In a recent update from Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), there’s a plan in motion to introduce Vande Bharat trains on three new routes originating from Lucknow, aiming to provide daily services to 3,200 passengers. These trains will operate on the Jammu, Jaipur, and Bhopal routes, with authorities from the Northern and Northeast Railways actively working on infrastructure improvements. Notably, the Ganga Bridge on the Kanpur route is undergoing repairs for the first time in 29 years, while efforts to upgrade the Gorakhpur route are also ongoing. Additionally, track speeds are being increased, with the trains now capable of reaching speeds up to 130 km/h, a significant jump from the previous 80-100 km/h.
Preparations are underway to introduce the Vande Bharat trains from Lucknow’s Charbagh Railway Station to Jammu, and from Gomtinagar Station to Bhopal and Jaipur. According to Gaurav Agarwal, the Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) of Northeast Railway, the Railway Board’s approval is still awaited for the Gomtinagar-Bhopal route, but all three services are expected to be operational within the next three months.
In the meantime, the ongoing work on the Gorakhpur section of the Northeast Railway Lucknow Division is set to impact train operations. Automatic block signaling work on this route will lead to disruptions on March 29 and 30. Specifically, train numbers 15031/32 (Lucknow Junction-Gorakhpur-Lucknow Express) and 65115/16 (Bhatni-Ayodhya Dham Junction) will be canceled.
Pankaj Kumar Singh, the Chief Public Relations Officer of Northeast Railway, confirmed that several other trains would experience route changes during this period. The following trains will operate via alternate routes on March 28:
14674 Amritsar-Jaynagar Express
14692 Jammu Tawi-Barauni Express
12565 Darbhanga-New Delhi Express
12557 Muzaffarpur-Anand Vihar Terminus
02569 Darbhanga-New Delhi Special
02563 Barauni-New Delhi Special
02570 New Delhi-Darbhanga
15113 Gomtinagar-Chhapra Express
12558 Anand Vihar Terminus-Muzaffarpur
15708 Amritsar-Katihar Express
20103 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus-Gorakhpur
13020 Kathgodam-Howrah Express
02564 New Delhi-Barauni
14617 Purnia Court-Amritsar
12556 Bathinda-Gorakhpur Express
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