arrived in Delhi over eight hours late. The Shatabdi Express arriving from Delhi reached Lucknow five hours behind schedule. These trains also faced delays on their return journeys. Other trains experiencing...
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delays include: The Garib Rath (12204) from Delhi arrived three and a half hours late, the Rajdhani Express (20504) by two hours, the Mahamana Express (22418) by one and a half hours, the Gokhadham (12556) by six hours, the Sampark Kranti (12566) by two and a half hours, and the Kamakhya Express (15623) by six hours. Similarly, several trains passing through Lucknow were also delayed, including: The Rajdhani Express (20505) by two hours, the Shramjeevi Express (12391) by three quarters of an hour, the Mahamana Express (22417) by five hours, the Shatabdi Express (12003) by four hours, and the Delhi Clone Express (02569) by six hours. Numerous other trains on different routes also faced significant delays.