The railways have cancelled some trains going from Visakhapatnam to Vijayawada, Guntur, Lingampalli and Kadapa in view of safety related modernisation works being undertaken between Tuni-Gullipadu stations in Visakhapatnam-Vijayawada section of the South Central Railway(SCR).
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The trains cancelled are: 02717 Visakhapatnam-Vijayawada special and 02718 Vijayawada-Visakhapatnam special trains on June 28, 29 and July 5 and 6.
Train no. 07239 Guntur-Visakhapatnam special, leaving Guntur on June 27, 28 and 29 and July 4, 5 and 6. In the return direction, 07240 Visakhapatnam-Guntur special, leaving Visakhapatnam on June 28, 29 and 30 and July 5, 6 and 7.
Similarly, 02831 Visakhapatnam-Lingampalli special, leaving Visakhapatnam on June 27, 28 and 29 and July 4, 5 and 6. In the return direction, 02832 Lingampalli-Visakhapatnam special, leaving Lingamapalli on June 28, 29 and 30 and July 5, 6, and 7. Train no. 07488 Visakhapatnam - Kadapa special, leaving Visakhapatnam on July 3, 4, 5 and 6 and in the return direction, 07487 Kadapa -Visakhapatnam special train, leaving Kadapa on July 4, 5, 6 and 7, are cancelled.
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The railways have regretted the inconvenience caused to passengers and appealed to bear with the administration as these safety works are essential.
Short-termination
In view of crowd management for Rath Yatra and COVID -19 infection, some special trains will be short terminated at Khurda Road, according to Senior Divisional Commercial Manager A.K. Tripathi.
They are: 08401 Puri-Okha special train, will leave from Khurda Road on Sundays from June 27 to July 18, instead of Puri and 08402 Okha- Puri special train, leaving Okha on Wednesdays from June 23 to July 21 will be short-terminated at Khurda Road.
Train no. 02843 Puri-Ahmedabad special train, leaving Puri on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from June 24 to July 23 will start from Khurda Road, instead of Puri and 02844 Ahmedabad-Puri special train, leaving Ahmedabad on Monday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday from June 24 to July 19 will be short-terminated at Khurda Road. Train no. 02063 Puri-Yesvantpur special train, leaving Puri on Fridays from June 25 to July 23 will start from Khurda Road, instead of Puri and 02064 Yesvantpur-Puri special, leaving Yesvantpur on Saturdays from June 26 to July 17 will be short-terminated at Khurda Road.
Similarly, train no. 02859 Puri- Chennai Central special train on June 27 will start from Khurda Road, instead of Puri and 02860 Chennai Central- Puri special train, leaving Chennai Central on June 28 will be short-terminated at Khurda Road. Train no. 02973 Gandhidham - Puri special express, leaving Gandhidham on Wednesdays from June 23 to July 21 will be short- terminated at Khurda Road and 02974 Puri-Gandhidham special train will start from Khurda Road on Saturdays from June 26 to July 17, instead of Puri.
Train no.07479 Puri-Tirupati special train, will leave from Khurda Road on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from June 23 to July 21, instead of Puri. In the return direction, 07480 Tirupati- Puri, leaving Tirupati on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday from June 24 to July 23 will be short-terminated at Khurda Road.
Passengers have been asked to note the changes and act accordingly.