Accident in Varanasi affects rail movement

LUCKNOW: Movement of several trains was affected on Thursday due to an accident in Varanasi division of North Eastern Railway on Wednesday. A private bus rammed into train number 3019 Howrah-Kathgodam Bagh Express at the level crossing near Siwan. As a result, trains were either diverted or partially/completely cancelled on Thursday.
The mail/express trains diverted include Barauni-Gwalior Express, Katihar-Amritsar Amrapali Express, Chhapra-Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express, Sitamarhi-Anand Vihar Terminus Express, Darbhanga-New Delhi Express, New Delhi-Jalpaiguri Express, Amritsar-Saharsa Express, New Delhi-Barauni Vaishali Express, Gorakhpur-Hatia Maurya Express, 15210 Amritsar-Saharsa Express, Kathgodam-Howrah Bagh Express and 04314 Bareilly-Darbhanga Special Express.
The trains that were partially cancelled were Lucknow-Barauni Express between Lucknow and Chhapra and Chhapra-Gorakhpur Express between Chhapra-Bhatni. Several passenger trains on the Chhapra-Bhatni, Siwan-Bhatni, Chhapra-Siwan, Kaptanganj-Hajipur and Siwan-Thawe routes were also cancelled.