Due to the ongoing farmers' protest at Shambhu station in Ambala division, train operations have been disrupted for the past 15 days. Over 100 trains have had their routes changed, resulting in delays of several hours. This has left passengers stranded at stations, especially those traveling from Jammu and Amritsar to...
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Lucknow. Passengers are advised to check train status on the railway's 139 helpline number. Several trains have had their routes altered, with some traveling via alternative paths such as Sanehwal-Chandigarh-Ambala or Ludhiana-Dhuri-Jakhal. Specific train numbers and their revised routes are listed below.

Due to ongoing farmers' protests at Shambu station in the Ambala Rail Division of Punjab, trains on the Jammu and Amritsar routes will operate on altered routes on April 29th and 30th. These rerouted trains will experience delays. On Monday, several train routes were changed, resulting in delays. Train 12587 Gorakhpur-Jammu...
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Tawi Express, departing from Lucknow on Monday, will travel via Ambala-Chandigarh-New Morinda-Sirhind-Sanehwal on Tuesday. The return journey of Train 15651 Guwahati-Jammu Tawi Express, arriving in Lucknow on April 30th, will also be operational. Train 15098 Jammu Tawi-Bhagalpur will run on April 30th, Train 14673 Jaynagar-Amritsar Shaheed Express, and Train 14674 Amritsar-Jaynagar Shaheed Express will also use the alternate route. Train 15707 Katihar-Amritsar Express will operate on April 29th and 30th, Train 15708 Amritsar-Katihar Express from April 29th to May 1st, and Train 12204 Amritsar-Saharsa Garib Rath Express on May 1st, while Train 12203 Saharsa-Amritsar Garib Rath Express will follow the route on May 2nd, all using the Jakhal-Dhuri-Ludhiana route.

To accommodate increased passenger demand, Indian Railways has decided to add extra coaches to Intercity and Garib Rath trains. An additional chair car coach will be added to the Intercity express running between Rajendranagar Terminal and Saharsa, while an air-conditioned third-class coach will be added to the Garib Rath express running...
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between Saharsa and Amritsar. This additional capacity is expected to increase revenue for the railway. The Intercity express will have the extra coach permanently starting on April 22nd, 2024, bringing the total number of coaches to 21. The Garib Rath express will have the extra coach from April 20th to June 30th, 2024 for the Amritsar-Saharsa leg and from April 21st to July 1st, 2024 for the Saharsa-Amritsar leg. These changes are expected to ease congestion and provide a more comfortable travel experience for passengers.

The Indian Railways has added an extra third-class coach to the Saharsa-Amritsar Garib Rath Express (12203-04) due to overcrowding. This additional coach will be available on the 12204 Amritsar-Saharsa Garib Rath Express until June 30th, and on the 12203 Saharsa-Amritsar Garib Rath Express until July 1st. This information was shared by...
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the Chief Public Relations Officer of the Eastern Railway, Virendra Kumar.

Indian Railways is running 10 pairs of summer special trains from April 25th to July 2nd, 2023. Bookings have commenced. Six trains will have additional coaches. Additionally, six other trains will have extra coaches added between April 13th and April 19th. These include the Pratapgarh-Delhi Padmavat Express (14207/14208), Ayodhya-Delhi Express (14205/14206),...
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and Amritsar-Saharsa Garib Rath Express (12203/12204). The summer special trains include routes like Chandigarh-Gorakhpur, Delhi-Darbhanga, Anand Vihar-Saharsa, Anand Vihar-Jaynagar, Anand Vihar-Muzaffarpur, Dehradun-Howrah, Jammu Tawi-Kolkata, Delhi-Varanasi, Katra-Varanasi, and Bhatinda-Varanasi. A special train from Sri Ganganagar to Guwahati via Lucknow (04717) will run on April 21st. A special train will also run between Hubli and Gomtinagar (07305/07306) from April 13th to May 21st, with 6 trips planned.