Due to non-interlocking and interlocking work on the Kumarbag-Chanpatia section of the Narkatiaganj-Muzaffarpur rail line in Bettiah, several train operations have been rerouted. The 12557 Saptakranti Express will run via Sitamarhi and Raxaul on June 15th. The 12558 Saptakranti Express, departing from Anand Vihar on June 14th and 15th, will follow...
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the same rerouted path, reaching Muzaffarpur on June 15th and 16th. The 19037 Bandra Express will be diverted via Narkatiaganj-Sikta, Sitamarhi and reach Muzaffarpur on June 13th, 14th and 15th. The 19038 Barauni-Bandra Express will be diverted via Sitamarhi-Raxaul-Sikta on June 13th, 14th and 15th. The 15211 Jannayak Express (Darbhanga-Amritsar) will travel via Darbhanga-Sitamarhi-Raxaul-Sikta-Narkatiaganj on June 13th, 14th and 15th. The 15212 Jannayak Express (Amritsar-Darbhanga) will be diverted on June 12th, 13th and 14th and will travel via Narkatiaganj-Sikta-Raxaul-Sitamarhi, reaching Darbhanga on June 13th, 14th and 15th. During this period, the Jannayak Express will not go to Muzaffarpur and will operate directly on the Sitamarhi-Darbhanga route. Normal operations are expected to resume on the rail line after June 17th. Passengers traveling from Bagaha, Bettiah, and Motihari may face inconvenience due to the rerouting.

The East Central Railway's Samastipur Division is taking a block from May 31st to June 17th on the Muzaffarpur-Paniahwa section for track doubling work. This will impact the operations of 60-65 trains. Train 12557 (Muzaffarpur-Anand Vihar Terminal Express) will be rescheduled with varying delays on specific dates. Several other trains...
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will have controlled stops along their routes, and a few trains will not stop at Chanpatia station during specific dates. Additionally, a box column construction project on the Nainital Road DRM Office and Rail Factory section is progressing at a rapid pace with a six-hour block imposed on Wednesday night for pushing the segmented box columns using push technology. The project will resume on May 4th with another block lasting until midnight on May 5th.

The farmers' protest in the Ambala Division, which lasted for about 40 days, ended on May 20. As a result, the North Railways have restored the canceled Ambala route trains and those that were operating on alternate routes, effective immediately, starting May 21. North Railways' CPRO, Deepak Kumar, confirmed that the...
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farmers' protest at the Shambhu station in Ambala Division has ended. All trains are back on their regular routes. Trains that had their routes changed will now operate on their original routes from May 21. Train number 15707 Katihar-Amritsar Express will resume its original route, no longer traveling via Jakhal-Dhuri Jn-Ludhiana. Similarly, Jaynagar-Amritsar, Purnea-Amritsar, Saharsa-Amritsar, Darbhanga-Jalandhar, Ghazipur City-Shrimaata Vaishno Devi Katra Express, Bhagalpur-Jammu Tawi Express, New Jalpaiguri-Amritsar Special, Saharsa-Amritsar Express, Jammu Tawi-Guwahati Express, Jammu Tawi-Gorakhpur Express, Amritsar-New Tinsukia Express, Jammu Tawi-Barauni Express, and Chhapra-Amritsar Express trains will all return to their regular routes. Train number 15211 Darbhanga-Amritsar Express, originating from Darbhanga, will now depart from Amritsar instead of Ambala Cantt Station. Train number 15212 Amritsar-Darbhanga Express, departing from Amritsar, and train number 05566 Sirhind-Saharsa Special, departing from Sirhind, will both operate from Sirhind instead of Ambala.

Due to ongoing farmer protests at Shambhū station in the Ambala division of North Railways, the routes of 30 trains have been altered, shortened, or terminated between Friday and May 20th. 21 of these trains will follow modified routes. The Katihar-Amritsar Express (15707), originating from Katihar, will be rerouted through Jakhal-Dhuri...
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and Ludhiana. The Jaynagar-Amritsar Special (04651) and the Jaynagar-Amritsar Express (14649) will also follow similar rerouting through Jakhal-Dhuri and Ludhiana. The Jaynagar-Amritsar Express (14673) will be rerouted through Sirhind-Sanehwal. Additionally, the Darbhanga-Amritsar Express (15211) will terminate at Ambala Cantt instead of Amritsar, and the Amritsar-Darbhanga Express (15212) will originate from Ambala Cantt instead of Amritsar. Four trains will operate under restricted conditions due to a power and traffic block between Khalilabad and Magahar sections.

On Thursday, railway police apprehended a thief at Platform 1 of Muzaffarpur Junction while he was attempting to flee after snatching a mobile phone from a passenger on the Amritsar-Jaynagar 15212 Jan Sadharan Express. The thief, identified as Dharmendra Kumar Sahni from Gopalpur Taraura, Muzahari, was caught with the stolen phone...
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and subsequently arrested. He was presented before the court, which remanded him to judicial custody. During interrogation, the thief confessed to committing several mobile phone snatchings in the past.