Bhubaneswar: Indian Railway officials Saturday decided to cancel 24 trains due to breaches on railway tracks caused by heavy rains in north-eastern region of the country.
Accordingly, Guwahati-Bangalore Cant. Express (12510), Kamakhya-Bangalore Cant. Humsafar Express (12504), Guwahati-Trivandrum Express (12508), Guwahati-Secunderabad Express (12514), Guwahati-Trivandrum Express (12516), Yesvantpur-Kamakhya AC Express (12551), Kamakhya-Yesvantpur AC Express (12552), Tambaram/Chennai Egmore-Guwahati Express (15629), Guwahati-Chennai Express (15630), Guwahati-Puri Express (15640), Kamakhya-Puri Express (15644), Dibrugarh-Kanyakumari Vivek Express (15906), Dibrugarh-Chennai (15930), New Tinsukia-Bangalore Express (22502), New Jalpaiguri-Chennai Express (22612), Guwahati-Secunderabad Express (07150), Bangalore Cant-Kamakhya Humsafar Express (12503), Bangalore-New Tinsukia Express (22501),Trivandrum-Guwahati Express (12507), Bangalore Cant-Guwahati Express (12509), Puri-Guwahati Express (15639), Puri-Kamakhya Express (15643), Chennai Central-New Jalpaiguri Express (22611) and Tambaram/Chennai Egmore-Dibrugarh Express (15929) were cancelled.
Meanwhile, the Railways decided to run some special trains for the affected passengers. According to officials, Santragachhi-Kanyakumari Special (06906), Howrah-Bangalore Special (06554), Secunderabad-Howrah Special (02513), Howrah-Secunderabad Special (02514), Secunderabad-Howrah Special (07149), Santragachhi-Secunderabad Special (07183), Bangalore Cant-Howrah Express (06531), Howrah-Bangalore Cant Express (6532), Yesvantpur-Howrah Express (06549), Howrah-Yesvantpur Express (06550), Bangalore-Howrah Express (02523), Howrah-Bangalore Express (02524), Trivandrum-Howrah Express (06515) and Howrah-Trivandrum Express (06516) will run as special trains for the affected passengers.
This apart, Railways decided to restore the service of CST Mumbai-Bhubaneswar-CST-Mumbai Konark Express (11019/11010) from Bhubaneswar from Sunday. However, the officials have cancelled the service of Puri-New Delhi Neelachal Express from Puri, Sunday due to safety-related modernisation work at New Delhi.
