Train cancellation News

At least 15 people have lost their lives, and dozens have been injured in the tragic West Bengal train accident.  

Several trains have been affected due to non-interlocking work on the independent bypass line between Aishbagh, Lucknow, and Manak Nagar stations.  

Indian Railways has cancelled 23 more trains while short-terminated 2 trains and changed the origin station of 7 trains as a precaution considering Cyclone Bipajoy.

The Indian Railways have cancelled eighteen long-distance trains and diverted several others following the horrific triple train crash in Odisha's Balasore

With dense fog engulfing North India, especially the national capital region around Delhi, a lot of trains are running late, while many are cancelled as well.

Delhi saw cold wave conditions for the fifth consecutive day on Monday even as very dense fog lowered visibility to just 25 metres, hitting road, rail and air traffic movement.

Total 103 mail/express trains and 167 passenger trains cancelled Railways had on Monday said it has cancelled over 600 trains due to the agitations It cancelled 483 trains on Sunday and 369 trains a day earlier

The non-interlocking work had started on January 23. The construction work is in its last leg. The Railways added that the trains will remain cancelled till the time the work of addition of a new rail line is completed.

The Indian Railways has taken the decision in view of an important work to be done by the Central Railway Zone (CR). These trains were scheduled between 02.00 hrs of Sunday (2 January) to 02.00 hrs of Monday (3 January). A few trains will short terminate and short originate.

Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway in a release said that few trains have been canceled and certain trains have been short terminated and accordingly short originated. 

If you are planning to travel by train for North India, especially Punjab, Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir, then this is very important for you. The Ministry of Railways has cancelled as well as diverted many trains.

The railways had also suspended train services between Bihar's Darbhanga and Samastipur. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team is deployed at several flood-affected areas. Nearly, 93.89 lakh people have been evacuated so far, out of which more than 12,000 have taken shelter at 22 relief camps.

The Indian Railways on Thursday (March 19, 2020), said that no cancellation fee will be charged for the 155 trains which were cancelled due to low occupancy and the novel coronavirus pandemic and the passengers will get 100 per cent refund for the same.

Check out the complete list of trains that have been cancelled till March 17

A large part  of North India continues to remain under the grip of cold wave, which affected the normal life and led to the cancellation of several trains and delayed flight operations on Thursday.

The maximum temperature was likely to hover around 24 degrees Celsius.

The national capital on Monday witnessed a foggy morning, leading to the cancellation of at least 10 trains and rescheduling of two others.

Airlines on Chandigarh-Delhi route are charging doubled and trebled fares from harried passengers who are thronging the city airport to get out of the area hit by jat agitation.

Poor visibility due to dense fog in the national capital affected several trains' arrival and departure on Thursday morning, a senior railway official said.

Railaways has introduced a pilot project to help passengers from any inconvenience, however, the service in beginning is only available to passengers boarding trains at originating stations.