The Ambala-Bathinda rail section will see trains operating at a speed of 100 km/h. The Ambala division has completed all preparations for this. The doubling of the 133 km track has been completed. The newly built 28.225 km section between Nabha-Dhablan-Patiala will be inaugurated on January 28th. A 30 km portion...
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is also being prepared and is expected to be ready in the next one or two months. Currently, trains operate on the 212 km rail section at a speed of 70-80 km/h, taking 4.5-5 hours to reach Bathinda from Ambala. But, with the complete doubling of the track, this journey will be completed in just three hours. This doubling will save passenger time and enable the operation of new trains like Vande Bharat and Shatabdi. It will make it easier for passengers to travel from Bathinda to Ambala and then to Delhi and other parts of the country. The project, costing ₹2500 crores, began in 2019. The Ambala-Rajpura rail section under the Ambala Rail Division is already double-tracked. The doubling project of the approximately 173 km rail section from Rajpura to Bathinda was prepared in 2019 with a budget of ₹2500 crores. Under this project, the laying of the railway track was carried out over a distance of 18.8 km between Rajpura and Daoukalan stations, which was commissioned for train movement on September 17, 2021. In the second phase, 28.80 km from Kulseri to Sekha was laid and commissioned on February 28, 2022. In the third phase, 8.35 km of track from Bathinda to Bathinda Cant Railway Station was commissioned on August 8, 2022. This was followed by the commissioning of 18.850 km of track from Kalseri to Nabha on January 28, 2023, 14.810 km of track from Bathinda Cant Railway Station to Lahra Muhabbat on March 24, 2023, 15.30 km of Sekha-Hadiyaya rail section on September 27, 2023, and now the Nabha-Dhablan-

Northern Railway is running one-way special trains on key routes from December 11, 2023, to manage the increased travel demand during winter. These special trains will provide additional capacity for passengers traveling from Anand Vihar Terminal to Bhagalpur, Bhatinda to Gorakhpur, and Delhi Sarai Rohilla to Indore. Each train offers reserved...
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one-way special express services with AC, Sleeper, and General Class Coaches. The Bhatinda-Gorakhpur train (04560) stops at Rampura Phul, Barnala, Dhuri, Patiala, Rajpura, Ambala Cantt., Yamunanagar Jagadhri, Saharanpur, Moradabad, Bareilly, Hardoi, Lucknow, Barabanki, Gonda, Basti, and concludes at Gorakhpur Junction. The Anand Vihar T.-Bhagalpur train (04436) stops at Ghaziabad, Moradabad, Bareilly, Lucknow, Sultanpur, Varanasi, Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, Sasaram, Gaya, Kiul, Jamalpur, and concludes at Bhagalpur. The Delhi Sarai Rohilla-Indore train (04007) stops at Rewari Junction, Alwar Junction, Jaipur Junction, Madar Junction, Ajmer Junction, Bhilwara, Chanderiya, Chittaurgarh, Nimbahera, Nimach, Ratlam Junction, Lakshmibai Nagar, and concludes at Indore Junction.

Indian Railways has announced an increase in the number of temporary coaches on several trains passing through Haryana to alleviate overcrowding. This increase in coaches, ranging from 1 to 3 across different classes, is temporary and will be implemented on 8 specific trains. The additional coaches will benefit passengers starting December...
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1st. These changes are part of the railways' efforts to ensure passenger comfort and convenience. Specific details regarding the affected trains, including train numbers, dates, and types of coaches being added, are provided below.