Kolkata: With Severe Cyclonic Storm Remal expected to make landfall between the coasts of West Bengal and Bangladesh on Sunday midnight, all fights at Kolkata airport have been suspended from Sunday noon to 9 am on Monday.
A total of 394 flights, arrival and departure, in both international and domestic sectors would not operate to and fro the airport during the flight suspension period, an Airports Authority of India (AAI) spokesperson told PTI.
The Indian Railways has also cancelled many long-distance and suburban trains.
The Eastern Railway has cancelled many trains that link Kolkata with South 24-Parganas and North 24-Parganas. Trains on the Sealdah South section and the Barasat-Hasnabad link on the Sealdah North section have also been suspended from 11 pm on Sunday to 6 am on Monday. Likewise, in Howrah division, more than a dozen trains on the Howrah-Bandel section have been cancelled, the Telegraph reported.
The South Eastern Railway has also cancelled the Kandari Express on Sunday and some MEMU and EMU services to and from Digha on Sunday and Monday, India Today reported.
However, the Digha-Puri Superfast Weekly Train will operate from Kharagpur instead of Digha on Sunday, Zee Business reported.
Trains Cancelled on Sunday
- Lakshmikantapur – Namkhana section: Train Number 34914 DN/34935 UP
- Sealdah – Lakshmikantapur section: Train Number 34754 DN/34757 UP
- Sealdah – Budge Badge section: Train Number 34166 DN/34165 UP
- Sealdah – Canning section: Train Number 34554 DN/34557 UP
- Sealdah – Diamond Harbour section: Train Number 34860DN/34859 UP
- Howrah-Digha Kandari Express: Train Number 22897
- Panskura-Digha EMU Passenger Special: Train Number 08137
- Panskura-Digha EMU Passenger Special: Train Number 08139
- Digha-Howrah Kandari Express: Train number 22898
Trains Cancelled on Monday
- Lakshmikantapur – Namkhana section: Train Number 34914 DN/34935 UP, 34916 DN/34937 UP, 34981 UP
- Sealdah – Lakshmikantapur section: Train Number 34712 DN/34711 UP, 34714 DN/34713 UP, 34716 DN/34715 UP, 34717 UP
- Sealdah – Diamond Harbour section: Train Number 34812 DN/34811 UP, 34814 DN/34813 UP, 34816 DN/34815 UP
- Sealdah – Canning section: Train Number 34352 DN/34511 UP, 34354 DN/34513 UP
- Sealdah – Sonarpur section: Train Number 34412 DN/34411 UP
- Sealdah Budge Budge section: Train Number 34112 DN/34111 UP, 34114 DN/34113 UP
- Sealdah – Baruipur section: Train Number 34612 DN/34611 UP, 34614 DN/34613 Up
- Sealdah/Barasat – Hasnabad section: Train Number 33511 UP/33512 DN, 33311 UP/33514 DN, 33313 UP/33312 DN
- Digha-Panskura EMU Passenger Special: Train Number 08136
- Digha-Panskura EMU Passenger Special: Train Number 08138
Local trains Rescheduled for Monday
- Train Numbers 34515 & 34517 will depart from Canning at 06:00 hrs. & 06:20 hours respectively
- Train Number 34791 will depart from Namkhana at 06:00 hrs.
- Train Numbers 34817 & 34819 will depart from Diamond Harbour at 05:50 hrs. & 06:00 hours respectively
