Train services resume after Phailin onslaught

October 13, 2013 20:02

With the situation improving in the aftermath of Cyclone Phailin in Odisha, the East Coast Railway today resumed train services and ran some special trains to carry stranded passengers.

The Crisis Management Group of ECoR has been regularly evaluating the situation with Railway Emergency Teams stationed with sufficient manpower and materials in advance at 25 stations considered most likely to be affected, an ECoR official said.

It was decided to run some special trains to carry the stranded passengers.

The Bhubaneswar-Bangariposi Express left Bhubaneswar at 1700 hrs and the Bhubaneswar-Rourkela Intercity Express at 1730 hrs, ECoR sources said.

The Puri-Sambalpur Intercity Express left Bhubaneswar at 1800 hrs instead of 1700 hrs, the Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Sampark Kranti Express at 1830 hrs instead of 1530 hrs and the Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express at 1900 hrs instead of 11.30 hrs.

The Bhubaneswar-CSTM Konark Express left from Visakhapatnam instead of Bhubaneswar during the day, but remained cancelled between Bhubaneswar and Visakhapatnam.

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