Updated: Sun, 30 Nov 2025 08:41 (IST) Varanasi-Gonda Intercity Express will be canceled on 1 December. The Railway Administration has taken this decision due to unavoidable reasons, which will cause inconvenience to the passengers. Passengers traveling between Gonda and Varanasi will have to look for alternative means. Travelers are requested to keep this cancellation in mind when planning their trip. Gonda-Varanasi Intercity Express will be canceled on December 1. Samvad Sutra, Ambedkar Nagar. Once the fog sets in, the operation of trains is affected. Gonda-Varanasi Intercity Express up-down train passing through Akbarpur railway station will remain canceled on Monday. In recent years, due to fog, its operation was stopped for a long time. This time, however, it has not yet been decided how long this train will remain cancelled. Remove Advertisement Only Read News Passengers going to Varanasi and Ayodhya got a big shock. Passengers will now have to travel from Ayodhya to Varanasi by private vehicles, road buses, autos. Jaan Jo Humsafar and additional fare will have to be paid. Every day the train from Ayodhya Junction via Gosaiganj, Katehari Station reaches Akbarpur Railway Station at 9.40 am. Again from Varanasi it reaches Akbarpur railway station at 5.30 pm. In such a situation, due to the cancellation of the train, school students, working professionals, businessmen visiting Ayodhya, Varanasi will also have to face problems. Gonda-Varanasi Express has been operating for many years. Last year, the train was also canceled by the Railway Board in December, after which it was put back into operation in February. Most people from Ayodhya, Varanasi and Gonda districts work in district headquarters, private offices and schools. Those who travel intercity every day. After working all day, they take the train again in the evening and leave for home. Hundreds of devotees go to Ayodhya to have darshan of Ramlala and to Varanasi to have darshan of Lord Bholenath on Friday and Monday. It is very convenient to travel from Ayodhya to Varanasi by train at low fare. Daily commuters Divyanshu Gupta, Umesh Kumar, Jitendra Manoj Kumar expressed disappointment over the cancellation of the train, Durgesh of Katehri said that Ayodhya remains easy for the hearing date. Ankit Yadav from Akbarpur is a student of Ayodhya Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia University. On holidays we get trains to get home on time, we used to get home at low fares. Intercity Express Up-Down train will remain canceled on Monday. No information has been received from the Railway Board as to when it will remain cancelled. However, last year the train was also canceled for two months from December 1. – Vinod Kumar, Station Superintendent Akbarpur.