The Indian Railways is carrying out track maintenance work on the Ayodhya-Raebareli rail route in Kanpur. This has resulted in the cancellation of several trains, including the Vande Bharat Express, which will not be operational between 16th and 22nd January. The Vande Bharat Express (train numbers 22425 and 22426) between Ayodhya...
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and New Delhi will be cancelled during this period. Passengers who have already booked tickets will receive full refunds. Refunds for online tickets will be credited directly to bank accounts, while passengers with counter tickets will need to visit a railway counter for refunds. Four other trains will operate on alternate routes during these days: Train number 19053 Surat Express will run on 19th January via Kanpur Central, Prayagraj, Varanasi, and Ballia. Train number 19054 Surat Express will run on 21st January via Ballia, Varanasi, Prayagraj, and Kanpur Central. Train number 18205 Durg-Nautanwa Express will run on 18th January via Prayagraj, Varanasi, Ballia, and Nautanwa. Train number 18206 Durg Express will run on 20th January via Nautanwa, Varanasi, Prayagraj.

Due to ongoing doubling work on the Lucknow-Barabanki-Ayodhya-Shahganj-Jafrabad railway line, the North Eastern Railway has made changes to the schedules of 30 trains between January 14th and 22nd. Six trains on the Ayodhya route are canceled, four are partially canceled, and 20 are rerouted. Several trains are being diverted via Barabanki-Gonda...
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instead of Ayodhya. Additionally, on January 17th, the Rameswaram Express from Ayodhya Cantt to Rameswaram was shortened. Earlier, the Northern Railway headquarters had announced the cancellation of seven trains, including the Anand Vihar-Ayodhya Vande Bharat Express and the Ayodhya Cantt-Lucknow Passenger, between January 16th and 22nd, and rerouting of 35 trains via Ma Belha Devi Pratapgarh and Sultanpur.

On January 22nd, a grand ceremony to enshrine the idol of Lord Ram, known as 'Pran Pratishtha,' will take place at the Ram Janmabhoomi temple in Ayodhya. The event is generating immense excitement among devotees, leading to a surge in demand for train tickets to Ayodhya from Muzaffarpur Junction. Many trains,...
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including the 19166 Sabarmati Express, 14649 Saryu Yamuna Express, 19616 Kaviguru Express, 14017 Sadbhavana Express, and 19054 Muzaffarpur-Surat Express, are fully booked or have waiting lists for sleeper class tickets between January 18th and 21st. Only AC class seats are available on some trains, but those are also getting booked rapidly. The Baba Sarveswaranath temple in Ayodhya will illuminate 5100 lamps on January 22nd as part of the celebrations. The temple will be adorned with flowers and special poojas will be performed. The family of Sanjay, a martyr of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement, has been invited to the Pran Pratishtha ceremony. In Muzaffarpur, volunteers have distributed 'akshta' (blessed rice) in villages, urging people to light at least five lamps and participate in bhajans on January 22nd.

Starting in April, the routes of a dozen trains, including the Lucknow-Bandra route, will change. The North Eastern Railway announced this change four months ago, with the trains switching to new routes on different dates. The trains will use the newly constructed Parkham-Chiksana-Bharatpur line instead of the existing Mathura, Parkham,...
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Achhnera, Chiksana, Bharatpur route. Trains will operate in both directions on this new route. Achhnera Junction station will be excluded from these train routes. The official schedule includes train numbers, names, and the dates of the route changes.