Indian Railways Cancels 29 Trains After Heavy Rain, Landslides in Assam; Check Full List
Continuous rains and landslides have wreaked havoc in Assam. At least three individuals have died, and rail and road transportation in the state have been disrupted. Water has buried roads and railroad tracks, causing damage to many railway lines. In light of the current scenario, Indian Railways’ North East Frontier Railway(NFR) zone said that 29 trains had been halted or cancelled due to Assam floods and rainfall in a statement. “In light of water logging and landslides owing to heavy rain, at km 113/4-5 between Jatinga Lumpur and New Harangajao, at Km 131/1-2 between Bandarkhal and Ditokcherra sections, and many spots in Lumding,” the NFR stated in a statement.
On Monday, a large landslide in the Dima Hasao region of Assam devastated the New Haflong railway station on the Lumding-Silchar route. (PTI)
According to ANI news, the persistent rain has caused such destruction that 1245 railway passengers trapped at Ditockcherra station have been transported to Badarpur and Silchar, and 119 passengers have been evacuated to Silchar by the Air Force.
Please refer the notification by the Northeast Frontier Railway for the details of the trains being cancelled through the routes affected by the rain causing landslide and further destruction
Partially Cancelled/Short Termination/Short Origination of Trains:
Train No. 13173 Sealdah – Agartala Kanchanjungha express, commencing journey on 17, 19 and 20 May will be short terminated at Lumding and remain partially cancelled between Lumding and Agartala.
Train No 13174 Agartala – Sealdah Kanchanjungha express, commencing journey on 17, 19 and 21 and 22 May will be short originated at Lumding and remain partially cancelled between Agartala and Lumding.
Train No.13175 Sealdah – Silchar Kanchanjungha express, commencing journey on 16, 18 and 21 May will be short terminated at Lumding and remain partially cancelled between Lumding and Silchar.
Train No.13176 Silchar – Sealdah Kanchanjungha express, commencing journey on 18, 20 and 23 May will be short originated at Lumding and remain partially cancelled between Silchar and Lumding.
Train No.12515 Coimbatore – Silchar express, commencing journey on 15 May will be short terminated at Lumding and remain partially cancelled between Lumding and Silchar.
Train No.12508 Silchar – Thiruvananthapuram Central express, commencing journey on 19 May will be short originated at Guwahati and remain partially cancelled between Silchar and Guwahati.
Train No.14620 Firozpur Cant– Agartala express, commencing journey on 16 May will be short terminated at Guwahati and remain partially cancelled between Guwahati and Agartala.
Train No.14619 Agartala – Firozpur Cant express, commencing journey on 19 May will be short originated at Guwahati and remain partially cancelled between Agartala and Guwahati.
Train No.14037 Silchar – New Delhi Poorvottar Sampark Kranti express, commencing journey on 16 May will be short originated at Guwahati and remain partially cancelled between Silchar and Guwahati.
Train No.02983 Bangalore Cant- Agartala express, commencing journey on 20 May, 2022 will be short terminated at Guwahati and remains partially cancelled between Guwahati and Agartala.
Train No.02984 Agartala Bangalore Cant express, commencing journey on 24 May will be short originated at Guwahati and remain partially cancelled between Agartala and Guwahati.
Cancelled Trains to/from Assam
Train No. 15611 Guwahati – Silchar express, commencing journey on 19 and 21 May will remain cancelled between Guwahati and Silchar.
Train No. 15612 Silchar – Guwahati express, commencing journey on 18, 20 and 22nd May will remain cancelled between Silchar and Guwahati.
Train No. 15615 Guwahati – Silchar express, commencing journey from 16 to 22 May will remain cancelled between Guwahati and Silchar.
Train No. 15616 Silchar – Guwahati express, commencing journey from 16 to 22 May will remain cancelled between Silchar and Guwahati.
Train No. 20501 Agartala – Anand Vihar Terminal Tejas Rajdhani express, commencing journey on 16 May will remain cancelled between Agartala and Anand Vihar Terminal.
Train No. 20502 Anand Vihar Terminal – Agartala Tejas Rajdhani express, commencing journey on 18th May, 2022 will remain cancelled between Anand Vihar Terminal and Agartala.
Train No. 12516 Silchar – Coimbatore express, commencing journey on 17 May will remain cancelled between Silchar and Coimbatore.
Train No. 12515 Coimbatore – Silchar express, commencing journey on 22 May will remain cancelled between Coimbatore and Silchar.
Train No. 15641 Silchar – New Tinsukia Barak Brahmaputra express, commencing journey on 21 May will remain cancelled between Silchar and New Tinsukia.
Train No. 15642 New Tinsukia – Silchar Barak Brahmaputra express, commencing journey on 22 May will remain cancelled between New Tinsukia and Silchar.
Train No. 12503 Bangalore Cant – Agartala express, commencing journey on 17 and 24 May will remain cancelled between Bangalore Cant and Agartala.
Train No. 12504 Agartala – Bangalore Cant express, commencing journey on 21 May will remain cancelled between Agartala and Bangalore Cant.
Train No. 15626 Agartala – Deoghar express, commencing journey on 21 May will remain cancelled between Agartala and Deoghar.
Train No. 15625 Deoghar – Agartala express, commencing journey on 23 May will remain cancelled between Deoghar and Agartala.
Train No. 15888 Guwahati – Badarpur Tourist express, commencing journey on 18 and 21 May, will remain cancelled between Guwahati and Badarpur.
Train No. 15887 Badarpur – Guwahati Tourist express, commencing journey on 18th & 21 May, 2022 will remain cancelled between Badarpur and Guwahati.
Train No. 07030 Secunderabad – Agartala express, commencing journey on 16 May will remain cancelled between Secunderabad and Agartala.
Train No. 07029 Agartala Secunderabad express, commencing journey on 20 May will remain cancelled between Agartala and Secunderabad.
