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Indian Railways is running a special festival train, the Amritसर-Katihar Weekly Festival Special Train, from September 18th to November 29th. The train will operate on Wednesdays from Katihar and Fridays from Amritसर, making 11 trips in total. It will stop at Bareli, Shahajahanpur, and Muradabad. Additionally, from September 18th to 24th,...
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Indian Railways will provide stopovers at Rudki station for various trains to accommodate pilgrims traveling to the Sahir Pak Urs in Kalier. This includes the 14617 Purnea Court-Amritसर Janseva Express, 15211 Darbhanga-Amritसर Jannayak Express, 15531 Saharsa-Amritसर Jansadharan Express, 12237 Varanasi-Jammu Tawi Express, 12358 Amritसर-Kolkata Superfast, and 12492 Jammu Tawi-Barauni Express, among other trains.

The Indian Railways has added stops at Rudki railway station for several trains in anticipation of the Kaler Mela, a religious gathering. Pooja Nanda, a member of the Railway Advisory Board, thanked the station superintendent and other officials for this decision. The new stops are intended to provide convenience for pilgrims...
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traveling to Piran Kaliyar, a prominent religious site in Uttarakhand. Previously, pilgrims faced difficulties due to the lack of train stops at Rudki, forcing them to travel by road. To address this, Nanda had submitted a request to the station superintendent. The additional train stops will include the Janseva Express (14617), Darbhanga Amritsar Jan Nayak Express (15211), Saharsa Amritsar Jansadharan Express (15531), Begampura Express (12237), Rishikesh Jammu Yog Nagri Express (14605), Himgiri Express (12331), Moradhwaj Superfast (12491), Dhanbad Jalandhar Durgana Express (12357), and other down trains starting from September 10th. A special train, 064307, has been introduced from Moradabad to Rudki for the Mela. Nanda expressed gratitude to the officials and also requested proper signage and signal boards to be installed at the station due to ongoing construction.

The Railway Protection Force (RPF) apprehended two contractors and rescued 26 children aged 10 to 15 who were being trafficked from various districts in Bihar and Purvanchal to Amritsar, Punjab, for labor. The children were being transported on the Begampura Express train and were destined to work in orchards picking pears....
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The RPF acted on a tip and conducted a raid on the train with the assistance of the Anti Human Trafficking Unit, the RPF team, and the Bachpan Bachao Andolan. The contractors were arrested and the children were handed over to Childline. The contractors reportedly lured the children's parents with money and promised them work in Amritsar's pear orchards.