Due to track elevation and interlocking work on the Lucknow and Howrah routes, 16 trains on the Delhi-Howrah route were delayed by up to 13 hours on Friday. This caused inconvenience to passengers, especially during the festive season. 568 passengers refunded their tickets, while 98 were allowed to travel on other...
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trains due to connecting reservations. The delays resulted in long queues at inquiry and ticket refund counters. The delays impacted multiple trains, including the 05636 Guwahati Shri Ganganagar Special (13 hours late), 05734 Katihar Amritsar Special (10 hours late), 15706 Champaran Humsafar (5.5 hours late), Muzaffarnagar Sabarmati Jansadharan Express (4 hours late), 15705 Katihar Champaran Express (11 hours late), 02563 Barauni New Delhi Special (2.5 hours late), 02569 Darbhanga New Delhi (2.5 hours late), 19670 Patliputra Udaipur Special (2.5 hours late).

The Indian Railways is adding extra sleeper coaches to the Padmavat and Ayodhya Cantt-Delhi Express trains to accommodate the demand from passengers traveling to Delhi. The additional sleeper coach on train number 14207 (Maa Belha Devi Dham Pratapgarh-Delhi Express) will be available until August 2nd, while the return journey (train number...
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14208) will have the extra coach until August 5th. The extra coach on train number 14205 (Ayodhya Cantt-Delhi Express) will be available from July 29th to August 4th, and the return journey (train number 14206) will have the extra coach from July 28th to August 3rd. In preparation for upcoming festivals, the Railways will also be running special trains between Mumbai and Punjab. Train number 09043, running between Bandra Terminus and Gorakhpur, will operate until August 27th. The return journey (train number 09044) will run from Gorakhpur to Dahanu Road until August 28th. Train number 05734, a weekly train from Katihar to Amritsar, will run until August 15th, with the return journey (train number 05733) running from Amritsar to Katihar until August 17th. Both these trains will pass through Lucknow.

The Indian Railways has decided to run a special train from Katihar to Amritsar via Kanpur Central to address long waiting lists on long-distance trains. The weekly train will operate eight trips between July 25th and August 15th. Reservations will be available from Tuesday. The 05734 train departs Katihar every Thursday...
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from July 25th to August 15th at 11:40 AM and arrives in Kanpur Central the next morning at 6:30 AM. After a 10-minute stop, it continues to Amritsar, arriving at 12:10 AM on Saturday. The 05733 express departs Amritsar every Saturday from July 27th to August 7th at 4:25 PM and reaches Kanpur Central at 8:00 PM. Following a 10-minute stop, it departs for Katihar and arrives at 3:00 PM on Sunday.

The Ambala Railway Division has started cracking down on unauthorized passengers traveling in reserved coaches, including those reserved for women and disabled individuals. This action, under the instructions of Divisional Manager Mandeep Singh Bhatia, is being carried out by the Senior Divisional Commercial Manager and involves joint ticket-checking drives by the...
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Commercial Department and the Railway Protection Force (RPF). These drives are taking place on trains originating from or passing through various stations within the Ambala Division. Unauthorized passengers found traveling in reserved coaches are being shifted to general coaches.

A new weekly special train, the 05734/05733 Katihar-Amritsar-Katihar Summer Special, will run between Katihar and Amritsar via Chhapra. This train will operate for 4 trips, departing from Katihar on Thursdays from July 25th to August 15th, 2024, and from Amritsar on Saturdays from July 27th to August 17th, 2024. The train...
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will consist of 22 coaches, including 2 GS/D, 4 second-class, 14 sleeper, and 2 AC third-class coaches. The train departs from Katihar at 11:40 AM and arrives in Amritsar at 12:10 AM (the next day). The return journey departs from Amritsar at 4:25 AM and reaches Katihar at 3:00 PM. The train stops at Naugarh, Thana Bihapur, Mansi, Khagaria, Begusarai, Barauni, Hajipur, Sonpur, Chhapra, Siwan, Deoria Sadar, Gorakhpur, Basti, Gonda, Barabanki, Lucknow, Kanpur Central, Etawah, Aligarh, Khurja, Hapur, Meerut City, Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, Ambala Cantt, Ludhiana, Jalandhar City, and Vyasa.