Railways cancels several trains amid continuous rain; Check list
India | July 17, 2023 19:01 ISTSeveral trains were diverted, cancelled, or short-terminated due to waterlogging and continuous rain in the northern part of the country.
Several trains were diverted, cancelled, or short-terminated due to waterlogging and continuous rain in the northern part of the country.
Trains cancellation: The Indian Railways cancelled up to 242 trains that were supposed to leave on Thursday due to operational, maintenance, and weather-related reasons, with 87 partially cancelled.
Meanwhile, the national capital witnessed yet another morning of shivering cold as Safdarjung and Palam recorded a minimum temperature of 4.6 degrees and 6.0 degrees Celsius respectively, according to India Meteorological Department on Tuesday.
Odisha train derails: The officials from East Coast Railway said that the incident took place at about 6:44 am when some people were waiting at the platform for a passenger train.
Agitators set ablaze Taregana railway station in Bihar during a bandh on Saturday and vandalised Ludhiana railway station in Punjab, as protesters continued to target railway properties on the fourth day of the stir and blocked roads and rail tracks in several states
The cancellation of passenger trains will facilitate putting a total of 533 coal rakes on duty.
A passenger at the railway station said that he wanted to visit his family on an urgent basis but could not do so as his train got cancelled.
"We were asked to vacate the train as they said that the train won't go forward. I have come to cancel my ticket," said a passenger.
Indian Railways has cancelled or short terminated some trains in Mumbai due to massive flooding on the rail tracks, hampering the daily lives of people.
Rains wreaked havoc in Maharashtra on Thursday with about 6,000 passengers getting stranded as train services on the Konkan Railway route in Ratnagiri district were suspended after a river overflowed following heavy rains.
Indian Railways recently announced the cancellation of 26 trains on several routes.
Northern Railways on Monday released a list of trains that will remain canceled due to maintenance work.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday predicted that the cyclone Yaas is going to intensity into a 'very severe cyclonic storm' in the next 12 hours.
In view of the impending Cyclone Yaas, Indian Railways on Saturday notified the temporary cancellation of special trains.
Train No 04321 Bareily - Bhuj, train No 01466 Jabalpur - Somnath, train No 04678 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra - Hapa, train No 01192 Pune - Bhuj, train No 09238 Rewa - Rajkot, train No 09240 Bilaspur - Hapa, train No 09572 Bhavnagar - Surendranagar, train No 09513 Rajkot - Veraval, train No 09503 Surendranagar - Bhavnagar, and train No 09514 Veraval - Rajkot.
The cancellation comes in the wake of reduced passenger traffic due to rapid increase in COVID-19 cases across the country.
The Northern Railway has cancelled several trains due to the ongoing agitation by Punjab farmers.
A day after the Railways resumed train services in Punjab, the farmers on Tuesday blocked the railway track at the Jandiala railway station in Amritsar district. Following the fresh blockade, the trains are being diverted.
At least 41 trains were cancelled, while 11 trains were short terminated in Punjab as farmers' body continues protest against the Centre's farm laws. Mostly, trains on the New Delhi-Katra route have been affected, a release by the Northern Railway said.
The Indian Railways subsidiary, Indian Rail Catering and Tourism Corporation or IRCTC on Wednesday urged to the people not to cancel their e-tickets on their own if their trains being cancelled by the national transporter due to nation-wide lockdown to help curb the spread of deadly novel coronavirus pandemic.
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