The Indian Railways has decided to cancel 10 trains, including the Banaras Intercity, from September 12th to 14th due to double-tracking and yard remodelling work on the Varanasi-Janghai-Fafamau-Prayagraj and Varanasi-Janghai-Maa Bela Devi Dham Pratapgarh routes. This work will involve non-interlocking procedures. Additionally, several trains on the Varanasi route have been canceled...
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until September 22nd. Several other trains will have their routes altered on different dates. Passengers traveling on this route during these dates can check their train status by calling 139. The following trains will be canceled between September 12th and 22nd: 15107 Banaras-Lucknow Express (12-14 Sept), 15108 Lucknow-Banaras Express (12-14 Sept), 15127 Banaras-New Delhi Express (11-14 Sept), 15128 New Delhi-Banaras Express (12-15 Sept), 22541 Banaras-Anand Vihar Terminus Garib Rath (12 Sept), 22542 Anand Vihar Terminus-Banaras Garib Rath (13 Sept), 05437 Ghazipur City-Prayagraj Sangam (03-22 Sept), 05438 Prayagraj Sangam-Ghazipur (03-22 Sept), 05117 Banaras-Maa Belha Devi Dham Pratapgarh (03-22 Sept), and 05118 Maa Belha Devi Dham Pratapgarh-Banaras (03-22 Sept). Some trains will be rerouted via Banaras, Jafrabad, Ayodhya Cantt, and Lucknow, including 12353 Howrah-Lalkuan Express, 13167 Kolkata-Agra Cantt Express, 13168 Agra Cantt-Kolkata Express, 14865 Varanasi City-Jodhpur Express, and 14866 Jodhpur-Varanasi City Express. Other trains will be rerouted via Banaras, Jafrabad Sultanpur, and Lucknow, including 20503 Dibrugarh-New Delhi Rajdhani Express, 20504 New Delhi-Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express, 20506 New Delhi-Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express, 04055 Ballia-Anand Vihar Terminus, 04056 Anand Vihar Terminus-Ballia, 04498 Anand Vihar Terminus-Ballia, and 04497 Ballia-Anand Vihar Terminus.

The Indian Railways has announced the schedule for six new festival special trains running via Bareilly, starting with the festive season. Earlier, six festival special trains, including Jaisalmer-Jodhpur, had their schedules announced, and six trains saw increased frequency. The Senior DCM of Moradabad Railway Division, Aditya Gupta, stated that schedules...
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for more trains will be released this month, keeping in mind festivals like Raksha Bandhan, Navratri, Dussehra, Diwali, and Chhath Puja. The Anand Vihar-Sitamarhi festival special train (04022) will run every Wednesday and Friday, departing Anand Vihar at 11:40 am and reaching Bareilly at 5:00 pm. After passing through Lucknow, Raebareli, Ghazipur, Ballia, Chhapra, Hajipur, and Muzaffarpur, it will arrive in Sitamarhi at 3:45 pm the next day. The return train, 04021 Sitamarhi-Anand Vihar special train, will depart Sitamarhi at 6:00 pm every Thursday and Saturday, reaching Bareilly at 1:32 pm the next day and arriving in Anand Vihar at 6:00 pm. The Anand Vihar-Saharsa festival special train (04032) will operate every Wednesday and Friday, departing Anand Vihar at 5:15 am and reaching Bareilly at 10:10 am. It will then travel through Sitapur, Gonda, Basti, Gorakhpur, Kaptanganj, Raxoul, and Sitamarhi, arriving in Saharsa at 10:30 am the next day. The return train, 04031 Saharsa-Anand Vihar festival special train, will depart Saharsa at 1:30 pm every Thursday and Saturday, reaching Bareilly at 10:00 am the next day and arriving in Anand Vihar at 4:10 pm. The Anand Vihar-Ballia festival special train (04498) will operate every Sunday, departing Anand Vihar at 7:30 pm and reaching Bareilly at 12:00 am. After passing through Lucknow, Raebareli, Pratapgarh, and Varanasi, it will arrive in Ballia at 1:30 pm the next day. The return train, 04497 Ballia-Anand Vihar festival special train, will depart Ballia at 6:40 pm every Monday, reaching Bareilly at 8:48 am the next day and arriving in Anand Vihar at 2:25 pm.

A special train service between Ballia Junction and Anand Vihar Terminal will operate on a weekly basis. The train, numbered 04498/04497, will depart from Anand Vihar Terminal every Sunday at 19:30 and reach Ballia at 13:30 the next day. The return journey, departing from Ballia at 18:40, will arrive at Anand...
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Vihar Terminal at 14:25 the next day. The train will run for 15 trips, starting on August 18th, 2024 and ending on November 25th, 2024. The train will consist of 19 coaches, including 4 sleeper class coaches, 12 AC 3 tier coaches, 1 AC first and second class coach, and 2 generator cum luggage vans.