The Indian Railways has announced the addition of five pairs of express trains halting at Mehsi railway station in East Champaran district of Bihar, effective from March 4th, 2024. This decision will benefit thousands of passengers in the region. The halts, which are experimental and will last for six months, will...
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be for two minutes each. The trains include the Raxaul-Anand Vihar Sadhbhavna Express, Muzaffarpur-Dehradun Express, Raxaul-Lokmanya Tilak Jansadharan Express, Gorakhpur-Kolkata Poorvanchal Express, and Guwahati-Jammu Tawi Amarnath Express. These halts have been introduced following a long-standing demand from the people of the Champaran region.

On Sunday, a track maintenance vehicle, a Unimet machine, derailed at Jiwdhara station on the Muzaffarpur-Bapudham railway line, disrupting train operations from 1:15 pm onwards. This incident affected 19 trains. Three passenger trains were cancelled, six trains had their destinations shortened, and the routes of 10 express trains were changed,...
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including the 19270 Muzaffarpur-Porbandar express. The track was repaired by 10 pm and train operations resumed. The three cancelled passenger trains were the 05259 Muzaffarpur-Narkatiaganj, 05287 Muzaffarpur-Raxaul, and 05508 Mehsi-Raxaul MEMU trains. The 15216 Narkatiaganj-Intercity train was terminated at Semra station, and the Muzaffarpur-Narkatiaganj MEMU passenger train was stopped at Jiwdhara. Passengers on the three cancelled passenger trains faced difficulties as they had already boarded the 05259 and 05508 trains. The sudden cancellation led to confusion and a crowd gathered at the inquiry counter, leading to a near riot situation. The RPF managed to control the crowd.

On Sunday afternoon, around 3 pm, a track maintenance machine (PCT) derailed near gate number 156 on the Muzaffarpur-Sugauli rail line, disrupting train operations for about four hours. The engineering team is working to put the PCT back on track. As a result of the derailment, the routes of four...
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mail express trains were diverted, two trains were short-terminated, and three passenger trains were canceled. The derailed PCT machine was reportedly involved in track maintenance work when the incident occurred. Two tower wagons were brought from Sugauli and Muzaffarpur to assist the engineering team in the restoration process. Due to the incident, train number 09451 Gandhi-dham-Bhagalpur Express and 15002 Dehradun-Muzaffarpur Express, which had been standing at Motihari station for about two hours, were diverted back to Sugauli and then sent to Muzaffarpur via the Sugauli-Raxoul-Sitamarhi route. Additionally, the routes of train numbers 19270 Muzaffarpur-Porbandar Express and 19037 Bandra-Barauni Express were also diverted. Train number 15216 Narkatiaganj-Muzaffarpur Express was short-terminated at Semra station, and 05257 Muzaffarpur-Narkatiaganj passenger train was short-terminated at Jiwdhara station. Trains 05508 Mehsi-Raxoul Passenger, 05259 Muzaffarpur-Narkatiaganj Passenger, and 05287 Muzaffarpur-Raxoul Passenger were canceled due to the disruption. The Chief Safety Officer of the Eastern Railway, Prabhat Kumar, and the Divisional Railway Manager of Samastipur, Vinay Srivastava, have been dispatched to the accident site.