Highlights:
- Cyclone Fani is expected to affect 19 districts of Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal.
- The Railways has cancelled 103 trains over the next 2 days for passengers’ safety.
- Full refund will be granted for cancelled or diverted trains.
In view of cyclone ‘Fani’, Southern Railways has cancelled at least 103 trains and diverted a few for the safety of passengers.
Some of the trains which have been cancelled include Patna-Ernakulam Express, Howrah-Chennai Central Coromandel Express, Howrah-Hyderabad East Coast Express, New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express, Bhubaneswar-Rameswaram Express.
Here is the list of fully cancelled trains:
- Train No.12841 Howrah – Puratchi Thalaivar Dr MG Ramachandran Central Railway Station Coromandel Express on 2nd May
- Train No.12842 Puratchi Thalaivar Dr MG Ramachandran Central Railway Station – Howrah Coromandel Express on 2nd May at 08.45 hrs.
- Train No.12663 Howrah – Tiruchchirappalli Express on 2nd May
- Train No.12863 Howrah – Yesvantpur Express on 2nd May
- Train No.12839 Howrah – Puratchi Thalaivar Dr MG Ramachandran Central Railway Station Mail on 2nd May
- Train No.22644 Patna – Ernakulam Express on 2nd May
- Train No.06057 Santragachi – Puratchi Thalaivar Dr MG Ramachandran Central Railway Station Coromandel Express on 2nd May
- Train No.12508 Silchar – Trivandrum Express on 2nd May
- Train No.12245 Howrah – Yesvantpur Express on 3rd May
- Train No.22603 Kharagpur – Villupuram Express on 3rd May
- Train No.12841 Howrah – Puratchi Thalaivar Dr MGRamachandran Central Railway Station Coromandel Express on 3rd May
- Train No.22817 Howrah – Mysore Express on 3rd May
- Train No.22807 Santragachi – Puratchi Thalaivar Dr MGRamachandran Central Railway Station Express on 3rd May
- Train No.18496 Bhubaneswar – Rameswaram Express on 3rd May
Train No. 12509 Bengaluru Cantonment – Guwahati Express that will Bengaluru Cantonment on 2nd May will run via a diverted route of Vizianagaram, Titlagarh, Jharsugudah.