GUWAHATI: The Northeast Frontier (NF) Railway has cancelled several trains due to heavy rainfall causing water logging and landslides in the Dima Hasao district of Assam.
The locations that have witnessed water logging and landslides are between Jatinga Lumpur and New Harangajao and between Bandarkhal and Ditokcherra including several other locations in the Lumding - Badarpur hill section of the Lumding division.
“In view of water logging and landslides due 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 other several locations in Lumding - Badarpur hill section of Lumding division, services of several trains have been cancelled and partially cancelled, short terminated and short originated as indicated below,” a notification from the Northeast Frontier Railway read.
Partially cancelled, short terminated, short originated trains:
1. Train No 15888 Guwahati - Badarpur Tourist express, commencing journey on May 14, 2022, has been short terminated at Langting and will remain partially cancelled in between Langting and Badarpur.
2. Train No 15887 Badarpur - Guwahati Tourist express, commencing journey on May 14 has been short originated at Langting and will remain partially cancelled in between Badarpur and Langting.
3. Train No 15615 Guwahati - Silchar express, commencing journey on May 13 has been short terminated at New Haflong and will remain partially cancelled in between New Haflong and Silchar. The train will run as passenger special with the stoppage of 15616 Silchar – Guwahati express in open timings.
4. Train No 13173 Sealdah - Agartala Kanchanjungha express, commencing journey on May 13 has been short terminated at Maibang and remained partially cancelled between Maibang and Agartala.
5. Train No 13174 Agartala – Sealdah Kanchanjungha express, commencing journey on May 14 has been short terminated at Badarpur, originated at Maibang and will remain partially cancelled between Badarpur and Maibang.
6. Train No 12504 Agartala – Bangalore Cant. Humsafar express, commencing journey on May 14 has been short terminated at Badarpur and will remain partially cancelled between Badarpur and Bangalore Cant.
7. Train No 01665 Rani Kamalapati - Agartala special, commencing journey on May 12 has been short terminated at Lumding and will remain partially cancelled between Lumding and Agartala.
8. Train No. 01666 Agartala - Rani Kamalapati special, commencing journey on 16th May, 2022 will be short originated at Guwahati and will remain partially cancelled between Agartala and Guwahati.
9. Train No 14038 New Delhi – Silchar express, commencing journey on May 12 has been short terminated at Lumding and will remain partially cancelled between Lumding and Silchar.
10. Train No 02983 Bangalore Cant. – Agartala special, commencing journey on May 13 has been short terminated at Guwahati and will remain partially cancelled in between Guwahati and Agartala.
11. Train No 02984 Agartala - Bangalore Cant. special, commencing journey on May 17 will be short originated at Guwahati and will remain partially cancelled in between Agartala and Guwahati.
Cancellation of trains:
1. Train No 15641 Silchar – New Tinsukia express, commencing journey on May 14 has been cancelled between Silchar and New Tinsukia.
2. Train No 15642 New Tinsukia - Silchar express, commencing journey on May 15 will remain cancelled between New Tinsukia and Silchar.
3. Train No 15626 Agartala – Deoghar express, commencing journey on May 14 has been cancelled between Agartala and Deoghar.
4. Train No 15625 Deoghar - Agartala express, commencing journey on May 16 will remain cancelled between Deoghar and Agartala.
5. Train No 15611 Guwahati – Silchar express, commencing journey on May 14 has been cancelled between Guwahati and Silchar.
6. Train No 15615 Guwahati – Silchar express, commencing journey on May 14 has been cancelled between Guwahati and Silchar.