The scheduled Bandel Junction traffic and power block for September 13 has passed. The reported operating window was 11:30 AM to 12:45 PM IST. However, the current evidence reviewed after the scheduled end of the block does not provide a direct Eastern Railway restoration notice confirming that every affected local service has returned to normal.
Direct answer: if you are travelling through Bandel later on September 13, do not rely only on the fact that the 12:45 PM block end time has passed. Check your exact train through current Indian Railways or NTES information, railway enquiry 139 or station guidance because individual services can remain cancelled, delayed or affected after a maintenance block ends.
Has the Bandel block ended?
The scheduled 75-minute traffic and power block was reported for September 13 from 11:30 AM to 12:45 PM. That scheduled window has now passed.
This does not by itself prove that every local train immediately returned to its normal timetable at 12:45 PM. Railway maintenance can create knock-on delays or continued service adjustments, and no direct post-block Eastern Railway restoration notice was recovered in the current review.
What should passengers check now?
Check the exact train number
Use your actual local-train number rather than assuming an entire corridor is either cancelled or restored.
Check live railway status
Use current Indian Railways or NTES information, railway enquiry 139 or station information before leaving.
Do not assume 12:45 means instant normalization
The block’s scheduled end time and the actual running state of an individual service are separate questions.
Allow for residual disruption
If your journey is time-sensitive, allow additional margin until your exact service is confirmed.
Which trains were reported cancelled?
Current reporting before the block contained a material discrepancy. Some Eastern Railway-attributed reports described 12 local services as cancelled, while another report citing a railway bulletin listed 18 EMU services.
The detailed 18-train list reported for the September 13 disruption was: 37827, 37829, 37832, 37834, 37235, 37237, 37239, 37242, 37244, 37246, 37651, 37652, 37536, 37535, 37749, 37748, 31151 and 31152.
Because TPS has not recovered the controlling Eastern Railway bulletin directly, neither the 12-service count nor the 18-service count is presented as a fully reconciled official total. Passengers should verify their own train number using current railway information.
Which routes were affected?
Current Eastern Railway-attributed reporting linked the disruption to local services on or connected with the Howrah–Bandel, Howrah–Bardhaman, Howrah–Memari, Bandel–Naihati, Bandel–Katwa and Sealdah–Bardhaman network.
The evidence does not support an all-day shutdown of Bandel Junction or cancellation of every train through the station.
Are services back to normal?
A complete restoration state is not yet established by the evidence reviewed here. The scheduled block period has ended, but a direct current Eastern Railway notice confirming full normalization of the affected local services was not recovered.
Passengers travelling after the block should therefore treat live train status as the controlling answer rather than the earlier cancellation list alone.
Why did reports disagree on the cancellation total?
The block timing was consistent across the reviewed reports, but the cancellation total was not. One set of reports described 12 cancelled local services, while another detailed report listed 18 train numbers.
That discrepancy matters less once the block has passed because the current passenger question is whether a specific train is running now. The safest decision point is the live status of the exact service.
Verification note
TPS rechecked current Eastern Railway-attributed reporting after the scheduled 12:45 PM block end. The evidence continues to support the September 13 11:30–12:45 Bandel block and multiple local cancellations, but TPS did not recover a direct post-block Eastern Railway restoration notice confirming complete service normalization.
Limitations and unresolved facts
- The direct Eastern Railway operating bulletin for the September 13 block was not recovered.
- The reported cancellation total remains inconsistent across current sources.
- No direct post-block Eastern Railway restoration notice confirming all affected services are normal was recovered in this review.
- Individual train running status can change after publication and must be checked through current railway information.