India, Oct. 9 -- Nearly two dozen trains connecting Uttar Pradesh with New Delhi have been cancelled ahead of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest at Jantar Mantar on Saturday, disrupting rail services for passengers travelling to the national capital.

The North Central Railway (NCR), Northern Railway (NR), and North Eastern Railway (NER) between Uttar Pradesh and Delhi have been cancelled amid the Delhi protest of October 10. These include prominent trains such as Shatabdi and Tejas.

However, the Railways has not cited the protest as the reason for this mass cancellation.

NER cancelled 16 mail, express, and passenger trains on October 9 and 10 following a traffic advisory warning of heavy traffic congestion and road jams around New...