15 TRAINS FULLY CANCELLED & 16 TRAINS WILL BE SHORT –TERMINATED WITH PARTIAL CANCELLATION on MAINLINE BY W.RLY IN VIEW OF CYCLONE ‘VAYU’

WESTERN RAILWAY VARIOUS MEASURES BY WR IN VIEW OF CYCLONE ‘VAYU’

Considering the alertness for ‘VAYU’ cyclone over Gujarat, various safety and security precautions for train passengers are being taken by Western Railway for the prone areas under the jurisdiction of WR i.e. Veraval, Okha, Porbandar, Bhavnagar, Bhuj and Gandhidham. The following measuresare being undertaken:-

1) All the passenger and Mail/Exp trains to these stations are being short terminated/cancelled after 18.00 hrs of 12.06.19 to morning of 14.06.19.

2) The coaching stock presently available at depots and station yards at coastal areas are being shifted to safe places.

3) Special trains with six to ten coaches each will be formed, to be kept in ready condition at nearest safe location to be moved in emergency conditions.

4) WR HQ office and Divisions have been instructed for better coordination with state authorities for passenger convenience.

5) Round the clock manning of Emergency control office at HQ and at Divisional level by Officers of concerned departments for immediate relief arrangement.

6) WR to run one Special train each from Gandhidham, Bhavnagar Para, Porbandar, Veraval and Okha to evacuate all persons from respective areas.

7) All Railway authorities at concerned divisions and HQs including Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd (DFCCIL) and Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) have been instructed to provide adequate man power, material alongwith required machinery like JCBs, tree cutters, water tanks, tractors, generators etc and to be in readiness for any assistance as and when needed. These authorities have also been instructed to maintain constant communication with respective field officials to ensure necessary immediate action.

8) Detailed notification regarding cancellation/short termination/diversion etc will be issued shortly.

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15 TRAINS FULLY CANCELLED & 16 TRAINS WILL BE SHORT –TERMINATED WITH PARTIAL CANCELLATION on MAINLINE BY W.RLY IN VIEW OF CYCLONE ‘VAYU’

Considering the alertness for ‘VAYU’ cyclone over Gujarat, WesternRailway has decided to fully cancel operation of 15 mainline trains, while 16 other mainline trains will be short terminated with partial cancellation as a precautionary measure in the cyclone prone areas over W. Rly.In addition to this, various safety and security precautions are also being taken by Western Railway for train passengers of these prone areas under the jurisdiction of WR i.e. Veraval, Okha, Porbandar, Bhavnagar, Bhuj and Gandhidham, etc. The details of the affected trains are as under:

LIST OF TRAINS TO BE CANCELLED:

1.TRAIN NO. – 52933 Veraval – Amreli of 12.06.19 and 13.06.19.

2.TRAIN NO. – 52949 Veraval – Delvada of 12.06.19 and 13.06.19.

3.TRAIN NO. – 52930 Amreli – Veraval of 12.06.19 and 13.06.19.

4.TRAIN NO. – 52951 Delvada – Junagadh of 12.06.19 and 13.06.19.

5.TRAIN NO. – 52956 Junagadh – Delvada of 12.06.19 and 13.06.19.

6.TRAIN NO. – 52955 Amreli – Junagadh of 13.06.19.

7.TRAIN NO. – 52952 Junagadh – Delvada of 13.06.19.

8.TRAIN NO. – 52946 Amreli – Veraval of 13.06.19.

9.TRAIN NO. – 52929 Veraval – Amreli of13.06.19.

10.TRAIN NO. – 52950 Delvada – Veraval of 13.06.19.

11.TRAIN NO. – 19251Somnath – Okha journey commencing on 12.06.2019

12.TRAIN NO. – 19252 Okha- Somnath) journey commencing on 12.06.2019.

13.TRAIN NO. – 22906 Hapa – Okha journey commencing on 13.06.2019

14.TRAIN NO. – 22957 Ahmedabad – Veraval journey commencing on 12.06.2019.

15.TRAIN NO. – 19203 Gandhinagar Capital – Bhavnagar Terminus journey commencing on 12.06.2019.

LIST OF TRAINS TO BE SHORT – TERMINATED WITH PARTIAL CANCELLATION:

1.TRAIN NO. – 15636 GUWAHATI – OKHA JOURNEY COMMENCED on 10/06/2019 WILL BE SHORT TERMINATED AT RAJKOT AND WILL BE PARTIALLY CANCELLED BETWEEN RAJKOT – OKHA.

2.TRAIN NO. – 59207 BHAVNAGAR TERMINUS – OKHA JOURNEY COMMENCING on 12.06.2019 WILL BE SHORT TERMINATED AT RAJKOT AND WILL BE PARTIALLY CANCELLED BETWEEN RAJKOT – OKHA.

3.TRAIN NO. – 59208 OKHA – BHAVNAGAR TERMINUS JOURNEY COMMENCING on 12.06.2019 WILL BE SHORT TERMINATED AT RAJKOT AND WILL BE PARTIALLY CANCELLED BETWEEN RAJKOT – BHAVNAGAR TERMINUS.

4.TRAIN NO. – 12906 HOWRAH – PORBANDAR JOURNEY COMMENCED on 11.06.2019 WILL BE SHORT TERMINATED AT AHMEDABAD AND WILL BE PARTIALLY CANCELLED BETWEEN AHMEDABAD – OKHA.

5.TRAIN NO. – 12905 PORBANDAR – HOWRAH JOURNEY COMMENCING on 13.06.2019 WILL BE ORIGINATED EX AHMEDABAD

6.TRAIN NO. – 11464 JABALPUR – SOMNATH JOURNEY COMMENCED on 12.06.2019 WILL BE SHORT TERMINATED AT RAJKOT AND WILL BE REVERSED AS TRAIN NO. 11463 SOMANTH – JABALPUR JOURNEY COMMENCING on 14.06.2019 EX RAJKOT

7.TRAIN NO. – 11463 SOMANTH – JABALPUR JOURNEY COMMENCING on 13.06.2019 WILL BE PARTIALLY CANCELLED BETWEEN SOMANTH – RAJKOT AND THE RAKE OF 11464 JOURNEY COMMENCING on 11.06.2019 TO BE RUN EMPTY TO ORIGINATE EX RAJKOT

8.TRAIN NO. – 19319 VERAVAL – INDORE JOURNEY COMMENCING on 13.06.2019 WILL BE PARTIALLY CANCELLED BETWEEN VERAVAL – RAJKOT AND THE RAKE OF TRAIN NO. 19320 JOURNEY COMMENCING on 11.06.2019 TO BE RUN EMPTY TO ORIGINATE EX RAJKOT.

9.TRAIN NO. – 12971 BANDRA TERMINUS – BHAVNAGAR TERMINUS JOURNEY COMMENCING on 12.06.2019 WILL BE SHORT TERMINATED AT SABARMATI AND WILL BE CANCELLED BETWEEN SABARMATI – BHAVNAGAR TERMINUS. RAKE TO BE UTILIZED TO RUN AS TRAIN NO. 12972 EX AHMEDABAD JOURNEY COMMENCING on 13.06.2019.TRAIN NO.12972 JOURNEY COMMENCING on 13.06.2019 WILL BE CANCELLED BETWEEN BHAVNAGAR TERMINUS – AHMEDABAD.

10.TRAIN NO. – 19015 MUMBAI CENTRAL – PORBANDAR JOURNEY COMMENCING on 12.06.2019 WILL BE SHORT TERMINATED AT SURENDRANAGAR AND WILL BE REVERSED AS TRAIN NO. 19016 PORBANDAR – MUMBAI CENTRAL JOURNEY COMMENCING on 13.06.2019.

11.TRAIN NO. – 19201 SECUNDERABAD – PORBANDAR JOURNEY COMMENCED on 11.06.2019 WILL BE SHORT TERMINATED AT RAJKOT AND WILL BE PARTIALLY CANCELLED BETWEEN RAJKOT- PORBANDAR.

12.TRAIN NO. – 19115 DADAR – BHUJ JOURNEY COMMENCING on 12.06.2019 WILL BE SHORT TERMNINATED AT AHMEDABAD AND WILL BE PARTIALLY CANCELLED BETWEEN AHMEDABAD – BHUJ

13.TRAIN NO. – 22955 BANDRA TERMINUS – BHUJ JOURNEY COMMENCING on 12.06.2019 WILL BE SHORT TERMINATED AT AHMEDABAD AND WILL BE PARTIALLY CANCELLED BETWEEN AHMEDABAD – BHUJ.

14.TRAIN NO. – 22903 BANDRA TERMINUS – BHUJ JOURNEY COMMENCING on 12.06.2019 WILL BE SHORT TERMINATED AT AHMEDABAD AND WILL BE PARTIALLY CANCELLED BETWEEN AHMEDABAD – BHUJ.

15.TRAIN NO. – 16336 NAGERCOIL – GANDHIDHAM JOURNEY COMMENCED on 11.06.2019 WILL BE SHORT TERMINATED AT AHMEDABAD AND WILL BE PARTIALLY CANCELLED BETWEEN AHMEDABAD – GANDHIDHAM

16.TRAIN NO. – 14321 BAREILLY – BHUJ JOURNEY COMMENCING on 12.06.2019 WILL BE SHORT TERMINATED AT ABU ROAD AND WILL BE PARTIALLY CANCELLED BETWEEN ABU ROAD – BHUJ. TRAIN NO. 14312 BHUJ – BAREILLY JOURNEY COMMENCING on 13.06.2019 TO ORIGINATE FROM ABU ROAD AND WILL BE PARTIALLY CANCELLED BETWEEN BHUJ – ABU ROAD.

Source: https://wr.indianrailways.gov.in