TORRENTIAL RAIN DISRUPTS SER TRAIN SERVICES

In view of water logging at Howrah, Tikiapara and Santragachi Yards due to torrential rain since last night, train services in Howrah-Kharagpur section of South Eastern Railway have been affected from early morning today(01.08.2015). Consequently, the following train services have been rescheduled/short terminated/short originated/cancelled:-

RESCHEDULING OF TRAINS o­n 01.08.2015

·Train No 18645 Howrah-Hyderabad East Coast Express will leave Howrah at 13.50 hrs instead of 11.45 hrs.

· Train No 12860 Howrah-Mumbai Gitanjali Express will leave Howrah at 15.50 hrs instead of 13.50 hrs.

CANCELLATION OF EMU LOCALS :

· Train No 38409/38424 Howrah-Panskura EMU Local

· Train No 38411/38426 Howrah-Panskura EMU Local

· Train No 38105/38106 Howrah-Uluberia EMU Local

· Train No 38601/38602 Howrah-Kolaghat EMU Local

· Train No 38303/38314 Howrah-Mecheda EMU Local

SHORT TERMINATION OF TRAINSAT SANTRAGACHI INSTEAD OF HOWRAH

· Train No 38204 Bagnan-Howrah EMU Local

· Train No 38906 Amta-Howrah EMU Local

· Train No 38708 Kharagpur-Howrah EMU Local

· Train No 38908 Amta-Howrah EM U Local

· Train No 38706 Kharagpur- Howrah EM U Local

· Train No 68002 Jaleswar- HowrahMEMU Passenger

· Train No 38420 Panskura-HowrahEMU Local

· Train No 58004 Bhadrak-Howrah Passenger

· Train No 58016 Adra-Howrah Passenger

SHORT ORIGINATION OF EMU LOCALS FROM SANTRAGACHI INSTEAD OF HOWRAH

· Train No 38811 Howrah-Midnapur EMU local

· Train No 38711Howrah- Kharagpur EMU Local

This apart, six mail/express trains viz., Train No 12021 Howrah-Barbil Jan Shatabdi Express, Train No 12821 Howrah-Puri Dhauli Express, Train No 12857 Howrah-Digha Tamralipta Express, Train No 12871 Howrah-Titlagarh Ispat Express and Train No 12703 Howrah-Secuderabad Falaknuma Express, Train No 12222 Howrah-Pune Duronto Express and 10 number of EMU Locals left Howrah behind schedule.

ACTION TAKEN TO RESTORE NORMALCY OF TRAIN MOVEMENT

The South Eastern Railway authorities have already deployed its full team to keep watch o­n the situation and pushed adequate number of staff into action at Tikiapara to run trains taking into consideration the safety aspect. Five High Power Pumps are utilized to drain out the rain water from Railway track at Howrah, Tikiapara and Santragachi Yards with a view to restore normalcy in movement of trains.