The third railway line construction project between the Domingarh-Gorakhpur section of the North Eastern Railway will start its work on April 12. Due to this construction initiative, all Vande Bharat Express services and more than fifty additional trains will be canceled. All ten trains will have Gomti Nagar station as their terminal point and original departure station.
The transportation organization will conduct pre-non-interlocking work between April 12 and April 26, followed by non-interlocking work in the period from April 27 to May 3, according to Chief Public Relations Officer Pankaj Kumar Singh.
The following trains will remain canceled between April 12 and May 2:
- 12530/29 Lucknow Jn.-Patliputra
- 15273 Raxaul–Anand Vihar Terminus
- 15082/81 Gomtinagar–Gorakhpur
- 15274 Anand Vihar Terminus–Raxaul
- 15048/47 Gorakhpur–Kolkata
- 15211/12 Darbhanga–Amritsar
- 15031/32 Gorakhpur–Lucknow Jn.
- 22531/32 Chhapra–Mathura Jn.
- 15067 Gorakhpur–Bandra Terminus
- 19410 Gorakhpur–Sabarmati
- 14010 Anand Vihar Terminus–Bapudham Motihari
- 12571/72 Anand Vihar Terminus–Gorakhpur
- 22549/50 Vande Bharat Express
Additional cancellations include trains like:
- 12587/88 Jammu Tawi–Gorakhpur
- 22424/23 Gorakhpur–Amritsar
- 15023/24 Yeshwantpur–Gorakhpur
- 15029/30 Pune–Gorakhpur
- 15017/18 Gorakhpur–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus
- 12511/12 Thiruvananthapuram–Gorakhpur
- 22533/34 Yeshwantpur–Gorakhpur
- 15705/06 Delhi–Katihar
- 15045/46 Okha–Gorakhpur
- 15057/58 Anand Vihar Terminus–Gorakhpur
Trains to Run Only Till Gomti Nagar
On the temporary bases, the following trains will run from Gomti Nagar:
- 07075 Hyderabad–Gorakhpur Special
- 07076 Gorakhpur–Hyderabad Special
- 15009 Gorakhpur–Pilibhit Express
- 15010 Pilibhit–Gorakhpur Express
- 22538 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Gorakhpur Express
- 22537 Gorakhpur–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express
- 15070 Aishbagh–Gorakhpur Express
- 15069 Gorakhpur–Aishbagh Express will now operate from Nakaha Jungle instead of Gorakhpur.
74 Trains on the Jhansi–Mumbai Route were Affected for 42 Days Due to Ganga Bridge Repairs
The 42-day maintenance period of the Ganga Bridge between Kanpur and Lucknow starting from March 17 will affect the operation of 74 trains, including Nilanchal and Shatabdi.
Northern Railway’s Lucknow division Senior DCM Kuldeep Tiwari explained that repairs on the route needed 9 hours of closing time through a mega traffic block.
Affected Trains
According to the notice, the following trains will be canceled:
- 11109/10 Jhansi–Lucknow Intercity (March 19–April 30 and March 20–May 1)
- 51813/14 Jhansi–Lucknow Passenger
- 55345/46 Lucknow–Kasganj Passenger
- 64203/04 Lucknow–Kanpur Central MEMU
- 09465/66 Ahmedabad–Darbhanga Special
- 05305/06 Chhapra–Anand Vihar Special
- 12104 Lucknow–Pune Superfast (from Charbagh), 16094 MAS Express (from Lucknow Jn.) – delayed by 30 mins
- 12535 Lucknow–Raipur Garib Rath – delayed by 120 mins
- 64211 Lucknow–Kanpur MEMU – delayed by 90 mins
- 07076 Gorakhpur–Hyderabad – delayed by 150 mins
- 05053 Gorakhpur–Bandra Special – delayed by 2 hours
Trains Not To Reach Lucknow
The following trains will terminate at Kanpur instead of Lucknow:
- 11407 Pune–Lucknow Express (Mar 18, 25 & Apr 1, 8, 15, 22)
- 11408 Lucknow–Pune Express (Mar 20, 27 & Apr 3, 10, 17, 24)
- 22121/22 LTT–Lucknow Superfast (Mar 22, 29 & Apr 5, 12, 19, 26)
- 15083/84 Chhapra–Farrukhabad Express (till April 30) will run only till Gomti Nagar
Trains to Be Diverted via the Lucknow–Moradabad Route
The following will run via Lucknow–Moradabad, skipping Kanpur, Tundla, and Aligarh:
- 12571, 12595 Gorakhpur–Anand Vihar
- 22539 Mau–Anand Vihar
- 22411/12 Naharlagun–Anand Vihar
- 12003 Shatabdi Express
- 15025/26 Mau–Anand Vihar
- 15557 Darbhanga–Anand Vihar
- 15705 Katihar–Delhi
Others like the following trains will departure via Lucknow - Shahjahanpur - Kasganj:
- 20921/22 Bandra–Lucknow
- 19670/69 Patliputra–Udaipur
- 12179/80 Lucknow–Agra Fort
- Trains like 19410, 22922, 02563, 02569, 02564, and 02570 will be diverted via Budhwal, Sitapur, Shahjahanpur, and Kasganj.
Trains to Run via Changed Routes
The following trains will operate via diverted routes due to the ongoing work:
- 12511, 12521, 12589, 12591, 15023, 15065, 15067, 20104, 22533
- 15269, 22531, 11124, 11080, 12597, 14101, 14217, 14218, 12144
- 12174, 13167, 12875, 19054, 15045, 22445, 22446, 12470, 12469