Some trains passing through East Coast Railway (ECoR) region towards the south have been cancelled and some others diverted as heavy rains inundated railway tracks and water flowing went above danger levels at railway bridges coming under the Southern and South Central Railway (SCR) zone.
A total of 14 trains were completely and partially cancelled due to breaches in train lines at some places, informed an ECoR release.
The cancelled are Bhubaneswar-Bangalore Prashanti Express, Bhubaneswar-Pondichery Express, Visakhapatnam-Tirupati Express from Visakhapatnam, Howrah-Chennai Suvidha Special from Howrah, Yesvantpur-Hatia Express from Yesvantpur, Yesvantpur-Bhubaneswar Express from Yesvantpur, Tirupati-Puri Express from Tirupati, Yesvantpur-Howrah Duronto from Yesvantpur and Ernakulam-Howrah Express from Ernakulam.
Besides, the Puri-Tirupati Express which left Puri on Monday was cancelled between Vijayawada and Tirupati on Tuesday.
Similarly, the Visakhapatnam-Chennai Express which left Visakhapatnam on Monday was cancelled between Vijayawada and Chennai on Tuesday.
The Tirupati-Bhubaneswar Express which left Tirupati on Mondaywas cancelled between Renigunta and Bhubaneswar on Tuesday.
The Visakhapatnam-Tirupati Special train which left Visakhapatnam on Monday was cancelled between Vijayawada and Tirupati on Tuesday, and the Santragachhi-Tirupati Express which left Santragachhi (Howrah) and arrived at Nellore on Monday was cancelled between Nellore and Tirupati.
Apart from this, the Dibrugarh-Kanyakumari Express via Nandyal-Dhone-Gooty-Dharmavaram stations has been diverted, the release added.