There is big news for the passengers catching trains from Dehradun and Rishikesh. On 7th and 8th December i.e. Saturday-Sunday, not a single train will run from Dehradun and Yoganagari Rishikesh railway station. During these two days, the station will be completely closed and no train will come or go here. Railways has short-terminated more than 18 trains, meaning these trains will be run from other stations.

Why will Dehradun station be closed?

According to the order issued by Moradabad Railway Board, interlocking work of the loco shed built at Dehradun station is to be done. Loco shed is the place where the repair, maintenance and cleaning of train engines is done. Now this locoshed will be connected to all the lines of the station so that trains can easily reach the locoshed from any line. In this work, changes will also be made in the signaling system. For this reason it has become necessary to close the station for two days.

During this interlocking work, about 20 railway bridges will also be repaired. The construction work of the loco shed is now almost complete and now this is the last step to make it fully operational.

Which trains will run from which station

A total of 18 trains running from Dehradun and Rishikesh will be run from Haridwar, Laksar, Najibabad and Saharanpur stations. Some trains running from Haridwar are also included in this list. Passengers will have to start their journey from these stations.

Trains running from Haridwar: Howrah-Dehradun Express will reach Haridwar and Dehradun-Howrah Express will run from Haridwar. Similarly, Lucknow-Dehradun Express, Dehradun-Lucknow Express, New Delhi-Dehradun Express, Dehradun-New Delhi Express, Old Delhi-Dehradun Express and Dehradun-Old Delhi Express will also run from Haridwar. Kota-Dehradun Express, Dehradun-Kota Express, Udaipur-Rishikesh Express and Rishikesh-Udaipur Express will also run up to Haridwar only.

Trains running from other stations: Sabarmati-Rishikesh Express will run up to Meerut and Rishikesh-Sabarmati Express will run from Meerut. Barmer-Rishikesh Express will run up to Saharanpur, Rishikesh-Sriganganagar Express from Saharanpur, Sriganganagar-Rishikesh Express up to Saharanpur and Rishikesh-Barmer Express from Saharanpur. Kathgodam-Dehradun Express will depart from Najibabad and Dehradun-Kathgodam Express will depart from Najibabad. Subedarganj-Dehradun Express will run up to Laksar and Dehradun-Subedarganj Express will run from Laksar.

arrangements for passengers

According to media reports, Dehradun Railway Station Superintendent Ravindra Kumar said that complete arrangements have been made to ensure that passengers do not face any kind of problem during this period. Alternative arrangements have also been made for the passengers to reach the respective stations. Passengers who were planning to travel from Dehradun or Rishikesh are advised to check their journey dates and reach the concerned station on time.​

This is not the first time that Dehradun station is being closed for renovation. The station was also extensively renovated in 2019–20, when the station was closed from 10 November 2019 to 8 February 2020. Even during that time, trains were run from Haridwar and Hararwala.