ECoR cancels, short-terminates, diverts 23 trains passing through Odisha’s Balasore

Bhubaneswar: East Coast Railway (ECoR) today cancelled, short terminated and diverted at least 23 trains passing through Balasore as train movement was disrupted and passengers were stranded after a large chunk of soil got washed away from under a railway track in the district.

Due to incessant rain resulting in a Bank Slip between Balasore and Haldipada railway stations and in view of related maintenance work for early restoration, the train services have been regulated as follows-

Cancellation of Trains:

1. 08032/08031 Bhadrak-Balasore-Bhadrak MEMU Special will remain cancelled on 04.10.2023.
2. 08064 Bhadrak-Kharagpur MEMU Special will remain cancelled on 04.10.2023.
3. 08063 Kharagpur-Bhadrak Special will remain cancelled on 05.10.2023.
4. 18037 Kharagpur-Jajpur Keonjhar Road Express will remain cancelled on 04.10.2023.
5. 18038 Jajpur Keonjhar Road-Kharagpur Express will remain cancelled on 05.10.2023.
6. 18043 Howrah-Bhadrak Express will remain cancelled on 04.10.2023.
7. 18044 Bhadrak-Howrah Express will remain cancelled on 05.10.2023.
8. 12277 Howrah-Puri Shatabdi Express will remain cancelled on 04.10.2023.
9. 12278 Puri-Howrah Shatabdi Express will remain cancelled on 05.10.2023.
10. 18409 Shalimar-Puri Sri Jagannath Express will remain cancelled on 04.10.2023.
11. 18410 Puri-Shalimar Sri Jagannath Express will remain cancelled on 04.10.2023.
12. 12841 Shalimar-MGR Chennai Coromandel Express will remain cancelled on 04.10.2023.
13. 22831 Howrah-Sri Sathya Sai Prasanthi Nilayam Express will remain cancelled on 04.10.2023.
14. 22835 Shalimar-Puri Express will remain cancelled on 04.10.2023.
15. 18022 Khurda Road-Kharagpur Express will remain cancelled on 04.10.2023.
16. 12892 Puri-Bangriposi Express will remain cancelled on 04.10.2023.
17. 20831 Shalimar-Sambalpur Express will remain cancelled on 04.10.2023.
18. 12837 Howrah-Puri Express will remain cancelled on 04.10.2023.

Short Termination and Origination of Trains:

1. 18038 Jajpur Keonjhar Road-Kharagpur Express, journey commencing on 04.10.2023 will be short-terminated at Balasore.
2. 08063 Kharagpur-Bhadrak MEMU Special, journey commencing on 04.10.2023 will be short-terminated at Rupsa.
3. 08416 Puri-Jaleswar MEMU Special, journey commencing on 04.10.2023 will be short-terminated at Bhadrak.
4. 08415 Jaleswar-Puri MEMU Special, journey commencing on 04.10.2023 will be short originated from Bhadrak.

Diversion of Train:

1. 18477 Puri-Yog Nagari Rishikesh Express, journey commencing on 04.10.2023 will run on a diverted route via Sambalpur City-Jharsuguda Road-Ib Stations.

Worth mentioning, the Bhadrak-Kharagpur Memu passenger train was halted near Amara bridge close to Haldipada station as there was a breach in the downline after soil from under the railway track got washed away following incessant rains.

Consequently, the plying of all trains on that route remained suspended while those commuting on the upline had to slow down and move at 10 km/hour.