Visakhapatnam: As many as 33 trains have been cancelled and six others rescheduled till now after the mishap in which two trains collided in Andhra Pradesh's Vizianagaram leaving 13 persons dead, East Coast Railway officials informed on Monday.
Biswajit Sahu, Chief Public Relations Official, East Coast Railway, Bhubaneshwar confirmed that a total of 33 trains have been cancelled, 24 trains were diverted and 11 were partially cancelled following the accident involving the collision between two passenger trains between Kantakapalle and Alamanada Stations of Waltair Division.
Cancellation of Trains:
Train No. 08527 Raipur-Visakhapatnam passenger, scheduled to leave Raipur on October 30, 2023, has been cancelled.
Train No. 08528 Visakhapatnam-Raipur Passenger, departing from Visakhapatnam on October 30, 2023, has also been cancelled.
Train No. 18518 Visakhapatnam-Korba Express leaving Visakhapatnam on 29.10.2023 will be cancelled.
Train No. 18517 Korba- Visakhapatnam Express leaving Korba on 30.10.2023 will be cancelled.
Train No. 22810 Visakhapatnam-Paradeep Express leaving Visakhapatnam on 29.10.2023 will be cancelled.
Train No. 22809 Paradeep- Visakhapatnam Express leaving Paradeep on 30.10.2023 will be cancelled.
Train No.08503 Rayagada- Visakhapatnam Leaving Rayagada on 30.10.2023 will be cancelled.
Train No.08531 Palasa- Visakhapatnam Leaving Palasa on 30.10.2023 will be cancelled.
Train No.08522 Visakhapatnam-Gunupur Leaving Vishakhapatnam on 30.10.2023 will be cancelled.
Train No.08521 Gunupur- Visakhapatnam Leaving Gunupur on 30.10.2023 will be cancelled.
Train No.07469 Vizianagaram - Visakhapatnam MEMU Special Leaving Vizianagaram on 30.10.2023 will be cancelled.
Diversion of Trains:
Several trains have been rerouted via alternative routes to mitigate the impact of the accident. The affected trains include:
Train No. 03357 Barauni-Coimbatore Special Express, which departed from Barauni on October 28, 2023.
Train No. 18189 Tata-Ernakulam Express, leaving Tata on October 29, 2023.
Train No. 11020 Bhubaneswar-CST Mumbai-Konark Express, departing from Bhubaneswar on October 29, 2023.
Train No. 12703 Howrah-Secunderabad Falaknuma Express, leaving Howrah on October 29, 2023.
Train No. 12245 Howrah-SVM Bengaluru Duranto Express, departing from Howrah on October 29, 2023.
Train No. 22808 MGR Chennai Central- Santragachhi leaving MGR Chennai Central on 29.10.2023 is diverted to run via Vijayawada-Nagpur-Raipur-Jharsuguda- Kharagpur
Train No. 18046 Hyderabad- Shalimar express leaving Hyderabad on 29.10.2023 will run in a diverted route via Vijayawada-Nagpur-Raipur-Jharsuguda- Kharagpur
Train No. 22641 Trivandrum Central- Shalimar express leaving Trivandrum Central on 28.10.2023 will run in a diverted route via Vijayawada-Nagpur-Raipur-Jharsuguda- Kharagpur
Train No.12504 Agartala-SMV Bengaluru express leaving Agartala on 28.10.2023 will be run in a diverted route via Vizianagaram-Titlagarh-Raipur-Nagpur-Kazipet-Vijayawada
Train No. 18045 Shalimar-Hyderabad East Coast express leaving Shalimar on 29.10.2023 will run in diverted route via Vizianagaram-Titlagarh-Raipur-Nagpur-Kazipet-Vijayawada
Train No. 22855 Santragachhi-Tirupati express leaving Santragachhi on 29.10.2023 will run in diverted route via Vizianagaram-Titlagarh-Raipur-Nagpur-Kazipet-Vijayawada
Train No. 12841 Shalimar-MGR Chennai Central Coromandal express leaving Shalimar on 29.10.2023 will run in a diverted route via Vizianagaram-Titlagarh-Raipur-Nagpur-Kazipet-Vijayawada
Train No. 12842 MGR Chennai Central- Shalimar Coromandal express leaving MGR Chennai Central on 29.10.2023 will run in diverted route via Vijayawada-Nagpur-Raipur-Jharsuguda- Kharagpur
Trains Short-Terminated:
Train No. 20809 Sambalpur-Nanded, leaving Sambalpur on October 29, 2023, has been short-terminated at Vizianagaram.
Train No. 17479 Puri-Tirupati Express, departing from Puri on October 29, 2023, has been short-terminated at Balugaon.
Train No. 07468 Visakhapatnam-Vizianagaram, leaving Visakhapatnam on October 29, 2023, has been short-terminated at Pendurti.
Train No. 11019 CST Mumbai-Bhubaneswar Konark Express, scheduled to leave CST Mumbai on October 28, 2023, has been short-terminated at Visakhapatnam.
Train No. 11020 Bhubaneswar-CST Mumbai will short originate at Visakhapatnam, departing from there to CST Mumbai.
Train No. 22884 Yesvantpur-Puri express leaving Yesvantpur on 28.10.2023 will be short-terminated at Visakhapatnam
Train No. 22880 Tirupati –Bhubaneswar express leaving Tirupati on 29.10.2023 will be short-terminated at Visakhapatnam.
