Virendra Gahwai, Bilaspur. Citing development work, the Railways has again cancelled 50 trains passing through Chhattisgarh. These trains will not run on different days from 19 June to 10 July. Due to this, passengers travelling to Kolkata, Bihar, Delhi, Punjab, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh will have to face problems.
According to the railway administration, the operation of trains has been cancelled due to development work in Bhopal division of West Central Railway and Bilaspur division of South East Central Railway. Work is being done to connect Malkhedi-Mahadevkhedi railway stations of Bhopal Railway Division with another railway line. This work will run from 16 June to 10 July.
Cancelled trains of South East Central Railway
Train number 20971 Udaipur-Shalimar Express leaving from Udaipur on 29 June and 06 July will remain cancelled. Train number 20972 Shalimar-Udaipur Express leaving from Shalimar on 30 June and 07 July will remain cancelled. Train number 20471 Bikaner-Puri Express leaving from Bikaner on 16, 23, 30 June and 07 July will remain cancelled. Train number 20472 Puri-Bikaner Express leaving from Puri on 19, 26 June and 03, 10 July will remain cancelled. Train number 22830 Shalimar-Bhuj Express leaving from Shalimar on 29 June and 06 July will remain cancelled. Train number 22829 Bhuj-Shalimar Express leaving from Bhuj on 02 and 09 July will remain cancelled. Train number 18573 Visakhapatnam-Bhagat Ki Kothi Express leaving from Visakhapatnam on 27 June and 04 July will remain cancelled. Train number 18574 Bhagat Ki Kothi-Visakhapatnam Express leaving from Bhagat Ki Kothi on 29 June and 06 July will remain cancelled. Train number 20807 Visakhapatnam-Amritsar Express leaving from Visakhapatnam on 05, 06 and 09 July will remain cancelled. Train number 20808 Amritsar-Bhagat Ki Kothi Express leaving from Amritsar on 06, 07 and 10 July will remain cancelled. Train number 08475 Puri-Nizamuddin Special train leaving from Puri on 14, 21 and 28 June will remain cancelled. Train number 08476 Nizamuddin-Puri Special train leaving from Nizamuddin on 15, 22 and 29 June will remain cancelled. Train number 18236 Bilaspur-Bhopal Express leaving from Bilaspur from 14 June to 09 July will remain cancelled. Train number 18235 Bhopal- Bilaspur Express leaving from Bhopal from 16 June to 11 July will remain cancelled. Train number 18207 Durg-Ajmer Express leaving from Durg on 01 and 08 July will remain cancelled. Train number 18208 Ajmer-Durg Express leaving from Ajmer on 02 and 09 July will remain cancelled. Train number 18213 Durg-Ajmer Express leaving from Durg on 30 June and 07 July will remain cancelled. Train number 18214 Ajmer-Durg Express leaving from Ajmer on 01 and 08 July will remain cancelled. Train number 12549 Durg-Shaheed Captain Tushar Mahajan (Udhampur) Express leaving from Durg on 09 July will remain cancelled. Train number 12450 Shaheed Captain Tushar Mahajan (Udhampur)-Durg Express leaving from Shaheed Captain Tushar Mahajan (Udhampur) on 11th July will remain cancelled. Train number 20847 Durg-Shaheed Captain Tushar Mahajan (Udhampur) Express leaving from Durg on 03rd July will remain cancelled. Train number 20848 Shaheed Captain Tushar Mahajan (Udhampur)-Durg Express leaving from Shaheed Captain Tushar Mahajan (Udhampur) on 05th July will remain cancelled. Train number 22867 Durg-Nizamuddin Express leaving from Durg on 05th and 09th July will remain cancelled. Train number 22868 Nizamuddin-Durg Express leaving from Nizamuddin on 06th and 10th July will remain cancelled. Train number 22408 Nizamuddin-Ambikapur Express leaving from Nizamuddin on 09th July will remain cancelled. Train number 22407 Ambikapur- Nizamuddin Express leaving from Ambikapur on 11th July will remain cancelled. Train number 22169 Rani Kamalapati-Santragachi Express leaving from Rani Kamalapati on 03rd and 10th July will remain cancelled. Train number 22170 Santragachi Rani Kamalapati- Express leaving from Santragachi on 04th and 11th July will remain cancelled.
Trains running on diverted routes
Train number 12823 Durg-Nizamuddin Sampark Kranti Express leaving from Durg on 06 and 08 July will run via diverted route New Katni–Katni-Ohan Cabin-Veerangana Laxmibai Jhansi Junction. Train number 12824 Nizamuddin-Durg Sampark Kranti Express leaving from Nizamuddin on 05, 07 and 09 July will run via diverted route–Veerangana Laxmibai Jhansi Junction-Ohan Cabin- Katni-New Katni.
Similarly, work will be done to connect Kotarliya railway station of Bilaspur railway division of South East Central Railway to National Thermal Power Corporation Talaipalli mines line. This non-interlocking work is being done from 22 to 30 June.
Trains to be cancelled due to this work
08737 Raigarh-Bilaspur MEMU Passenger Special running from Raigarh from 25 to 30 June will remain cancelled. 08738 Bilaspur-Raigarh MEMU Passenger Special running from Bilaspur from 2.25 to 30 June will remain cancelled. 08736 Bilaspur-Raigarh MEMU Passenger Special running from Bilaspur from 24 to 29 June will remain cancelled. 08735 Raigarh-Bilaspur MEMU Passenger Special running from Raigarh from 25 to 30 June will remain cancelled. 18113 Tatanagar-Bilaspur Express running from Tatanagar from 24 to 29 June will remain cancelled. 18114 Bilaspur-Tatanagar Express running from Bilaspur from 25 to 30 June will remain cancelled. 18109 Tatanagar-Neta Subhash Chandra Bose (Itwari) Express running from Tatanagar from 25 to 30 June will remain cancelled. 18110 Subhash Chandra Bose (Itwari)-Tatanagar Express running from Neta Subhash Chandra Bose (Itwari) will remain cancelled from 25 to 30 June. 20828 Santragachi-Jabalpur Express running from Santragachi will remain cancelled on 26 June. 20827 Jabalpur-Santragachi Express running from Jabalpur will remain cancelled on 27 June. 17007 Secunderabad-Darbhanga Express running from Secunderabad will remain cancelled on 25 and 29 June. 17008 Darbhanga-Secunderabad Express running from Darbhanga will remain cancelled on 28 June and 02 July. 20822 Santragachi-Pune Express running from Santragachi on 29 June will remain cancelled. 20821 Pune-Santragachi-Pune Express running from Pune on 01 July will remain cancelled. 12880 Bhubaneswar-Kurla Express running from Bhubaneswar will remain cancelled on 24th and 27th June. 12879 Kurla-Bhubaneswar Express running from Kurla will remain cancelled on 26th and 29th June. 22843 Bilaspur-Patna Express running from Bilaspur will remain cancelled on 28th June. 22844 Patna-Bilaspur Express running from Patna will remain cancelled on 30th June. 12130 Howrah-Pune Azad Hind Express running from Howrah will remain cancelled from 25th to 30th June. 12129 Pune-Howrah Azad Hind Express running from Pune will remain cancelled from 27th June to 02nd July. 12101 LTT-Shalimar Super Deluxe Express running from LTT will remain cancelled on 24th, 25th, 28th and 29th June. 12102 Shalimar – LTT Super Deluxe Express running from Shalimar will remain cancelled on 26, 27, 30 June and 01 July.
middle terminating carriage
08861/ 08862 Gondia-Jharsuguda-Gondia MEMU Passenger Special running from Gondia and Jharsuguda from 25th to 30th June will remain cancelled between Bilaspur and Jharsuguda.
trains departing late
On 24th and 25th June, 18478 Yoganagari Rishikesh-Puri Utkal Express running from Yoganagari Rishikesh will depart with a delay of 03 hours 30 minutes. On 26th June, 18477 Puri-Yoganagari Rishikesh Utkal Express running from Puri will depart with a delay of 03 hours 30 minutes. On 25th and 26th June, 13287 Durg-Ara South Bihar Express running from Durg will depart with a delay of 03 hours 30 minutes.
Trains running on diverted routes
12860 Howrah-Mumbai Geetanjali Express running from Howrah from 24 to 29 June will run via Jharsuguda-Titlagarh-Raipur. 12859 Mumbai-Howrah Geetanjali Express running from Mumbai from 26 June to 01 July will run via Raipur-Titlagarh-Jharsuguda. 12905 Porbandar-Shalimar Express running from Porbandar on 26 June and 27 June will run via Raipur-Titlagarh-Jharsuguda. 12906 Shalimar-Porbandar Express running from Shalimar on 28 June and 29 June will run via Jharsuguda-Titlagarh-Raipur. 22846 Hatia-Pune Express running from Hatia on 24 June and 28 June will run via Jharsuguda-Titlagarh-Raipur. 22845 Pune-Hatia Express running from Pune on 26th and 30th June will run via Raipur-Titlagarh-Jharsuguda.
