The North Eastern Railway has announced route changes, cancellations, and restrictions for several trains passing through Chhapra Junction due to pre-non interlocking and non-interlocking work, safety inspection, and commissioning of a new rail line between Lucknow Jn.-Manaknagar and Aishbagh-Manaknagar. The changes are effective from June 8th to 14th, 2024, impacting...
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trains such as the Chhapra-Anand Vihar Special, Chhapra-Mathura Express, Barauni-Ernakulam Express, Katihar-Amritsar Express, Farrukhabad-Chhapra Express, New Delhi-Darbhanga Express, Darbhanga-New Delhi Express, Barauni-New Delhi Special, New Delhi-Barauni Special, Darbhanga-New Delhi, New Delhi-Darbhanga Special, Amritsar-Katihar Express, Delhi-Azamgarh Express, Mathura-Chhapra Express, Chhapra-Anand Vihar Special, Anand Vihar Terminal-Chhapra Special, Chhapra-Anand Vihar Special, Anand Vihar Terminal-Chhapra Special, Patliputra-Lucknow Jn. Express, and Barauni-Lucknow Jn. Express. Specific details include dates, train numbers, and stations affected.

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.

Farmers protesting at the Shambhu border in Punjab, disrupting railway tracks for a month over their demands, have ended their protest. They started leaving on Monday evening and are expected to vacate the railway tracks by Wednesday morning, allowing regular train operations to resume. Over 100 trains to and from Bihar,...
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including the Amrapali Express (15707), Jansadharan Express (15531), Jaynagar Amritsar Special (04651), and others, were impacted by the protest, with some routes being altered. This development provides relief to railway passengers and the railway system.

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 Friday, a team conducted a raid on the 15707 Amrapali Express running from Katihar to Amritsar, following instructions from Station Director Jay Prakash Singh. The raid resulted in the seizure of unauthorized food and beverage items being sold on the train. The Station Director had the items removed to...
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the parcel house and reported the incident to IRCTC. Similar actions were taken on trains at Lucknow Junction, Gonda Junction, and Basti Station, leading to the capture of 28 unauthorized vendors and the confiscation of 906 bottles of water.