Odisha train accident: Several trains cancelled, diverted

Vijayawada: South Central Railway  has cancelled diverted and rescheduled several trains following the major train accident in Odisha's Balasore in which over 200 people were killed.

The trains which were cancelled include  Tirupati-Howrah (20890), SMVT Bengaluru-Kamakhya (12551), SMVT Bengaluru-Howrah (12864) and SMVT Bengaluru-Bhagalpur (12253), Howrah-SMVT Bengaluru (12863), Howrah-Chennai Central (12839), Howrah-Secunderabad (12703), Howrah-SMVT Bengaluru (12245), Shalimar-Hyderabad (18045), SMVT Bengaluru-Guwahati (12509), Chennai Central-Shalimar (12842) and Kanniyakumari-Howrah (1266).

Trains which have been diverted are:atna-Ernakulam (22644) via Adra and Visakhapatnam, Chennai Central-Shalimar (12842) via Sambalpur and Shalimar, Trivandrum Central-Shalimar (22641) via Sambalpur and Shalimar, Hyderabad-Shalimar (18046) via Kapilas Road and Shalimar, Sai Prashanti Nilayam-Howrah (22832) via Kapilas Road and Shalimar, Kanyakumari-Dibrugarh (22503) via Sambalpur and Kharagpur, SMVT Bengaluru-Howrah (12503) via Kapilas Road and Kharagpur, SMVT Bengaluru-Howrah (12864) via Sambalpur and Tata, Chennai Central-Howrah (12840) via Kapilas Road and Howrah, Vasco-da-Gama-Shalimar (18048) via Sambalpur and Shalimar, Shilghat Town-Tambaram (15630) via Asansol and Cuttack and Agartala-Secunderabad (07029) via Kharagpur and Cuttack.

A train running between Secunderabad and Howrah (12704) was partially cancelled between Bhubaneswar-Howrah.

The Hyderabad-Shalimar (18046) train has been rescheduled by 180 minutes, according to a release from SCR on Saturday.

The South Central Railway has opened help line numbers across Andhra Pradesh.

SCR Headquarters, Secunderabad-040-27788516, Vijayawada-0866-2576924, Rajahmundry-0883-2420541, Samalkot-7780741268, Eluru-08812-232267, Tadepalligudem-08818-226212, Bapatla-08643-222178, Tenali-08644-227600, Nellore-08612342028, Ongole-7815909489, Gudur-08624250795, Renigunta-9949198414 and 9493548008 and Tirupati-7815915571 and 9346903954, according to a release from SCR on Saturday.