Balasore Overbridge Mishap: One Train Cancelled, Five Diverted

Train services have been affected on Balasore route after a beam of an overbridge under construction fell on the tracks near Sobharampur railway crossing in the district on Sunday.

The Over Head Equipment (OHE) were also damaged in the mishap, disrupting train traffic.

With the lines blocked and OHE damaged, the ECoR in release informed about trains that had to be cancelled, diverted and controlled enroute.

TRAINS DIVERTED
1. 22811 Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express via Jakhpura-Jaroli-Adra
2. 12551 Yeshvantpur-Kamakhya Express via Jakhpur-Jaroli-Adra
3. 12875 Puri-Anand Vihar Terminal Neelachal Express via Jakhpura-Jaroli-Tata
4. 12245 Howrah-Yeshvantpur Duronto Express via Kharagpur-Tata-Jaroli-Jakhpura
5. 12504 Agartala-Bangalore Cant Express via Kharagapur-Tata-Jaroli-Jakhpura

TRAINS RESCHEDULED
1. 12819 Bhubaneswar-Anand Vihar Terminal Express re-scheduled at 1800 hrs.
2. 12822 Puri-Howrah Dhauli Express re-scheduled at 1800 hrs
3. 03102 Puri-Sealdah Special re-scheduled at 1945 hrs

TRAINS SHORT-TERMINATED
1. 12821 Howrah-Puri Dhauli Express short-terminated at Basta station and returned as a special train towards Howrah.
2. 68409 Khargapur-Bhadrak MEMU short-terminated at Haldipada and returned as a passenger special towards Kharagpur.

TRAIN CANCELLED
68050 Bhadrak-Kharagpur MEMU

TRAIN CONTROLLED
12842 Chennai-Howrah Coromandal Express, 12704 Secunderabad-Howrah Falaknuma Express, 18646 Hyderabad-Howrah East Coast Express, 12278 Puri-Howrah Shatabdi Express along with some long distance trains were controlled enroute.