Even though train services were mostly normalised with many trains starting their runs towards Chennai, Bangalore, Yesvantpur and Secunderabad, the Railways yet cancelled, diverted and short-terminated a few trains because of non-availability of connecting trains on Wednesday. The East Coast Railway urged passengers to cooperate with railways for delay due to rescheduling of trains for adjustment of connecting trains.
The trains which were cancelled were the Janmabhumi Express from Secunderabad to Visakhapatnam, Daakshin link from Nizamuddin to Visakhapatnam and all passenger trains with with electric engine to and from Visakshapatnam. While the Samaleswari Express train Howrah to Jagdalpur was short-terminated at Titilagarh, Rourkela-Korput Intercity was short-tarminated at Rayagada and the Hirakhan Express was short-terminated at Rayagada.
The Falaknuma Express which was scheduled to leave Howrah 7.25 am on Wednesday was rescheduled to leave Howrah at 7.30 pm. Similarly, the Howrah-Chennai Mail which was to leave Howrah at 11.15 pm on Wednesday has been rescheduled to leave at 5.30 am on Thursday. the Yesvantpur-Howrah Premium Special train, Bangalore-Bhubaneswar Prasanti Express and Yesvantpur-Howrah Express have been rescheduled to leave at 5 am, 3 am and 4 am on Thursday, respectively.