Bhubaneswar: With cyclone Titli damaging railway structures at many places, East Coast Railway (ECoR) Thursday cancelled six trains and rescheduled many others besides gearing up to restore normal services.
After making landfall near Palasa in Andhra Pradesh, very severe cyclone Titli caused extensive damage to station buildings, platform shelters and foot overbridges at various places, an ECoR spokesman said.
He said signal poles and overhead electric masts were damaged at several places between Palasa and Kottabomali stations. Electricity feed to overhead masts was also affected between Berhampur and Kottabomali.
Multiple incidents of uprooted trees and branches falling on tracks were reported from various places, blocking rail lines.
Railway teams, including track specialists, bridge engineers and overhead electricity engineers were rushed to the spots for a detailed study of the impact of cyclone Titli between Brahmapur-Palasa and Palasa-Kottabomali.
In view of the extensive damage to railway properties, ECoR cancelled six trains including 22819/22820 Bhubaneswar-Visakhapatnam-Bhubaneswar Inter City Express from both the directions Thursday.
Similarly, 22874 Visakhapatnam-Digha Express from Visakhapatnam and 18645 Howrah-Hyderabad East Coast Express from Howrah were also cancelled Thursday, the official added.
Train services will be reviewed and decision will be taken according to the circumstances, railway sources said.
