Trains cancelled due to 'railway block' in Purulia-Adra section

Movement of trains were disrupted in the Chakradharpur and other divisions of South Eastern Railway (SER) on Sunday due to a railway block (in railway parlance it means halt in rail traffic) which had to be undertaken due to commissioning of a subway between Chharrah and Purulia railway station in Purulia-Adra section. 

Railway officials at Garden Reach, headquarters of South Eastern Railway said that the commissioning work resulted in cancellation, short termination and diversion of several trains. The Tatanagar-Dhanbad Subernarekha Express also ran on a diverted route via Purulia-Bokaro Steel City Rajabera-Chandrapura-Dhanbad instead of  Purulia-Adra and Dhanbad.

The trains which were cancelled included Asansol- Ranchi MEMU Passenger, Kharagpur-Hatia Passenger and Adra-Barabhum Passenger. The Asansol-Tatanagar MEMU Passenger was short terminated at Adra while the Tatanagar- Asansol MEMU Passenger was short terminated at Purulia.

The Kharagpur-Purulia Intercity Express  was short terminated at Adra . The train will run back as  Purulia- Kharagpur Intercity Express from Adra to Kharagpur. The Santragachi-Purulia Rupasi Bangla Express was short terminated at Adra. The Asansol-Purulia MEMU Passenger was short terminated at Adra while the  Asansol-Barabhum MEMU Passenger was terminated at Adra rescheduling of Train on 21-06-2015(Sunday).

One train was rescheduled. The Ranchi-Bankura-Garbeta Passenger was rescheduled to leave Ranchi at 4.22 pm instead of 3.22 pm.

The Danapur-Tatanagar Express ran on a diverted route via Joychadipahar-Adra-Kharagpur-Tatanagar instead of Jaychandipahar-Purulia-Chandil and Tatanagar.

The Tatanagar station assumes importance in view because it is located on the Howrah-Mumbai main route. 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.