Kolkata, Feb. 26 -- The Eastern Railway (ER) has announced significant train regulations in the Asansol Division on March 2 due to planned infrastructure upgrades, including foot overbridge construction and subway installations.
A traffic and power block has been planned for Sunday for launching a foot overbridge (FOB) at Jasidih station, constructing Limited Height Subways (LHS) in the Mathurapur-Shankarpur and Simultala-Ghorparan sections, and dismantling a foot overbridge at Simultala
station area.
As a result, 12 MEMU trains, including Deoghar-Patna, Asansol-Jasidih, Baidyanathdham-Asansol, and Kiul-Jasidih, will remain cancelled. Additionally, the Vasco Da Gama-Jasidih Weekly Express and
Tatanagar-Buxar-Tatanagar Express will be short-terminated and short-originated from different stations.
Several trains, including the Dhanbad-Patna Intercity Express, Gorakhpur-Asansol Express and New Delhi-Howrah Poorva Express,
will be diverted.
Additionally, nine express trains, such as the Kolkata-Amritsar Akal Takht Express, Deoghar-Varanasi Vande Bharat Express, and
Howrah - Patna Vande Bharat Express will be rescheduled, with delays ranging from 1 hour 30 minutes to 6 hours 25 minutes.
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