Floodwaters touch bridge girder, 15 trains cancelled

PATNA: The railways on Tuesday cancelled at least 15 special passenger trains as floodwaters crossed the danger mark and touched the girder of rail bridge number 16 between Hayaghat and Thalwara stations on the Samastipur-Darbhanga section of the East Central Railway (ECR). Routes of several other trains were diverted.
“Additional safety staff have been deployed at the spot to keep a close watch on the situation,” ECR chief public relations officer (CPRO) Rajesh Kumar said, adding movement of trains was suspended on the route at 1.30pm.
“The Jaynagar-Patna (05549/05550), Bhagalpur-Jaynagar (05553/05554), Samastipur-Darbhanga (05589/05590), Samastipur-Jaynagar (05593/05594), Manihari-Jaynagar (05283/05284), Jaynagar-Rajendra Nagar Terminal (03225/03226), Saharsa-Rajendra Nagar Terminal special (03227/03228) and Darbhanga-Ahmedabad (05559) special passengers trains have been cancelled,” the CPRO added.
Some of the trains whose routes have been diverted are Darbhanga-New Delhi (02569), Jaynagar-New Delhi (02561), Darbhanga-Ahmedabad (09166), Darbhanga-Kolkata (05234), Amritsar-Darbhanga (05212), New Delhi-Darbhanga (02566), New Delhi-Darbhanga (02570), Anand Vihar-Jaynagar (04058) and New Delhi-Darbhanga (02562).
The railways has short terminated Jaynagar-Sealdah special passenger train (03186) at Barauni. Jayanagar-Amritsar (04673) train will be short terminated at Samastipur. Similarly, Jaynagar-Rourkela (08606) train will be short terminated at Barauni and Jayanagar-Lokmanya Tilak (01062) at Muzaffarpur.