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Local train services between Sealdah and Dankuni will be halted for four days from January 23 to January 27 due to the replacement of a 95-year-old steel girder ROB. Several long-distance and mail/express trains will be cancelled or diverted, with alternatives stopping at different stations. This upgrade aims to enhance safety and line capacity.

When the New Delhi-howrah rajdhani Express finally chugged into Howrah station, it was nearly 4am on Thursday.

Irked over a 14-minute delay in the departure of a passenger train, travellers on Friday detained Howrah bound Rajdhani Express for about two hours.

The New Delhi-Howrah and the Sealdah Rajdhani Express trains reached their destinations nearly 12 hours behind schedule on Wednesday, owing to late start and dense fog in north India, an Eastern Railway official said.

There seems to be no end in sight to sufferings of passengers due to late running of trains to and from north India due to the dense fog between Mughalsarai and New Delhi. With logistics turning out to be a major problem, the railways is even considering the cancellation of some trains.

Train services on Delhi-Howrah section remained suspended throughout Wednesday as 14 coal-laden wagons derailed at Chichaki station, 45 km from Dhanbad.

The railways is planning to bring down travel time of Rajdhani trains on the busy Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah routes by over three hours with an investment of about Rs 14,000 crore in infrastructure, railway minister Piyush Goyal informed Parliament on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI: Passengers were stranded on all the railway stations of the city as nine trains were cancelled and 16 rescheduled because of fog.

A day after Kalka Mail tragedy, the train traffic on Delhi-Howrah route remained affected.

The Rajdhani and Duronto Expresses originating from Howrah and Sealdah stations will soon have fire alarm systems in all coaches.

Passengers travelling on the Delhi-Kolkata Rajdhani train will now be able to connect to the internet through Wi-Fi facility.

The Rajdhani, the protesters allege, makes them late for office every day because suburban trains are detained to let the pride of the railways pass.

A youth in his late 20s jumped on the tracks near Howrah station on Wednesday afternoon when the New Delhi-howrah rajdhani Express was being moved to the carshed. According to a source, the youth had a spat with a young woman at the far end of platform 8 before she walked away towards the main station.

KOLKATA: People who went to board the Howrah-New Delhi Rajdhani Express at 5 pm on Sunday, were told the train had left at 1.45 pm. As a result, the 111 passengers had a harrowing time. Later, they were sent to Delhi by another train.

Maoists blew up a railway track near Gaya on Friday night, disrupting traffic on the Gaya-Mugalsari route. There were no casualties.

At least five trains, including Delhi-howrah rajdhani, were stranded for over three hours on Saturday as locals squatted on the tracks after a railways patrolman was run over and killed near Mankatha station in Bihar's Lakhisarai district.

Keeping in sync with new technology, Indian Railways has launched Wi-Fi facility on Howrah-New Delhi Rajdhani Express.

KOLKATA : According to railway sources, only 117 passengers boarded the Rajdhani Express via Gaya from Howrah station on Tuesday. Due to the accident on Monday, the train will be diverted via Jhajha and Patna.