In its attempt to provide train services on Bhubaneswar-Visakhapatnam route, the Railways on Monday introduced a passenger special train which left Bhubaneswar at 2 pm with a schedule to stop at all stations between Palasa and Visakhapatnam. Passengers were urged to take advantage of the train to go up to Visakhapatnam.
Besides, it said that emergency staffs are working on the track between Palasa and Visakhapatnam on war-footing to make the Bhubaneswar-Vishakhapatnam route operational at the earliest. However, the authorities cancelled, short terminated and diverted some regular trains on Monday.
On Monday, the Bhubaneswar-CSTM (Mumbai) Konark Express was diverted via Vizianagaram, Raipur, Nagpur & Ballarshah and the Howrah-Hyderabad East Coast Express was diverted via Kharagpur, Jharsuguda, Nagpur & Ballarshah.
The Dibrugarh-Kanyakumari Vivek Express which left Dibrugarh on October 11 was diverted via Kharagpur-Jharsuguda-Nagpur instead of its normal path. Similarly, the Dhanbad-Alleppy Express which left Alleppey on Monday would be diverted via Kharagpur-Jharsuguda-Titilagarh-Raipur-Nagpur. The trains which would be short-terminated included the Bhubaneswar-Jagadalpur Hirakhand Express at Rayagada and the Rayagada-Bhubaneswar Hirakhand Express which is scheduled to leave Jagadalpur on Tuesday would originate from Rayagada instead of Jagadalpur.
The Howrah-Jagadalpur Samaleswari Express which left Howrah on Sunday would remain cancelled between Titilagarh & Jagadalpur from both the directions. The Rourkela-Koraput Inter City which left Rayagada on Sunday was short terminated & will remain cancelled between Rayagada and Koraput from both the directions.