Northern Railways has introduced the following changes in their new schedule effective from July 1, 2000:

The timings of following trains have been rescheduled:

• Train 2497 and 4095 have been reverted back to old schedule.
  2497 Shane Punjab will depart New Delhi at 0650 hours instead of 0600 hours. The train will depart Amritsar at 1455 hours instead of 1430 hours.
  Train 4095 Himalayan Queen will depart New Delhi 0600 hours instead of 0610 hours

• Train 4265 Dehradun-Varanasi Express will start 25 minutes early.

• MEMU trains introduced on Lucknow-Kanpur section.
  Trains 2471/ 2473/ 2475/ 2477 Swaraj group of trains will depart New Delhi at 0500 hours instead of 0430 hours.

• Train 5622 N.E. Express will depart New Delhi at 0645 hours instead of 0700 hours.

• Train 2017 New Delhi-Dehradun Shatabdi will depart New Delhi at 0700 hours instead of 0710 hours.

• Train 4790 Bikaner-Delhi Saraj Rohilla Express Bikaner will depart at 0830 hours instead of 0845 hours.

• Train 4710 Link Express will depart Bikaner at 1745 hours instead of 1805 hours.

• Tran 9772 Amritsar-Jaipur Express will depart Amritsar at 1425 hours instead of 1520 hours.

• Trains 5210/5212 Jansewa Express will depart Amritsar at 0550 hours instead of 1110 hours.

Diversion of Trains

9165/9166 Ahmedabad-Muzaffarpur Sabarmati Express and 4649/4650 Saryu Yamuna Express will run via Chhapra-Ballia-Mau instead of Chappra-Bhatni-Mau.
Stoppages on diverted portion: Rasra, Ballia, Suremanpur.

The following trains have been given a new number:  

Old Train No.	Name of Train	New Train No.
2715/16	Amritsar-Nanded-Amritsar Sachkhand Express	2716/2715
4003/4004	Agra Cantt-Nizamuddin Intercity Express	1103/1104
4005/4006	Indore-Nizamuddin Intercity Express	2415/2416
4307/4308	Bareilly-Mughal Sarai Express (Renamed as Mughal Sarai-Kathgodam Exp.)	5015/5016
4521/4522	New Delhi-Sri Ganganagar Intercity Exp	4721/4722
4589/4590	Bhatinda-New Delhi Intercity Exp	4731/4732
4611/4612	Amritsar-Jammu Tawi Exp	4811/4812
4711/4712	Kalka-Sri Ganganagar Exp	4711A/4712A
4711A/4712A	Haridwar-Sri Ganganagar Express	4711/4712
6505/6506	Mysore-Nizamuddin Express	6217/6218
1BA/2BA	Bhatinda-Abohar-Bhatinda Passenger (Renamed as Bhatinda-Sri Ganganar-Bhatinda Passenger)	3SHB/2SHB
2SHB	Sri Ganganagar-Bhatinda Passenger	4SHB
1MK/2MK	Moradabad-Kathgodam-Moradabad Passenger	425/426
1MR/2MR	Moradabad-Ramnagar-Moradabad Passenger	429/428
3MR/4MR	Moradabad-Ramnagar-Moradabad Passenger	431/430
5MR/6MR	Moradabad-Ramnagar-Moradabad Passenger	433/432
7MR/8MR	Moradabad-Ramnagar-Moradabad Passenger	435/434
4DR/1DR	Degana-Ratangarh Passenger (Renamed as Bikaner-Degana-Bikaner Passenger)	1BRD/2BRD
1LP/2LP	Lohian-Khas-Phillour Passenger	1LNP/2LNP
191/192	Jodhpur-Kota Passenger	491/492

The day of departure of following trains have been changed:
(From the starting station)

Train No. & Name	Week days
	Existing	New
2317 Sealdah-Amritsar Express	7	1
2318 Amritsar-Sealdah Express	2	3
2645 Ernakulam-Nizamuddin Express	5	6
2646 H.Nizamuddin-Ernakulam Express	1	2
2715 Nanded-Amritsar Express	1,3,4,5,7	2,3,5,6,7
2716 Amritsar-Nanded Express	1,3,4,5,7	1,2,4,5,7
5011 Trivindrum-(Cochin)-Gorakhpur Express	2,4,5	2,3,7
5012 Gorakhpur-(Cochin)-Trivandrum Express	2,6,7	4,5,7
6217 (6505) Mysore-H Nizamuddin Express	6	5
6218 (6506) H Nizamuddin-Mysore Express	2	1
9263 Porbandar-Delhi Sarai Rohila Express	4	2,6
9264 Delhi Sarai Rohilla-Porbandar Express	6	1,4