Farmers from the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Chaduni) faction in Jagadhri, Haryana, blocked a railway track at Mustafabad station on January 2, 2023, demanding a stop for train number 14521-22 Ambala-Delhi Intercity. They were joined by women, children, and locals, and held a four-hour protest against the government's lack of action on...
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the matter. Three freight trains and one passenger train were delayed by over three hours. The protest ended when the Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) of Ambala, Hanumana Prasad, promised to implement the stop within a month and assured that no cases would be filed against any farmer or villager related to the track blockage. The farmers had earlier staged a protest at the station's main gate for two hours, demanding the presence of the DRM. Their demands were ignored, forcing them to block the railway track. The farmers and locals have been demanding a stop for the Ambala-Delhi Intercity for four years. The farmers highlighted that after stopping passenger trains due to the pandemic, the government converted them into express trains and charged four times the original fare, leaving the villagers without any affordable transport. They also emphasized that the DRM had promised to reinstate the stop during a meeting on November 30, 2022, but failed to do so. Several prominent leaders from various political parties, including former MLA Shyam Singh Rana's son, Nepal Rana, and Congress MLA Dr. B.L. Saini's son, Vishal Saini, participated in the protest. Vishal Saini criticized the government for charging mail train fares for passenger services with limited facilities. Trains were held at Sarsa, Pilkhni, Kesri, and Dukheri due to the protest.

Due to dense fog on Wednesday, normal life was disrupted in Ambala. The impact was also felt on the railway services, causing delays in train operations. Several trains, including 40 long-distance and passenger trains, were running behind schedule. Some prominent delays included: The Katra-New Delhi Vande Bharat Express (Train...
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No. 22440) was delayed by 2 hours, the Amritsar-New Delhi Shatabdi Express (Train No. 12030) by 20 minutes, the Shaheed Captain Tushar Mahajan-Subedarganj Express (Train No. 22432) by 3.20 hours, the Jammu Tawi-Barmer Express (Train No. 13152) by 3 hours, the Jammu Tawi-Guwahati Lohit Express (Train No. 15652) by 6 hours, the Nanded-Amb Andaura Express (Train No. 22709) by 7 hours, the Nanded-Amritsar Sachkhand Express (Train No. 12715) by 6.30 hours, the Visakhapatnam-Amritsar Express (Train No. 20807) by 5.30 hours, the Mumbai-Amritsar Golden Temple Mail (Train No. 12903) by 2 hours, the Indore-Amritsar Express (Train No. 19325) by 4.40 hours, the Dr Ambedkar Nagar-Katra Malwa Express (Train No. 12919) by 12.20 hours, the Katihar-Amritsar Amrapali Express (Train No. 15707) by 14.30 hours, the Kota-Amritsar Durgyana Express (Train No. 12357) by 5.30 hours, the Indore-Amritsar Express (Train No. 19325) by 4.20 hours, the Una Himachal Special (Train No. 04502) by 1 hour, the Ludhiana-Ambala (Train No. 04504) by 30 minutes, the Sri Ganganagar-Ambala Express (Train No. 14735) by 20 minutes, the Amritsar-New Delhi Shan-e-Punjab Express (Train No. 12498) by 1 hour, the Amritsar-Katihar Amrapali Express (Train No. 15708) by 2 hours, the Katra-Rishikesh Hemkunt Express (Train No. 14610) by 40 minutes, the Jammu Tawi-Ajmer Express (Train No. 12414) by 1.15 hours, the Jammu Tawi-Pune Jhelum Express (Train No. 11078) by 1 hour, the Amb Andaura-Ambala Special (Train No. 04594) by 1 hour, the Pune-Jammu Tawi Jhelum Express (Train No. 11077) by 20 minutes, the Delhi-Ambala Express (Train No. 14521) by 1.45 hours, the New Delhi-Jalandhar Express (Train No. 14681) by 40 minutes, the Darbhanga-Amritsar Jan Nayak Express (Train No. 15211) by 20 minutes, the Rishikesh-Katra Express (Train No. 14609) by 20 minutes, the Barmer-Jammu Tawi Express (Train No. 14661) by 20 minutes, the Delhi-Kalka Express (Train No. 14331) by 20 minutes, the Sambalpur-Jammu Tawi Express (Train No. 18309) by 20 minutes, the Howrah-Kalka Netaji Express (Train No. 12311) by 1 hour, the Lucknow-Chandigarh Express (Train No. 15012) by 20 minutes, the Amritsar-Tata Nagar Jallianwala Bagh Express (Train No. 18104) by 2.50 hours, the Shaheed Captain Tushar Mahajan-Subedarganj Express (Train No. 22432) by 2 hours, the Amritsar-New Delhi Express (Train No. 12459) by 1.30 hours, the Saharanpur-Nangal Dam (Train No. 04523) by 20 minutes, the Delhi-Fazilka Express (Train No. 14507) by 1.40 hours, the Rishikesh-Sri Ganganagar Express (Train No. 14816) by 1.30 hours, and the Haridwar-Amritsar Janshatabdi Express (Train No. 12053) by 1.20 hours.