Train operations were disrupted in Western Champaran for over 12 hours due to a tree falling on the railway track near Khadda station in Uttar Pradesh during a storm on Thursday night. This caused delays of up to 10 hours for several trains, including the Saptkranti and Amrit Bharat Express. The...
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routes of some trains were also diverted. The Amrit Bharat Express was stuck in Valmiki Nagar for 10 hours, leading to passenger unrest and a shortage of food and water. Train services resumed around 9:40 am on Friday after the tree was cleared. Additionally, a 1.5-hour traffic block on the Bakhtiyarpur-Barh rail line caused further delays and disruptions to train services on both up and down lines, leading to passenger inconvenience. The block was imposed to implement a new non-interlocking system for rail traffic.

Several passenger trains operating between Gorakhpur and Narkatiaganj Junction have had their special train status removed. This means passengers will no longer have to pay special train fares and will enjoy reduced ticket prices. The affected trains include 05497, 05498, 05095, 05096, 05039, 05040 running between Narkatiaganj and Gorakhpur, 05260, 05259,...
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05258, 05257 on the Narkatiaganj-Muzaffarpur line, 05210, 05209, 05542, 05541, 05588, 05587, 05555, 05556 between Narkatiaganj and Raxul, and 05528, 05527 between Narkatiaganj and Gauhnaha. Passengers will now pay a standard fare of Rs. 10 for journeys within a 45 kilometer radius.

The railway administration has announced changes to train operations on the Narkatiaganj-Paniyawa, Narkatiaganj-Chamua, and Narkatiaganj-Muzaffarpur sections of the East Central Railway due to ongoing doubling work between Mahwal, Motipur, and Pipraha stations. These changes include short terminations, short originations, reschedulings, and route diversions for several trains. Specifically, on February 21st and...
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22nd, trains 05040/05498 (Gorakhpur-Narkatiaganj Unreserved Special) and 05096 (Gorakhpur-Narkatiaganj Unreserved Special) will terminate at Harinagar. Similarly, train 05450 (Nakha Jungle-Narkatiaganj Unreserved Special) will terminate at Harinagar on the same dates. On the same days, trains 05039 (Narkatiaganj-Nakha Jungle Unreserved Special), 05095 (Narkatiaganj-Gorakhpur Unreserved Special), 05449 (Narkatiaganj-Gorakhpur Unreserved Special), and 05497 (Narkatiaganj-Gorakhpur Unreserved Special) will originate from Harinagar. Train 12557 (Muzaffarpur-Anand Vihar Terminal Express) departing from Muzaffarpur on February 20th will be rescheduled by 60 minutes, and train 19038 (Barauni-Branda Terminal Express) departing from Barauni on the same day will be rescheduled by 120 minutes. Train 12211 (Muzaffarpur-Anand Vihar Terminal Express) departing from Muzaffarpur on February 23rd will be diverted to take the Muzaffarpur-Sitamarhi-Raxoul-Sagauli route instead of the usual Muzaffarpur-Bapudham Motihari-Sagauli route. Train 12212 (Anand Vihar Terminal-Muzaffarpur Express) departing from Anand Vihar Terminal on February 21st will be diverted to take the Kaptaanganj-Thawe-Siwan-Chhapra Grameen-Hajipur-Muzaffarpur route instead of the usual Kaptaanganj-Narkatiaganj-Bapudham Motihari-Muzaffarpur route. Additionally, trains 12557 (Muzaffarpur-Anand Vihar Terminal Express), 12558 (Anand Vihar Terminal-Muzaffarpur Express), 15051 (Kolkata-Gorakhpur Express), 15052 (Gorakhpur-Kolkata Express), 15653 (Guwahati-Jammutawi Express), and 15656 (Shrimaata Vaishno Devi Katra-Kamakhya Express) will be diverted on various dates, with the exact details available in the original text.