TACKLING CYCLONE HUDHUD:
The challenge FROM CYCLONE Hud Hud for East Coast Railway will be met with strong preparations and ground work. Taking advantage of the meteorological forecasts and also the experiences of devastation to Railway property in the Phailin in 2013 & super cyclone of 1999, ECoR has planned for early restoration of train services and railway track, if affected by Hudhud. Round the Clock disaster management cell has been opened at ECoR HQs at Rail Sadan and at Divisional Headquarters at Visakhapatnam, Khurda Road and Sambalpur.
ECoR has also taken steps for NO RISK TO PASSENGERS, positioning of Special Teams for early restoration of tracks, signaling system and electrification etc., Safety of Train Operations, to run train if, there will be no electric supply.
Diesel locomotives have been kept in position for utilization during failure of electricity. Emergency Control Rooms have been opened Round the Clock and if necessary ECoR will use Satellite Phones during crisis. As Red Alert has been given in coastal areas, ECoR is keeping a watchful eye at all the stations between Bhubaneswar & Visakhapatnam.
These apart, for the safety and security of passengers, it has been planned to cancel, divert and short-terminate of trains.
CANCELLATION OF TRAINS (TOTAL 35 TRAINS CANCELLED):
18463 Bhubaneswar-Bangalore Prashanti Express, 18411 Bhubaneswar-Visakhpatnam Intercity, 12845 Bhubaneswar-Yesvantpur Express, 17015 Bhubaneswar-Secunderabad Visakha Express, 18401 Puri-Okha Express, 22871 Bhubaneswar-Tirupaty Express, 17479 Puri-Tirupaty Express, 11020 Bhubaneswar-CSTM Konark Express, 22859 Puri-Chennai Express, 12717 Visakhapatnam-Vijayawara Ratnachalam, 17488 Visakhapatnam-Tirupaty Tirumala Express, 12861 Visakhapatnam-Nizamuddin Dakshin Link Express, 12727 Visakhapatnam-Hyderabad Godawari Express, 08507 Visakhapatnam-Renigunta Special, 18516 Visakhapatnam-Tata Express, 18412 Visakhapatnam-Bhubaneswar Intercity Express, 12718 Vijayawara-Visakhpatnam Ratnachalam Express, 12806 Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam Janmabhoomi Express, 17239 Guntur-Visakhapatnam Express, 17487 Tirupaty-Visakhapatnam Tirumala Express, 18448 Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar Hirakhand Express, 18438 Junagarh Road-Bhubaneswar Express, 18108 Koraput-Rourkela Express, 12807 Visakhapatnam-Nizamuddin Samata Express, 22847 LTT-Visakhapatnam Express, 18518 Korba-Visakhapatnam Express and 18211 Durg-Jagdalpur Express, 12739 and 22203 Visakhapatnam-Secunderabad Express scheduled to leave from its originating stations on 12.10.2014 will be cancelled.
Similarly, 11019 CSTM-Bhubaneswar Konark Express, 17480 Tirupaty-Puri Express, 17016 Secunderabad-Bhubaneswar Visakha Express, 18464 Bangalore-Bhubaneswar Prashanti Express, 12740 Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam Express, 2204 Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam Express, 18520 LTT-Visakhapatnam Express scheduled to leave from its originating stations from 11.10.2014 will remain cancelled.
12862 Nizamuddin-Visakhapatnam Express scheduled to leave Nizamuddin on 10.10.2014 and 17488 Visakhapatnam-Tirupati Express from Visakhapatnam on 13.10.2014 will also been cancelled.
DIVERSION OF TRAINS VIA KHARAGPUR-JHARSUGUDA-RAIPUR-NAGPUR:
12863 Yesvantpur-Howrah Express scheduled to leave Yesvantpur, 18047 Howrah-Vasco-da-Gama Amaravati Express scheduled to leave Howrah, 12839 Howrah-Chennai Mail from Howrah on 11-10-2014 will be diverted via Kharagpur-Jharsugura-Raipur & Nagpur.
12703 Howrah-Secunderabad Falaknuma Express, 12245 Howrah-Yesvantpur Express, 18645 Howrah-Hyderabad East Coast Express, 12841 Howrah-Chennai Coromandal Express, 22855 Howrah-Yesvantpur Express, 12663 Howrah-Tiruchirapalli Express scheduled to leave Howrah on 12-10-2014 will be diverted via Kharagpur-Jharsuguda-Raipur & Nagpur.
DIVERSION OF TRAINS VIA RAIPUR-NAGPUR:
13351 Dhanbad-Alleppy Express from Dhanbad, 18637 Hatia-Yesvantpur Express from Hatia, 02510 Kamakhya-Bangalore Special from Kamakhya on 11-10-2014 will be diverted via Raipur and Nagpur.
18309 Sambalpur-Nanded Express from Sambalpur on 12-10-2014 and 15902 Yesvantpur-Dibrugarh Express from Yesvantpur on 10-10-2014 have been diverted via Raipur & Nagpur.
DIVERSION OF TRAINS VIA VIJAYAWADA-BALLARSHAH-NAGPUR:
12864 Yesvantpur-Howrah Express from Yesvantpur, 22884 Yesvantpur-Puri Express from Yesvantpur, 22641 Trivendrum-Shalimar Express from Trivendrum, 12551 Yesvantpur-Kamakhya from Yesvantpur, 12704 Secunderabad-Howrah Falaknuma from Secunderabad, 22606 Villupuram-Purulia Express from Villupuram, 12253 Yesvantpur-Bhagalpur Express from Yesvantpur, 12666 Kanyakumari-Howrah Express from Kanyakumari, 12840 Chennai-Howrah Mail from Chennai, 18310 Nanded-Sambalpur Express from Nanded, 12375 Chennai-Asansol Express and 02842 Chennai-Howrah Special from Chennai and 13352 Alleppy-Dhanbad Express leaving Alleppy on 11.10.2014 will be diverted via Vijayawara-Ballarshah-Nagpur.
12513 Secunderaba-Guwahati Express, 22808 Chennai-Santragachi Express, 12842 Chennai-Howrah Coromandal Express, 18646 Hyderabad-Howrah East Coast Express scheduled to leave from their originating stations on 12-10-2014 will be diverted via Vijayawara-Ballarshah and Nagpur.
SHORT TERMINATION OF TRAINS:
18107 Rourkela-Koraput Express scheduled to leave Rourkela on 11-10-2014will be short terminated at Raigada and will return back to Rourkela from Rayagada to Rourkela on 12.10.2014. The services of this train will remain cancelled between Rayagada & Koraput from both the directions on 12.10.2014 18005 Howrah-Jagdalpur Samaleswari Express scheduled to leave Howrah on 11-10-2014 will be short terminated at Titilagarh.
HELPLINE NUMBERS FOR ENQUIRY FROM TRAIN PASSENGERS:
PLACE
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LANDLINE
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MOBILE
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BHUBANESWAR
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0674-2303110
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8455885999
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KHURDA ROAD
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0674-2490670, 0674-1072
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8455887999
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SAMBALPUR
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0663-2533037, 0663-1072
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8455886999
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VISAKHAPATNAM
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0891-2842415, 0891-1072
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8978080999
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