In view of repairing and maintenance work between Adityapur and Gamharia stations, train services will remain affected in the Tatanagar-Chakradharpur section of South Eastern Railway (SER) on August 2.
Officials of Garden Reach the South Eastern Railway's Kolkata-based headquarters, has issued a circular in this regard.
According to information, Hatia-Tatanagar Passenger will be short-terminated at Gamharia and will run as Tatanagar-Hatia Passenger from Gamharia. Hence, the train services will remain suspended on Gamharia-Tatanagar-Gamharia route. Tatanagar-Dhanbad Subernarekha Express will leave Tatanagar at 2pm instead of its scheduled departure at 1.20pm during the maintenance work.
A railway spokesperson said that the movement of Asansol-Tatanagar MEMU and a few other passenger trains were also likely to get affected due to the maintenance and repair work.
Railway spokesperson of Chakradharpur division, A.K. Agarwal, said that it is essential for carry repair work for signals and track between Adityapur and Gamharia stations. Trains terminated and cancelled only for Sunday only. Normal rail traffic will be restored in all the affected divisions from Monday. Similar services will be affected on Sunday August 9 too.
located on the Howrah-Mumbai main route Tatanagar is an important station. Several important trains travel via Tatanagar, including the high-profile Rajdhani Express and Duronto Express. The station sees a daily traffic of 90 mail, express and passenger trains, besides a footfall of more than 60,000 passengers.