Due to track maintenance work between Kumarbagh and Chakia stations, several trains were delayed. The Saptakranti Express from Muzaffarpur to Anand Vihar was delayed by 3 hours and 11 minutes. The Avadh Express (19038) from Barauni to Bandra Terminal arrived in Muzaffarpur 5 hours and 4 minutes late. The Satyagraha Express...
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from Raxaul to Anand Vihar departed from Raxaul an hour late. Passengers faced inconvenience at various stations due to these delays. The Avadh Express (19037) was controlled for one hour between Kaptanganj and Narkatiaganj. The Porbandar Express (19270) was controlled between Bapudham Motihari and Bettiah. The Anand Vihar Raxaul Express (15274) was stopped at Navalpur Sahi Halt instead of Chakia station.

The Kumarbag and Chakia stations on the Muzaffarpur-Narkatiaganj railway line will undergo doubling work in four phases. To facilitate this, three pairs of MEMU trains have been cancelled, three trains have been short-terminated, and two have been short-originated. Additionally, a dozen trains will operate under controlled conditions, another dozen have been...
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rescheduled, and a dozen and a half will run on alternative routes. Twelve trains will not stop at Chakia Station, and three pairs of trains will temporarily halt at Nawaipur Sahi Halt. The work is scheduled as follows: BPNI work from May 25th to June 3rd, pre-NI from June 4th to 12th, NI from June 13th to 15th, and post-NI from June 16th to 21st. The article provides a detailed list of train cancellations, short terminations, short origins, controlled operations, reschedulings, altered routes, trains not stopping at Chakia, and temporary stops at Nawaipur Sahi Halt. Specific dates and times for these changes are also mentioned.

On Wednesday, the first shipment of litchi was sent from Muzaffarpur to Mumbai, following the first shipment to Delhi. Mo. Reyaz, a farmer from Damodarpur, sent 17 boxes of Shahi litchi via the SLR bogie of the Jaynagar-Lokmanya Tilak Terminal (LTT) 11062 Pawan Express. The shipment will arrive in...
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Kurla Mandi, Mumbai, on the morning of May 17th. The railway will provide a parcel van on the 20th for sending litchi to Mumbai. Also on Wednesday, another shipment of litchi was sent from Darbhanga to Delhi via the 12565 Bihar Sampark Kranti Superfast. Amarish Kumar, the railway's leaseholder, reported that 111 boxes of litchi were sent. The harvesting of litchi in the Bari Eidgah Bagh on the city's Goshala Road has also begun. Litchi from the Bari Eidgah Bagh was purchased by Mo. Nizam, a resident of Bada Sumera, Kudhani, and sent to Delhi. The price of litchi in Delhi's Azad Mandi is currently 125 rupees per kilogram. Litchi is also being sent from Muzaffarpur to various other destinations using the following trains: Mumbai: 19038 Avadh Express, 15267 Raxaul-LTT Express, 15547 Raxaul-LTT Antyodaya Express; Delhi: 12557 Saptakranti Superfast Express and 12565 Bihar Sampark Kranti Superfast (leased); Haryana-Punjab: 14673 Shaheed Express and 14649 Saryu Yamuna Express; Howrah: 13020 Mithila Express; Ranchi and Sambalpur (Odisha): 15028 Maury Express; Uttar Pradesh: 11124 Barauni-Gwalior Express and 15203 Barauni Lucknow Express; Gujarat: 19484 Barauni Ahmedabad Express and 19270 Muzaffarpur-Porbandar Express (leased).

On Sunday, a track maintenance vehicle, a Unimet machine, derailed at Jiwdhara station on the Muzaffarpur-Bapudham railway line, disrupting train operations from 1:15 pm onwards. This incident affected 19 trains. Three passenger trains were cancelled, six trains had their destinations shortened, and the routes of 10 express trains were changed,...
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including the 19270 Muzaffarpur-Porbandar express. The track was repaired by 10 pm and train operations resumed. The three cancelled passenger trains were the 05259 Muzaffarpur-Narkatiaganj, 05287 Muzaffarpur-Raxaul, and 05508 Mehsi-Raxaul MEMU trains. The 15216 Narkatiaganj-Intercity train was terminated at Semra station, and the Muzaffarpur-Narkatiaganj MEMU passenger train was stopped at Jiwdhara. Passengers on the three cancelled passenger trains faced difficulties as they had already boarded the 05259 and 05508 trains. The sudden cancellation led to confusion and a crowd gathered at the inquiry counter, leading to a near riot situation. The RPF managed to control the crowd.

On Sunday afternoon, around 3 pm, a track maintenance machine (PCT) derailed near gate number 156 on the Muzaffarpur-Sugauli rail line, disrupting train operations for about four hours. The engineering team is working to put the PCT back on track. As a result of the derailment, the routes of four...
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mail express trains were diverted, two trains were short-terminated, and three passenger trains were canceled. The derailed PCT machine was reportedly involved in track maintenance work when the incident occurred. Two tower wagons were brought from Sugauli and Muzaffarpur to assist the engineering team in the restoration process. Due to the incident, train number 09451 Gandhi-dham-Bhagalpur Express and 15002 Dehradun-Muzaffarpur Express, which had been standing at Motihari station for about two hours, were diverted back to Sugauli and then sent to Muzaffarpur via the Sugauli-Raxoul-Sitamarhi route. Additionally, the routes of train numbers 19270 Muzaffarpur-Porbandar Express and 19037 Bandra-Barauni Express were also diverted. Train number 15216 Narkatiaganj-Muzaffarpur Express was short-terminated at Semra station, and 05257 Muzaffarpur-Narkatiaganj passenger train was short-terminated at Jiwdhara station. Trains 05508 Mehsi-Raxoul Passenger, 05259 Muzaffarpur-Narkatiaganj Passenger, and 05287 Muzaffarpur-Raxoul Passenger were canceled due to the disruption. The Chief Safety Officer of the Eastern Railway, Prabhat Kumar, and the Divisional Railway Manager of Samastipur, Vinay Srivastava, have been dispatched to the accident site.