General class tickets will be available from January 1 in 18 trains including Lucknow Junction Gorakhpur Intercity. This will give relief to the passengers.
Lucknow Junction Gorakhpur Intercity (12531/32), Lucknow Junction Varanasi Krishak Express (15007/08), Gorakhpur Mailani Express (15009/10), Lucknow Junction Kathgodam Express (15043/44), Lucknow Junction Chhapra Express (15053/54), General tickets will start in Aishbagh Gorakhpur Express (15069/70), Farrukhabad Chhapra Express (15083/84), Gorakhpur Varanasi Intercity (15103/04) and Chhapra Nautanwa Passenger (15105/06).
Divisional Railway Manager Dr. Monika Agnihotri said that directions have been given to other railway stations including Lucknow Junction, Aishbagh, City Station, Daliganj, Mohibullapur and Gomtinagar. Ticket vending machines will also be installed.
Earlier on December 7, the sale of general tickets has been started in ten trains including Padmavat and Gomti Express.
Seven trains of South and Mumbai canceled
Due to doubling work between Nankhas, Moth, Erich Road, Parauna stations on Jhansi to Kanpur railway section, traffic block has been taken. This will affect the operation of trains in South and Mumbai. 12597 Gorakhpur-Mumbai Express 14 and 21 December, 12598 Mumbai-Gorakhpur Express 15 and 22 December, 12103 Pune-Lucknow Express 21 December, 12104 Lucknow-Pune Express 22 December, 11407 Pune-Lucknow Express 14 and 21 December, 11408 Lucknow-Pune Express will remain canceled on 16th and 23rd December, 11109 Jhansi-Lucknow Intercity till 22nd December and 11110 Lucknow-Jhansi Intercity till 22nd December.
These trains will run from the changed route
11123 Gwalior-Barauni Mail till 22 December, 11124 Barauni-Gwalior Mail till 21 December, 16093 Chennai-Lucknow Express 15, 19 and 22 December, 16094 Lucknow-Chennai Express 13, 16 and 20 December, 19306 Guwahati-Indore Express 14 and 20 December, 15066 Panvel-Gorakhpur Express will run from 14 to 22 December, 12489 Gorakhpur-Secunderabad Express 22 December, 20104 Gorakhpur LTT Express will run on 21 December via Jhansi, Gwalior, Bhind, Etawah, Kanpur. Whereas 12107 LTT Lucknow Express from 14th to 21st December, 11079 LTT Gorakhpur Express on 17th December, 22534 Yesvantpur-Gorakhpur Express on 17th December and 15024 Yesvantpur Gorakhpur via Agra Cantt, Tundla on 18th December and 15101 Chhapra LTT Express on 14th and 21st December and 15102 LTT Chhapra Express. On December 17, it will run via Prayagraj, Manikpur, Khajuraho, Lalitpur.