In view of the G20 Summit in the national Capital, a total of 207 passenger train services will be cancelled and 36 train services will be short terminated or short originated on September 9, 10 and 11, according to a Northern Railways Press release with the list of trains to be affected.

While several trains stand cancelled during the crucial days when air transport as well as road transport will be affected, some of the trains will be short terminated at the Delhi peripheral and NCR stations like Anand Vihar, Nizamuddin, Ghaziabad, Gurugram, Narela.

As per the Northern Railway,  70 trains have been given additional stoppage stations to minimise passenger discomfort, including Jammu Tawi-New Delhi Rajdhani, Tejas Rajdhani Hazrat Nizamuddin, Varanasi-New Delhi Tejas Rajdhani among others. Further, the origin and termination stations of 36 trains have also been changed, and three trains will not stop at Delhi’s Kishan Ganj during the summit.

The Northern Railways also announced that it has cancelled 40 mails and express trains from September 9-10 in view of the G20 Summit. While sharing the’Train Handling Plan’, the Northern Railways advised passengers to plan their journey accordingly. “Keeping in view the security and other important arrangement for prestigious G20 Summit 2023 in Delhi Area, Railways have made’Train Handling Plan' as under. The Passengers are requested to plan their journey on the dates shown accordingly,” the Northern Railway said in a post on X formerly Twitter.

While Sirsa Tilak Bridge Express has been cancelled from September 9-11, Bareilly Junction-New Delhi Intercity Express and New Delhi-Rohtak Junction Intercity Express have been cancelled from September 8-10. Some of the trains cancelled include New Delhi-Virangana Lakshmibai (Jhanshi) Taj Express, New Delhi-Lohian Khas Jn. Sarbat Da Bhala Express, Bhiwani-Tilak Bridge Express, Shri Ganganagar-Tilak Bridge Express, and Meerut Cantt-Shri Ganganagar Special from September 9 and 10.