An agitation launched by locals at Brijrajnagar Railway station under South East Central Railway (SECR) Bilaspur division on Tuesday affected operation of several trains in the zone.
As per information received, the ‘Rail Roko’ agitation at Brijrajnagar which lasted for over 6 hours resulted in cancellation of several passenger trains passing through SECR division while various Express trains were stopped for several hours.
Express trains including Howrah-Ahmadabad Express (12834), Puri-Haridwar Utkal Express (18477), Danapur-Durg South Vihar Express (13288), Howrah-Mumbai Duronto Express (12262), Pune Howrah Duronto (12221), Surat-Malda Express (13426), Santragachi Express (12767), Durg-Danapur Express (13287), Utkal Express (18478) and Amritsar-Visakhapatnam Hirakund express (18508), were stopped for several hours before their destination, informed Railway officials.
Moreover, operation of some passenger trains including Tatanagar-Itwari-Tatanagar (58111/12), Jharsuguda-Bilaspur passenger (58213) and Jharsuguda-Gondia-Jharsuguda passenger (58117/18) were suspended due to the protest, said officials, adding that Shalimar-Bhuj Express originating from Shalimar has been cancelled on January 5.