The East Coast Railway has announced an increase in sleeper and AC coach facilities on four trains operating on the Visakhapatnam route. The Visakhapatnam-Amritsar Hirakud Express (20807) and the Visakhapatnam-Nanded Superfast Express (20811), departing from Visakhapatnam, will have additional sleeper and AC coaches starting September 3rd and 4th respectively. The Amritsar-Visakhapatnam...
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Hirakud Express (20808) and the Nanded-Visakhapatnam Superfast Express (20812) will also have additional coaches starting September 7th and 4th respectively. Additionally, the Puri-Gandhidham Weekly Superfast Express (22974) has been canceled due to heavy rains and flooding in the Vadodara division of Western Railway.

Western Railway (WR) has revised the timings of several trains to improve efficiency and punctuality. The changes affect the timings of trains departing from various stations, including Bandra Terminus, Tirunelveli, Kochuveli, Dadar, Valsad, Chennai Egmore, Secunderabad, and Amravati. The revised timings are effective from different dates, ranging from August 24th to...
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August 31st, 2024. The changes include adjustments to departure and arrival times at various stations along the route.

Several train services are being affected due to various maintenance and construction works across different Indian railway divisions. In the Chennai division, the reconstruction of the bridge between Chennai Central and Basin Bridge is causing diversions for some trains. The Vande Bharat Express between Visakhapatnam and Secunderabad will continue to have...
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a stop at Samalkot for another six months, starting August 3rd. Some trains, including the Alappuzha-Dhanbad Jn Express and Ernakulam-Tata Nagar Express, will be diverted on specific days of August, due to the Chennai bridge work. Heavy rains in the Kirandul area in the KK line are leading to short terminations of several trains, including the Visakhapatnam-Kirandul passenger special and the Visakhapatnam-Kirandul Express, starting from August 8th. Additionally, train No: 02863 leaving Howrah on August 8th and 15th will be cancelled due to operational constraints. In the Salem division, the Alappuzha-Dhanbad Bokaro express will be diverted due to safety-related modernization works. Due to non-interlock works at Kalumna station in the Nagpur Division of South East Central Railway, the Gandhidham-Puri express and Puri-Gandhi Dham express will be cancelled on specific dates in August. Several trains between Visakhapatnam and Nizamuddin, as well as between Visakhapatnam and LTT, will be diverted on specific dates in August, due to ongoing work in various divisions.

Several train services have been canceled or diverted due to operational constraints, modernization works, and safety-related works in various parts of the Indian Railway network. Train No. 02863 leaving Howrah on August 8th and 15th has been canceled. The Alappuzha-Dhanbad Bokaro express (13352) and the Ernakulam-Tata Nagar express (18190) will be...
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diverted due to modernization works in the Salem Division. The Gandhidham-Puri express (22973) leaving Gandhidham on August 14th and the Puri-Gandhi Dham express (22974) leaving Puri on August 17th are canceled due to non-interlock works at Kalumna station. Several trains running between Visakhapatnam and Nizamuddin, Visakhapatnam and LTT are also diverted due to ongoing works. Additionally, Visakhapatnam-Kirandul passenger special (08551) and Visakhapatnam-Kirandul express (18514) have been short-terminated at Dantewada due to heavy rains in the Kirandul area. The corresponding return trains will start from Dantewada till August 8th.

Due to non-interlocking work on the Rajnandgaon-Kalamna section in Nagpur, 10 trains bound for Gujarat will be cancelled between August 10th and 20th, 2024. These include Howrah-Ahmedabad Express (trains 12834 and 12833), Gandhidham-Puri Weekly Express (trains 12993 and 12994), Okha-Bilaspur Weekly Express (trains 22939 and 22940), Okha-Shalimar Weekly Express (trains 22905...
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and 22906), and Gandhidham-Puri Weekly Express (trains 22973 and 22974). You can check train status on the official Railways website (enquiry.indianrail.gov.in) or the NTES mobile app.