A meeting of the Raghunathpur Rail Passenger Welfare Committee was held at the local Durga Temple premises in Raghunathpur. The meeting was presided over by Dr. Chandrashekhar Pathak and conducted by Nagendra Mohan Singh. Members were enthusiastic about the letter received from the Senior Commercial Manager regarding the committee's demands. The...
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committee unanimously authorized Nagendra Mohan Singh to form committees at all halts and stations of the East Central Railway Division, Danapur, to expand the organization. Following a memorandum submitted to the Chairman of the Railway Board, Danapur Divisional Manager, and Buxar MP Sudhakar Singh, the committee received a letter from the Senior Commercial Manager, Danapur, through the Railway Board, regarding the stopping of train numbers 12391/92 Shramjeevi Express, 15126 Patna Banaras Janshatabdi Express, and 13005 Howrah Amritsar Punjab Mail. These matters have been forwarded to the CPTM Hajipur by the Danapur Divisional Railway. The committee also demanded an increase in the number of general and sleeper coaches in express trains and the inclusion of the proposed railway line between Ballia and Ara via Raghunathpur, passing through Brahmpur Dham to Bhrigu Nath Ballia, which would reduce the distance from 61 km to 35 km and lower the cost. The railway department has acknowledged this demand, which is a significant achievement for the committee and the public. The committee will launch a comprehensive signature campaign and also meet with the General Manager at Hajipur to discuss the appropriate recommendations. A large number of members attended the meeting, including Sitaram Thakur, Javed Akhtar, Shailendra Kumar Thakur, Prabhu Mishra, Sandeep Kumar Rai, Paramhans Singh, Rajgruh Sah, Nandji Pandey, Kanhaiya Sah, Dhirendra Singh, Satyendra Kumar, Jalil Mohammad Ansari alias Netaji, Mohammad Imran Ansari, Madanlal Jaiswal, Sanjay Mahato, Sanjay Kumar Ojha, Dr. SP Mishra, Shyamvir Singh, Ajay Kumar Singh, Hiralal Verma, Dip Narayan Ram, Lakhan Gupta, Pradeep Kumar Keshri, and Surendra Prasad Yadav.

Due to various track maintenance and improvement projects on different railway sections in North and South Eastern Railways, several trains will be diverted, canceled, or partially terminated during September 2024. In the Lucknow Division of North Railway, the Janghai-Barairam-Ugrasenpur section is being doubled, and the Janghai yard is undergoing remodeling. This...
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work will cause several trains to be diverted via different routes: Varanasi-Jafrabad-Sultanpur-Lucknow or Varanasi-Jafrabad-Ayodhya Cantt-Lucknow, from September 12th to 22nd. Additionally, the Howrah-New Delhi Purva Express will be diverted via Gaya on specific dates between September 8th and 22nd. In the Bilaspur Division of the South East Central Railway, the third and fourth electrification section between Kharsia and Raigarh is being worked on, leading to cancellations of the Darbhanga-Secunderabad Express, Secunderabad-Darbhanga Express, and Bilaspur-Patna Express on specific dates between September 10th and 22nd. The South Eastern Railway is undertaking pre-non-interlocking, non-interlocking, and pre-pre-non-interlocking works for the Kharagpur-Adityapur third line project at Adityapur station in the Chakradharpur Division, causing Asansol-Tatanagar Memu Passenger and Passenger trains to terminate at Purulia from September 7th to 28th. Lastly, in the Adra Division of South Eastern Railway, from September 9th to 15th, Asansol-Purulia Memu will be partially terminated at Adra due to joint rolling block work.

Due to yard remodeling work in the Lucknow division of North Railway, several train routes are being altered and some trains cancelled. From September 3rd to 22nd, various trains will be diverted through Varanasi, Jafrabad, Sultanpur, and Lucknow. Specifically, train numbers 12358, 12357, 12372, 13005/13006 will run on these routes between...
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specific dates. Additionally, train number 12353, 13167, and 13168 will be rerouted through Varanasi, Jafrabad, Ayodhya Cantt, and Lucknow. Train number 12381 will be diverted through Gaya on specific dates, and train number 12382 will be rerouted through Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay, Mirzapur, and Prayagraj. In a separate development, due to the commissioning of a fourth line connection at Bhoopdevpur station on the third/fourth electrified section of the Bilaspur division of South East Central Railway, four trains will be cancelled between September 10th and 22nd. These include train numbers 17008, 17007, 22843, and 22844.

The Northern Railway's Lucknow Division has announced changes to train routes and cancellations due to yard remodeling work in the Janghai Barai Ram Ugrasenpur section. From September 3 to 22, several trains will be diverted via Varanasi, Jafrabad, Sultanpur, and Lucknow. Additionally, train numbers 12381 and 12382 will be diverted via...
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Gaya on specific dates. Furthermore, the South East Central Railway's Bilaspur Division has decided to cancel four trains from September 10 to 22 due to a non-interlocking work for fourth line connectivity at Bhupadeopur station. Train numbers 17008, 17007, 22843, and 22844 will be canceled on specific dates, causing inconvenience to passengers.

The Northern Railway's Firozpur Division has announced a traffic block from July 5th to 12th at Kartarpur Station on the Sainehwal-Amritsar section for non-interlocking work. This will affect the schedule of Train No. 13005 Howrah-Amritsar Punjab Mail, which will not halt at Kartarpur from July 4th to 10th, and Train No....
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13006 Amritsar-Howrah Express, which will skip Kartarpur from July 6th to 11th. Passengers on these trains will board or disembark at Jalandhar City Station. The railway has apologized for the inconvenience caused.