Train services in the State, especially in Howrah-Chennai Main line, were disrupted on Tuesday due to the hartal call given by the Congress. About 20 mail express and five local passenger trains were stranded at different stations for some time under the East Coast Railway jurisdiction.
The express trains which were stranded include Visakhapatnam-Amritsar Hirakud Express, Puri-lTT Express, Mysore-Howrah Express, Puri-Bansapani and Paradip Express, Hyderabad-Howrah East Coast Express, Bhubaneswar-Bolangir Inter City Express, Puri-Howrah Satabdi Express, Bhubaneswar-Howrah Jan Satabdi Express and0 Tirupati-Bhubaneswar Express.
Besides, some trains were short terminated. The Palasa-Cuttack passenger was short terminated at Balugaon and returned back as Cuttack-Palasa passenger from there. Similarly, Angul-Puri passenger was short terminated at Talcher and Sambalpur-Puri Inter City Express at Angul.
The trains which were cancelled are Cuttack-Bhadrak-Cuttack passenger Cuttack-Paradip-Cuttack passenger, Brahmapur-Cuttack passenger, Palasa-Bhubaneswar passenger and Bhadrak-Bhubaneswar-Palasa passenger train.