There are two good news for railway passengers. First, a trial run was conducted on Wednesday on the newly constructed 38 km line under the Lalitpur-Singrauli railway project of West Central Railway. Second, the Bilaspur-Bhopal and Rewa-Chirmiri Expresses (both trains operating via Katni) are being restored earlier than expected. The resumption...
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of train operations will provide relief to passengers during the festive season. The new railway line between Satna-Barethia stations in Jabalpur division has been completed. Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) Manoj Arora inspected the newly constructed railway line. The engine was run at a speed of 110 km per hour to test the strength of the new railway line. The Jabalpur-Ambikapur Intercity Express (11265) will return to service on October 11th. The Railway had cancelled three trains due to track infrastructure work on the Katni-Shahdol rail section. The Jabalpur-Ambikapur Intercity was cancelled from 2nd to 11th October. CRS examined the technical aspects of the track in detail. This was to see if the railway line was ready for the operation of normal trains. During this, CRS checked the signal system, power supply system, OHE line, and quality of yard operations. CRS expressed satisfaction with the arrangements. Train operations on the new railway line will commence as soon as permission is obtained. This was the third consecutive day of CRS inspection of the newly constructed railway line in West Central Railway. On October 7th, CRS inspected the 7.5 km new line in the Joba-Madwasgram rail section under the Katni-Singrauli doubling project. On October 8th, he inspected the 12.8 km new line constructed between Aslana-Damoh on the third line project on the Katni Bina rail section. Construction work on all proposed new railway lines is being carried out at a rapid pace. Along with the railway line, the necessary infrastructure is also being expanded. Upon completion of these new projects, the speed of train operations will increase. Passenger and freight transportation facilities will improve. The restoration of the trains is being done one day earlier than expected. The Railway has completed the work of connecting the third rail path from Birsinghpur station on the Katni-Shahdol rail section ahead of schedule. Due to this, it has been decided to restore the cancelled trains one day earlier. The cancellation of the only direct train between Jabalpur-Ambikapur affected passengers of eight districts connected by the rail route. The restored trains will operate according to their regular timetable. The Bilaspur-Bhopal Express (18236) will run on October 10th. The Bhopal-Bilaspur Express (18235) will run on October 12th. The Jabalpur-Ambikapur Intercity (11265) will run on October 11th. The Ambikapur-Jabalpur Intercity (11266) will run on October 12th. The Rewa-Chirmiri Express (11751) will run on October 11th. The Chirmiri-Rewa Express (11752) will run on October 12th.

Due to ongoing construction and maintenance work on tracks and stations, several train services have been canceled or diverted in the Jabalpur division of the Madhya Pradesh Railway. This is in anticipation of the upcoming festival season and Pitru Paksha. The Jabalpur-Gaya special train has been augmented with extra sleeper coaches...
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to accommodate the increased demand during this period. Additionally, the Jan Shatabdi Express will be temporarily departing from Madan Mahal station instead of Jabalpur from September 11 to 26, and the shuttle train between Jabalpur and Rewa will operate only up to Maihar due to new line commissioning. The Jabalpur-Singrauli Intercity Express is canceled from September 11 to 27, while the Jabalpur-Chanda Fort train is canceled from September 17 onwards. Other trains affected include the Valsad-Danapur Special and Udhna-Barauni Special, both canceled from September 11.

Due to maintenance work on the new Satna-Barethia line at Satna station in the Jabalpur division, from September 16th to 25th, 11 pairs of trains will be cancelled. This includes the Danapur-Secunderabad special. Additionally, platform number 02 at Jabalpur station will undergo washable apron repairs from September 16th to 27th. To...
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accommodate the anticipated passenger rush during upcoming festivals, four passenger trains will have a one-minute stop at Salimpur Bihar Halt in the Danapur division from September 10th to November 30th. These trains include the Tilaiya-Danapur Passenger, Danapur-Tilaiya Passenger, Devghar-Patna MEMU Passenger, and Patna-Jhajha MEMU Passenger.