Disruption of train services on South Eastern Railway (SER) at Uluberia between Howrah and Kharagpur has ended. Train services have resumed.
Train services in Howrah-Kharagpur section was disrupted due to agitation staged at Uluberia on non-railway issue. Nearly 200 to 250 people obstructed UP & DN line at Uluberia from 15.22 hrs. today (13.12.19).
South Eastern railway in a statement said “Obstruction placed at different locations on railway track have been removed at 21.47 hrs. Track fitness has been ensured and train movement has resumed. There is a lot of bunching and normalization of train movement will take some time.”
As a result, the following Up & DN trains have suffered detention at various stations in the section:-
· 12841 Howrah-Chennai Coromondal Express
· 22897 Howrah-Digha Kandari Express
· 18030 Shalimar-LTT Kurla Express
· 18646 Hyderabad-Howrah East Coast Express
· 12246 Yesvantpur-Howrah Duronto Express
· 22862 Shalimar-Adra Rajya Rani Express
· 20827 Jabalpur-Santragachi Humsafar Express
· 12704 Secunderabad-Howrah Falaknuma Express
· 12848 Digha-Howrah Superfast AC Express
· 12886 Bhojudih-Shalimar Aranyak Express
This apart, 15 EMU local and Passenger trains have been detained and controlled at various stations in the section.
Cancellation/Short Termination of trains
· 58015 Howrah-Adra Shiromani Passenger leaving Howrah on 13.12.19 has been cancelled.
· 58016 Adra-Howrah Shiromani Passenger leaving Adra on 14.12.19 will remain cancelled.
· 22897 Howrah-Digha Kandari Express has been short terminated at Uluberia and 22898 Digha-Howrah Kandari Express scheduled to leave
Digha today (13.12.19) has been cancelled.
· 12895 Howrah-Puri Weekly Express leaving Howrah on 13.12.19 has been cancelled and 58001 Howrah-Puri Passenger leaving Howrah on 14.12.19 at 00.05 hrs will also remain cancelled.
· Besides, 12 No. of Up EMU and 14 No. of Dn EMU local trains have been cancelled and 5 No. of local trains have been short terminated.
During the agitation, Uluberia station has been ransacked by the mob. Eight (8) Computers used for ticketing and approx Rs. 4 lakh in cash have been taken away. The assessment of the total loss in railway property is under process.
Rescheduling of trains
· 12810 Howrah-Mumbai CSMT Mail has been rescheduled to leave Howrah at 23.30 hrs instead of 20.00 hrs on 13.12.19.
· 12863 Howrah-Yesvantpur Express has been rescheduled to leave Howrah at 23.55 hrs instead of 20.35 hrs on 13.12.19.
· 12152 Howrah-LTT Samarsata Express has been rescheduled to leave Howrah at 00.30 hrs on 14.12.19 instead of 21.15 hrs on 13.12.19.
· 18005 Howrah-Jagdalpur Express has been rescheduled to leave Howrah at 01.00 hrs on 14.12.19 instead of 21.30 hrs on 13.12.19.
· 12130 Howrah-Pune Azad Hind Express has been rescheduled to leave Howrah at 01.30 hrs on 14.12.19 instead of 21.45 hrs on 13.12.19.
· 18615 Howrah-Hatia Kriya Yoga Express has been rescheduled to leave Howrah at 02.00 hrs on 14.12.19 instead of 22.10 hrs on 13.12.19.
· 12906 Howrah-Porbander/Okha Express has been rescheduled to leave Howrah at 02.30 hrs on 14.12.19 instead of 22.50 hrs on 13.12.19.
· 58011 Howrah-Adra-Chakradharpur/Bokaro Steel City Passenger has been rescheduled to leave Howrah at 03.00 hrs on 14.12.19 instead of 23.05 hrs on 13.12.19.
· 12839 Howrah-MGR Chennai Mail has been rescheduled to leave Howrah at 03.30 hrs on 14.12.19 instead of 23.45 hrs on 13.12.19.
· 12834 Howrah-Ahmedabad Express has been rescheduled to leave Howrah at 04.00 hrs on 14.12.19 instead of 23.55 hrs on 13.12.19.