Nagpur: The Railway administration will cancel about 72 trains, divert 22 others via other routes and short terminate about six trains on account of massive pre-interlocking and electronic interlocking works for third line connectivity in Rajnandgaon-Kalamna stations under Nagpur Division of South East Central Railway (SECR) from August 4-20.
Railway is spending about Rs 3,540 crore for 228 kilometres third line connectivity between Rajnandgaon and Nagpur stations.
Cancelled trains:
During the works, the 08711/08712 Dongargarh-Gondia-Dongargarh MEMU Special, 08713/08716 Gondia-Itwari-Gondia MEMU Special, 08281/08284 Itwari-Tirodi-Tumsar Road MEMU Special, 08714/08715 Itwari-Balaghat-Itwari MEMU Special, 18239/18240 Korba-Itwari-Korba Express and 20825/20826 Bilaspur-Nagpur Bilaspur Vande Bharat Express will remain cancelled from August 7-19.
Other cancelled trains are: 08756/08751 Itwari-Ramtek-Itwari MEMU Special, 08754/08755 Itwari-Ramtek-Itwari MEMU Special, 12855/12856 Bilaspur-Itwari-Bilaspur Intercity Express and 11753/11754 Itwari-Rewa-Itwari Express from August 7-20, 08282/08283 Tirodi-Itwari-Tumsar Road MEMU Special from August 8- 20, 08267/08268 Raipur-Itwari-Raipur MEMU Special from August 6-19, 18109/18110 Tatanagar-Itwari-Tatanagar Express from August 6-20, 11201/11202 Nagpur-Shahdol-Nagpur Express from August 14-20, 12834/12833 Howrah-Ahmedabad-Howrah Express from August 10-14, 12860/12859 Howrah-Mumbai-Howrah Geetanjali Express from August 5-14, 18237/18238 Korba-Amritsar-Korba Chhattisgarh Express from August4-17,18030/18029 Shalimar-LTT-Shalimar Express from August 11-19.
Similarly, 12410/12409 Nizamuddin-Raigarh-Nizamuddin Gondwana Express from August 12-19, 11756/11755 Rewa-Itwari-Rewa Express from August 13-19, 12771/12772 Secunderabad-Raipur-Secunderabad Express fromAugust7-15,22846/22845 Hatia-Pune-HatiaExpressfrom August 5-11, 12880/12879 Bhubaneswar – LTT-Bhubaneswar Express and 22894/22893 Howrah-Sai Nagar-Howrah Express from August 8-17, 12812/12811 Hatia-LTT-Hatia Express from August 16-18, 12442/12441 NewDelhi-Bilaspur-NewDelhi Rajdhani Express from August 13-15, 12222/12221 Howrah-Pune-Howrah Duronto Express from August 15-17, 20857/20858 Puri-Sai Nagar Shirdi-Puri Express from August9-18,12993/12994 Puri-Gandhidham-Puri Express from August 16-19 will remain cancelled.
22939/22940 Okha-Bilaspur-Okha Express from August 10- 19, 20822/20821 Santragachi-Pune-Santragachi Express from August 17-19, 12767/12768 Sahib Nanded-Santragachi-Sahib Nanded Express from August 12-14, 2905/22906 Okha-Shalimar-Okha Express from August 18- 20, 2973/22974 Gandhidham-Puri-Gandhidham Express from August 14-17, 22827/22828 Puri-Surat-Surat Express from August 11-13 and the 20823/20824 Puri-Ajmer-Puri Express will remain cancelled from August 1-13.
Short terminated trains:
Besides, the 12105/12106 Mumbai-Gondia-Mumbai Express will be short terminated at Wardha and will not be operated between Wardha and Gondia from August 13-19, 11039/11040 Kolhapur-Gondia-Kolhapur Express will be short terminated at Wardha and will not be operated between Wardha and Gondia from August 12-19 and the 08743/08744 Gondia-Itwari-Gondia Express will be short terminated at Kamptee and will not be operated between Kamptee and Itwari from August 7-19.
Diverted trains:
Among other trains, the 12807/12808 Visakhapatnam-Nizamuddin-Visakhapatnam Express will be diverted via Vijayawada, Ballarshah and Nagpur from August 6-20, 20843/20844 Bilaspur-Bhagat Ki Kothi-Bilaspur Express via Bilaspur, New Katni and Itarsi from August 5-17, 20845/20846 Bilaspur-Bikaner-Bilaspur Express via New Katni and Itarsi fromAugust8-11,12151/12152 LTT-Shalimar-LTT Express via Bhusawal, Itarsi, New Katni and Bilaspur from August 14-17, 22512/22511 Kamakhya-LTT-Kamakhya Express via Burdwan, Asansol, New Katni, Itarsi and Bhusawal from August 3-20.0
13425/13426 Malda-Surat-Malda Express via Asansol, New Katni, Itarsi and Bhusawal from August 10-19, 20917/20918 Indore-Puri-Indore Express via Bilaspur, New Katni and Itarsi fromAugust13- 15, 22815/22816 BilaspurErnakulam-BilaspurExpress via Raipur, Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada from August 12-14, 22847/22848 Visakhapatnam-LTT-Visakhapatnam Express via Vijayawada, Ballarshah, Wardha and Bhusawal from August 18-20, 22620/22619 Bilaspur-Tirunelveli-Bilaspur Express via Gondia, Nagbhid andBallarshah from August 11- 20 and the 22648/22647 Kochuveli-Korba-Kochuveli Express will be diverted via Balharshah, Nagbhid and Gondia from August 12-14.