Train Schedules Changed Due To Rains

The South Central Railway on Sunday cancelled, partially cancelled, diverted or rescheduled 20 trains in view of over-flowing of water over the railway bridge between Tuni and Gullipadu section on Vijayawada Division due to heavy rains.

According to the SCR, the following trains scheduled on Sunday have been cancelled:

Tirupati?Bilaspur Express,
Vijayawada-Visakhapatnam Ratanachal
Visakhapatnam-Vijayawada Ratanachal Express;
Guntur-Visakhapatnam Simhadri Express
Visakhapatnam- Guntur Simhadri Express
Narasapur-Nidadavolu Link Express
Nidadavolu-Narasapur Link Express
Kakinada ? Visakhapatnam
Vijayawada-Visakhapatnam
Visakhapatnam-Vijayawada
Visakhapatnam-Kakinada passenger
Rajamundry ? Visakhapatnam passenger
Visakhapatnam-Rajamundry

Two trains have been cancelled partially. The Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam Jhanmaboomi, scheduled to depart Secunderabad at 07:10 am on Sunday, was partially cancelled between Tenali and Visakhapatnam.

Similarly, the Visakhapatnam-Secunderabad Janmabhoomi, scheduled to leave Visakhapatnam at 06:00am, was partially cancelled between Visakhapatnam and Tenali, and will run from Tenali till Secunderabad.

As many as six trains via Ballarshah, Nagpur, Bilaspur, Tatanagar and Kharagpur were diverted. They are:
Secunderabad-Guwahati Express
Yesvantpur-Bhagalpur Express
Kanyakumari-Howrah Express
Chennai-Howrah Mail
Villupuram-Puruli Express
Yeswantpur-Howrah Express

The Hyderabad-Howrah East Coast Express, scheduled to depart Hyderabad at 10:00 am, on Sunday was rescheduled to depart at 4pm.

According to the SCR, these changes were made keeping in view safety considerations.

The South Central Railway has set up various Help Lines at all important stations between Vijayawada and Visakhaptanam to convey information on train services. For more details or assistance, passengers can call Vijayawada on 0866-2576796, 2575038 and 2575036; Rajahmundry on 0883-2420541, 2420543; Samarlakota at 0884-2328824 and Tuni at 08854-256552 and 253555. (INN)