Over 3,000 trains were cancelled last year due to maintenance works on the Indian Railways network, the highest since 2014, the national transporter said in response to an RTI query. “This indicates that the railways has undertaken large-scale repair and development projects which when completed will make the network more modern and safe,” a railway official said. In 2014, 101 trains were cancelled due to maintenance work, the number increased to 829 in 2017 and 2,867 in 2018. In 2019, 3,146 trains were cancelled because of maintenance work, the railways stated in its reply.