The bi-weekly Lokmanyatilak (LTT) superfast express and the daily Konark express trains, which run from Bhubaneswar to Mumbai, have been cancelled due to water-logging problems in Maharashtra caused by heavy rains.
Besides, some trains running towards Mumbai from the East Coast Railway jurisdiction have either been cancelled or partially cancelled or diverted.
The Puri-Mumbai LTT Express which was scheduled to leave from Puri on August 6 was also cancelled.
Similarly, the 22848 Mumbai LTT – Visakhapatnam, 12879 Mumbai LTT – Bhubaneswar Express, the 22865 Mumbai LTT – Puri Express, which were scheduled to begin journey on August 6, 7 and 8, respectively, have been cancelled.
The trains which have been diverted include 12844 Ahmedabad-Puri Express from Ahmedabad was now running via Vadodara-Godhra-Ratlam-Bhopal route, the 18502 Gandhidham-Visakhapatnam Express from Gandhidham was running via Vadodara-Godhra-Ratlam-Bhopal-Itarsi-Nagpur-Balharshah route, the 11019 Mumbai CSMT-Bhubaneswar Konark Express from Mumbai was running via Kalyan-Igatpuri-Manmad-Aurangabad-Nanded-Secunderabad route. As many as five trains have been partially cancelled. The 11020 Bhubaneswar-Mumbai Konark Express left Bhubaneswar, which left August 3 ran up to Pune only.
The 18519 Visakhapatnam-LTT Express, which left Visakhapatnam on August 3 also ran up to Pune.
The 22847 Visakhapatnam-LTT Express, which left Visakhapatnam on August 4, would be cancelled partially in the South East Central Railway jurisdiction and will remain cancelled up to Mumbai.
The 018520 LTT-Visakhapatnam Express, which left from LTT on August 5, will originate from Pune instead of LTT and will remain cancelled from LTT to Pune. Similarly, the 11019 Mumbai-Bhubaneswar Konark Express originated from Pune instead of Mumbai on August 4 and would remained cancelled from LTT to Pune.