Railways suspends night trains running through Maoist areas

Passenger trains on Kharagpur-Rourkela and Kharagpur-Adra section will remain suspended during the night from 10 PM to 5 AM.

PTI | June 3, 2010



In the wake of recent Maoist attacks, passenger trains on Kharagpur-Rourkela and Kharagpur-Adra section will continue to remain suspended during the night from 10 PM to 5 AM.

In view of security reasons, this arrangement will remain in force till 5 AM of June 7, East Coast Railway said here today.

Accordingly, some trains have been diverted and rescheduled under the changed arrangement, it said.

2802 (New Delhi-Puri) Purushottam Express on arriving at Gomoh will be diverted through Gomoh-Adra-Madinapur-Kharagpur instead of Gomoh-Bokaro-Prulia-Chandil-TATA-Kharagpur till June six.

8477 (Puri-Haridwar) Utkal Express leaving Puri and 8478 (Haridwar-Puri) on arriving Jharsuguda will be diverted through Jharsuguda-Sambalpur-Cuttack instead of Jharsuguda-TATA-Kharagpur-Cuttack till June six.

8005/8006 Howrah-Koraput-Howrah Express will run through Howrah-Kharagpur-Bhadrak-Anugul-Sambalpur instead of Howrah-Kharagpur-TATA-Jharsuguda-Sambalpur till June six.

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