Indian Railways News - Cancellation/Disruptions/Major Accidents

Due to development work, Indian Railways will temporarily alter the routes of several trains between January 30th, 2025 and March 7th, 2025. Trains 18101 (Tatanagar-Jammu Tawi Express) and 18309 (Sambalpur-Jammu Tawi Express) will be short-terminated at Amritsar from January 30th to March 4th, 2025. Trains 18102 (Jammu Tawi-Tatanagar Express) and 18310...
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(Jammu Tawi-Sambalpur Express) will be short-originated from Amritsar from February 2nd to March 7th, 2025. Passengers are advised to check before traveling and consider alternative transport.

A 100-hour traffic and power block has been announced on the Howrah-Patna main rail route between Dum Dum Junction and Dankuni from January 23rd, 12:00 AM to January 27th, 4:00 AM, to replace old steel girders with RCC boxes. This will affect several trains, including the cancellation of 12359 (Kolkata-Patna Garib...
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Rath Express) on January 21st, 23rd, and 25th; 15234 (Darbhanga-Kolkata Express) on January 22nd; 15233 (Kolkata-Darbhanga Express) on January 23rd; and 12360 (Patna-Kolkata Garib Rath) on January 22nd, 24th, and 26th. Several other trains will have their routes altered, using the Naihati route, including 12315 (Kolkata-Udaipur Ananya Express) and 12325 (Kolkata- Nangal Bandh Guru Mukhi Express) on January 23rd; 12318 (Amritsar-Kolkata Akal Takht Express) on January 24th; 13165 (Kolkata-Sitamarhi Express) on January 25th; and 22318 (Jammu Tawi-Sealdah Humsafar Express) on January 22nd. Passengers are advised to check before travel.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar visited Khagaria as part of his 'Pragati Yatra' and announced projects worth ₹430 crore. ISRO achieved a historic success in space docking during the Spdex mission, making India the fourth country to achieve this. Saif Ali Khan was attacked with a knife at his home by burglars...
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and is hospitalized. Bihar's weather caused significant flight and train delays. Patna saw the most significant flight delays between 10 AM and 1:30 PM, with two flights canceled and 26 delayed. Darbhanga also experienced disruptions, with one canceled and three delayed flights. Train delays were widespread, with superfast trains like Tejas Rajdhani and Sampoorna Kranti taking up to 22 hours to reach New Delhi from Patna. Approximately 70% of trains to and from Patna Junction were delayed, leading to food shortages on board.