Heavy rains since Wednesday due to the cyclonic circulation over the Bay of Bengal has badly affected train services under the East Coast Railway (ECoR) jurisdiction in the State.
Due to heavy downpour in southern region of India as well as Odisha, many express and passenger trains were running late and were cancelled due to waterlogging and track circuit failure at the Vizianagaram yard.
While the Visakhapatnam-Bramhapur passenger train was cancelled due to heavy congestion between Palasa and Vizianagaram route, the Bramhapur-Visakhapatnam passenger was short terminated at Chipurupalle Railway Station in Andhra Pradesh.
The train has been cancelled on October 25.
Similarly, the Visakhapatnam -Bhubaneswar Intercity Express was cancelled on Thursday.
The Bhubaneswar-Visakhapatnam Intercity Express would be terminated at Srikakulam. It would run empty upto Visakhapatnam as per convenience. The train leaving Bhubaneswar would be cancelled on October 25.
The Bhubaneswar-Bramhapur-Bhubaneswar MEMU train has also been cancelled due to heavy rain and waterlogging on tracks, said an ECoR release.