Train movements in Chakradharpur railway division of South Eastern Railway ( SER) will be affected for upto six hours on Saturday (April 22), from 12 noon to 6 pm. The services will be hit due to installation of a flyover girder for the new third line project between Adityapur and Gamharia stations, in adjoining Seraikela-Kharsawan district.
According to information, a low height subway would also be launched simultaneously during the 'Traffic-cum-power block' between Rajkharsawan and Barabamboo railway stations which falls under the same railway division.
Officials at Garden Reach, the Kolkata-based headquarters of SER today said that movement of trains would be affected in both the Up and Down lines during the traffic-cum-power block.
According to a circular issued by SER today, as many as a dozen trains will remain cancelled on April 22. The trains include Jhargram-Midnapore MEMU Passenger, Tata-Gua Passenger, Hatia-Tata Passenger, Tata-Kharagpur MEMU Passenger, Tata-Chakradharpur Passenger, Tata-Chakulia Passenger, Howrah-Purulia Express and Purulia-Jhargram Express.