Indian Railways Cancels Over 200 Trains In SER Division

By OB Bureau On Jun 29, 2024

New Delhi: The Indian Railways on Saturday cancelled over 200 trains due to ongoing maintenance work on South Eastern Railway’s (SER) Kharagpur Division.

The trains are expected to remain cancelled till June 29.

“In view of Pre-Non Interlocking and Non Interlocking works (from 29.06.2024 to 06.07.2024) at Andul Station of Kharagpur Division in connection with connectivity of Sankrail-Santragachi Link Line with Andul station,” said the zonal railway in an official statement mentioning the cancellation of trains.

Cancelled trains

From June 30 to July 2, and July 6:

12857/12858 Howrah-Digha-Howrah Tamralipta Express

12021/12022 Howrah-Barbil-Howrah Jan Shatabdi Express

12883/12884 Santragachi-Purulia-Howrah Express

July 5:

Howrah-Chakradharpur/Bokaro Steel City Express (18011/18013)

Jagdalpur-Howrah Samaleswari Express

July 6:

Chakradharpur/Bokaro Steel City-Howrah Express (18012/18014)

Howrah-Jagdalpur Samaleswari Express

Sambalpur-Shalimar Express

Diverted trains

The following trains will be diverted via Asansol-Adra-Midnapore-Hijli-Bhadrak on the specified dates:

12508 Silchar-Thiruvananthapuram Express, journey commencing on July 4.

22504 Dibrugarh-Kanniyakumari Express, journeys commencing on June 29, 30, July 2, and July 4.

22502 New Tinsukia-SMVT Bengaluru Express.

12510 Guwahati-SMVT Bengaluru Express, journeys commencing on June 30 and July 1.

12516 Silchar-Coimbatore Express, journey commencing on July 2.

Rescheduled trains

18616 Hatia-Howrah Express journey commencing on July 1 will leave Hatia at 22.30 hrs.

18616 Hatia-Howrah Express journey commencing on July 5 will leave Hatia at 23.30 hrs.

18014/18012 Bokaro Steel City/Chakradharpur-Howrah Express journey commencing on July 2 will leave Bokaro Steel City at 22.00 hrs / Chakradharpur at 20.35 hrs.

38051 Howrah-Haldia Local journey commencing on June 30 will leave Howrah at 06.00 hrs.

38051 Howrah-Haldia Local journey commencing on July 1 will leave Howrah at 06.45 hrs.

12262 Howrah-CSMT Mumbai Duronto Express journey commencing on July 1 will leave Howrah at 07.00 hrs.

22895 Howrah-Puri Vande Bharat Express journey commencing on July 1 will leave Howrah at 07.10 hrs.

12222 Howrah-Pune Duronto Express journey commencing on July 6 will leave Howrah at 07.30 hrs.

22895 Howrah-Puri Vande Bharat Express journey commencing on July 6 will leave Howrah at 07.40 hrs

Meanwhile, on July 6, several trains passing through Kharagpur are scheduled for termination or short operation. These include the Bhadrak-Howrah-Bhadrak Baghajatin Express (Train numbers 18044/18043), the Adra-Howrah-Adra Rani Shiromoni Express (Train numbers 18004/18003), and the Bhanjpur-Shalimar-Bhanjpur Special (Train numbers 08008/08007).

These adjustments are part of the planned modifications to their routes and schedules. Passengers are advised to check with railway authorities or online platforms for updated information regarding their travel plans on this day.