Bhubaneswar: More trains have been cancelled or diverted as a result of the derailment of a goods train at Jajpur’s Korai station in Bhadrak-Kapilas Road Railway Section under Khurda Road Railway Division of East Coast Railway today morning.
Train number 22863 – Howrah-SMVB Bangalore Express leaving Howrah on 21.11.2022 has been cancelled. The diverted trains are as follows.
1. 18449 Puri-Patna Baidyanath Dham Express will be diverted via Jakhpura-Jaroli.
2. 18048 Vasco-Da-Gama – Shalimar Express (left Vasco-Da-Gama on 20.11.2022) will be diverted via Cuttack-Angul-Sambalpur City-Jharsuguda.
3. 12840 Chennai-Howrah Express (left Chennai on 20.11.2022) will be diverted via Cuttack-ngul-Sambalpur City-Jharsuguda.
4. 12841 Shalimar-Howrah Coromandal Express will be diverted via Kharagpur-Tata-Jharsuguda-Sambalpur City-Cuttack.
5. 18477 Puri-Yog Nagri Rishikesh (leaving Puri on 20.11.2022) will be diverted via Sambalpur City-Jharsuguda Road-IB instead of Jharsuguda.
Railways have provided with free food and water to the stranded passengers over its jurisdiction. Free Bus service for transportation of stranded passengers has also arranged at Haridaspur station by the Railways.
Out of 300 passengers stranded at Haridaspur station, 210 long distance passengers were accommodated in 18046 Hyderabad-Shalimar East Coast Express for their onward journey. Similarly, 45 local passengers were provided with free road transport to reach their destinations at Chandikhole, Jajpur Keonjhar Road, Bhadrak and Balasore.
The rest 45 passengers will also be provided with free road transportation to reach their destinations. All the above passengers were also provided with food and water free of cost, at the station.
Out of eight derailed wagons, five wagons have been cleared from track.
