Due to fog, Indian Railways has announced a reduction in the frequency of two trains running from Agra. The Agra Fort-Lucknow Jn. Intercity Express (train no. 12180) will be cancelled on Saturdays and Sundays from December 1st to February 23rd. The Lucknow Jn.-Agra Fort Intercity Express (train no. 12179) will also...
more...

be cancelled on Saturdays and Sundays during the same period. The Agra Cantt.-Hoshiarpur Express (train no. 11905) will be cancelled on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from December 2nd to February 28th. Lastly, the Hoshiarpur-Agra Cantt. Express (train no. 11906) will be cancelled on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from December 3rd to March 1st.

The Indian Railways has announced a reduction in the frequency of several trains due to fog during the winter season. This measure will be effective from December 1st, 2023, to March 1st, 2024. The Kanpur Shatabdi Express (12033-12034), which currently runs six days a week, will operate only three days a...
more...

week. The following trains will be canceled on specific days: Train 11123 (Gwalior-Barauni) will not run on Mondays and Thursdays from December 2nd to February 27th, 2024; Train 11124 (Barauni-Gwalior) will be canceled on Tuesdays and Fridays from December 3rd to February 28th, 2024. The Viraangana Lakshmibai Jhansi-Lucknow Intercity (11109) will be canceled on Saturdays and Sundays from December 1st to February 23rd, 2024; The Lucknow-Viraangana Lakshmibai Jhansi Intercity (11110) will not run on Saturdays and Sundays from December 3rd to February 27th, 2024. The Kanpur-New Delhi Shatabdi Express (12033) will be canceled on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from December 3rd to February 27th, 2024. The New Delhi-Kanpur Shatabdi Express (12034) will be canceled on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from December 3rd to February 27th, 2024. The Agra Fort-Lucknow Intercity (12180) will be canceled on Saturdays and Sundays from December 1st to February 23rd, 2024. The Lucknow-Agra Intercity (12179) will also be canceled on Saturdays and Sundays from December 1st to February 23rd, 2024. The Agra Cantt-Hoshiarpur (11905) will not run on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from December 2nd to February 28th, 2024. The Hoshiarpur-Agra Cantt (11906) will be canceled on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from December 3rd to March 1st, 2024.

Agra will become India's first city to operate five Vande Bharat Express services and one Vande Metro train by the end of 2024. Two new services are planned to begin before Diwali this year: a Vande Metro to Lucknow and a Vande Bharat to Jodhpur. The Jodhpur-Agra Vande Bharat will...
more...

extend the existing Jodhpur-Sabarmati service, operating on days when the Udaipur Vande Bharat is not running from Agra. The Vande Metro service will operate six days a week, but it's unclear where maintenance will be done. The exact routes, fares, and timetables for all services are yet to be announced. Currently, the Lucknow-Agra Intercity Express (12179/12180) operates between Lucknow Junction (LJN) and Agra Fort (AF), taking around 5 hours and 54 minutes to cover 326 km. This train stops at 14 major stations including Kanpur Central (CNB), Unnao Junction (ON), Panaki Dham (PNKD), and Rura (RURA).

A 28-year-old woman named Preeti Pandey, resident of Begusarai, Bihar, was arrested at Gomoh Railway Station on Thursday for carrying illicit liquor in a trolley bag. The RPF apprehended her in the circulating area with a red trolley bag and two blue backpacks. When she tried to flee, they caught her...
more...

and found Kingfisher Strong Premier beer and two bottles of foreign liquor inside her bags. The total value of the seized liquor is Rs. 12,180. The RPF informed Preeti's family about her arrest.

Due to maintenance work on the washable apron of platform number one at Lucknow Junction Railway Station, the North Eastern Railway Lucknow Division has announced a block until September 18th. This will cause several train services to be affected. Some trains will operate from other stations like Aishbagh and Gomtinagar, while...
more...

others will experience platform changes. For example, the 15054 Chhapra Express will operate from Gomtinagar Station from August 20th to September 18th. Additionally, the 15053 Chhapra-Lucknow Express will only reach Gomtinagar Station from August 19th to September 17th. The 12531 Gorakhpur-Lucknow Express will terminate at Aishbagh from August 20th to September 18th, and the 12532 Lucknow-Gorakhpur Express will depart from Aishbagh during the same period. Further changes include the 15009 Gorakhpur-Mailani Express, which will not reach Lucknow Junction and will operate from Daliganj to Mailani from August 19th to September 17th. Similarly, the 15010 Mailani-Gorakhpur Express will depart from Daliganj instead of Lucknow Junction from August 20th to September 18th. The 12180 Agra Fort-Lucknow Junction Express will reach Aishbagh Station at 12.30 pm and not proceed to Lucknow Junction from August 20th to September 18th. The 12179 Lucknow Junction-Agra Fort Express will depart from Aishbagh at 4 pm instead of Lucknow Junction from August 20th to September 18th. The 15011 Lucknow Junction-Chandigarh Express will operate with a one-hour delay from Lucknow Junction from August 20th to September 18th. In a separate incident, two ticket touts were arrested by the North Eastern Railway Security Force Crime Information Branch from Vijay Khand in Gomtinagar while operating an illegal ticket business from a shop. They were found with 26 e-tickets and subsequently arrested and sent to jail.