Amid heavy rainfall, SCR cancels six trains, diverts nine trains

Hyderabad: In the wake of the heavy rains and many of the railway tracks getting submerged under rainwater at various locations, the South Central Railway has announced cancelling of six trains and diversion of nine other trains on September 1.

According to a notification released by the South Central Railways, the six trains cancelled are Train number 12713 Vijayawada – Secunderabad, 12714 Secunderabad – Vijayawada, 17201 Guntur – Secunderabad, 17233 Secunderabad – Sirpur Kaghaznagar, 12706 Secunderabad – Guntur, 12705 Guntur – Secunderabad.

In addition to this, the nine trains being diverted include train number 20811, 12739, 12759, 03241, 12642, 11019, 11020, 18519 and 12727.The trains diverted include

20811 Visakhapatnam – Nanded diverted via Vijayawada – Guntur – Nalgonda – Pagidipalli with all stoppages between Eluru – Secunderabad being skipped.

12739 Visakhapatnam – Tirupati diverted via Guntur – Nalgonda – Pagidipalli with all stoppages between Vijayawada – Secunderabad being skipped.

12759 Tambaram – Hyderabad diverted via Guntur – Nalgonda – Pagidipalli with all stoppages between Vijayawada – Secunderabad being skipped.

03241 Danapur – Bengaluru diverted via Kazipet – Secunderabad – Sulehallli – Guntakal – Dharmavaram with all stoppages between Balharshah – Bengaluru being skipped.

12642 Nizamuddin – Kanniyakumari diverted via Balharshah – Secunderabad – Sulehalli – Guntakal – Kadapa – Renigunta – Arakkonam – Chennai Beach with all stoppages between Balharshah – Gudur being skipped.

11019 CST Mumbai – Bhubaneswar diverted via Secunderabad – Pagidipalli – Guntur – Vijayawada with all stoppages between Secunderabad – Vijayawada being skipped.

11020 Bhubaneswar – CST Mumbai is diverted via Vijayawada – Guntur – Pagidipalli – Secunderabad with all stoppages between Vijayawada – Secunderabad being skipped.

18519 Visakhapatnam – LTT Mumbai is diverted via Vijayawada – Guntur – Pagidipalli – Secunderabad with all stoppages between Vijayawada – Secunderabad being skipped.

12727 Visakhapatnam – Hyderabad is diverted via Vijayawada – Guntur – Nalgonda – Pagidipalli – Secunderabad with all stoppages between Vijayawada – Secunderabad being skipped.

In order to facilitate passengers with train running information, the South Central Railway has also set some additional helpline numbers for significant railway stations.