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On Sunday morning, the driver of the 12534 Pushpak Express, AK Bhasin, spotted a fire extinguisher cylinder on the railway track near Govindpuri station in Kanpur. He immediately applied emergency brakes and stopped the train. The cylinder, a railway safety cylinder used for fire prevention, was handed over to the RPF...
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at Kanpur Central. This incident marks the fourth time in 45 days that a cylinder has been found on the Kanpur railway track. Investigations suggest the cylinder may have fallen from the 22538 Kushinagar Express, which passed the same track earlier. Authorities are investigating how the cylinder fell and if any passenger intentionally dropped it. The incident has raised concerns about safety protocols. A three-member committee has been formed to investigate the incident, while the RPF and Carriage & Wagon department have also started their own investigations.

To accommodate the surge in passengers traveling for Diwali and Chhath Puja, Indian Railways has planned to operate 10,000 festival special trains across the country. Bhopal and Rani Kamlapati railway stations are set to see the launch of 2 dozen such special trains, with their schedules being released in the...
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next two days. The addition of these trains, combined with existing festival specials passing through Bhopal from Uttar Pradesh to Maharashtra, will provide over 50 festival special train options for travelers departing from Bhopal. To address the needs of unreserved passengers, Indian Railways is increasing the number of general coaches in over 100 trains. The decision to operate these special trains was taken by the West Central Railway zone, which encompasses Bhopal, Jabalpur, and Kota divisions. The zone has been instructed to assess the passenger volume and station capacity within their respective divisions to determine the specific special train requirements. The article lists several trains operating from Bhopal to different destinations, including Gorakhpur, Delhi, Bihar, Lucknow, Gujarat, and more.

Diwali falls on November 1st this year, followed by Chhath Puja on November 7th and 8th. With these festivals still two months away, train tickets are already nearly fully booked. Trains to and from Bhopal from cities like Mumbai, Pune, Gorakhpur, and Delhi are experiencing long waiting lists for Diwali travel....
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This is further complicated by the ongoing railway infrastructure development work, leading to cancellations and route changes for several trains, especially those traveling to Delhi, Mumbai, and Bihar. The high demand for tickets due to the festival season has resulted in waiting lists exceeding 80 for some trains, while others traveling to UP and Bihar have no waiting tickets available.