The trains on Raipur Odisha route which were affected by the tropical Cyclone Phailin, resumed on Sunday. All the major long route trains that passes via Chhattisgarh resumed their course. However, timings of these trains had to be changed, the Railway authorities informed.
According to an official, information from the Railway division of Raipur, the Korba- Visakhapatnam (18517) link Express which was cancelled, ran as per its scheduled on Sunday. The Bhubaneswar-lokmanya Tilak Terminal Express would run from Bilaspur to lokmanya Tilak Terminal on October 14. Similarly the Puri Gandidham Express shall run between Puri till Gandhidham on October 15.
Notably several trains passing through South East Central Railway (SECR) division were either cancelled or halted before reaching their respective destinations in view of the cyclone.
The trains that were cancelled include 18517 Korba-Vishakhapatnam from Korba and 18818 Vishakhapatnam-Korba on October 12, 2013. Similarly, Durg-Puri Intercity (18426) and Puri-Durg Intercity Express (18425) also remained cancelled on October 13. 58529 Durg –Vishakhapatnam and 58530 Vishakhapatnam-Durg Passenger too remain suspended. On October 13, 12843 Puri-Ahmedabad express from Puri and on October 14, 12844 Ahmedabad-Puri express from Ahmedabad were also cancelled. In the same way, 18477 Puri-Haridwar from Puri and 18478 Haridwar-Puri from Haridwar on October 15 have been cancelled.